Effect of processing parameters on the mechanical properties of injection molded thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) cellular foams

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 293, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 605-613

  Wong, Steven ^a   Lee, John W S ^a   Naguib, Hani E ^a   Park, Chul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular foam; Impact resistance; Injection molding process; Mechanical properties; Processing parameters; Tensile testing; Thermoplastic polyolefin; TPO

Indexed keywords

FORMING; HEALTH; IMPACT RESISTANCE; INJECTION MOLDING; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLDING; MOLDS; PLASTIC MOLDS; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CELLULAR FOAMS; FOAM DENSITIES; INJECTION MOLDING MACHINES; INJECTION MOLDING PROCESSES; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SKIN THICKNESS; TPO FOAMS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 47749112891     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: 14392054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mame.200700362     Document Type: Article

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