Effects of the foam morphology in the mechanical properties of injection molded thermoplastic foams

Technical Papers, Regional Technical Conference - Society of Plastics Engineers

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1024-1028

  Michaeli, Walter ^a   Flórez, Laura ^a   Krumpholz, Thorsten ^a   Obeloer, Dominik ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breathing mold; Foam injection molding; Foam morphology; Mechanical properties; Structural foam

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTOMERS; ENERGY POLICY; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICITY; POLYMERS; SKIN EFFECT;

BREATHING MOLD; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOAM INJECTION MOLDING; FOAM MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SKIN THICKNESS; STRUCTURAL FOAM; TECHNICAL CONFERENCES; WARPAGE;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 52349119668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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