Novel three-dimensional in-cavity transient temperature measurements in injection molding and fluid-assisted injection molding

Polymer Testing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-74

  Liu, Shih Jung ^a   Su, Po Chang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fluid assisted injection molding; In depth temperature measurement; Injection molding; Polymer melt flow; Viscous dissipation

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; EXPERIMENTS; FORCED CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLDING; MOLDS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PLASTIC MOLDS; POLYMER MELTS; SMELTING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOMETERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOUS FLOW; WATER INJECTION;

CONVENTIONAL INJECTION MOLDINGS; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; DIMENSIONAL TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UPS; FLOW DISTURBANCES; GAS-ASSISTED INJECTION MOLDINGS; IN-DEPTH TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; INJECTION MOLDING PROCESSES; MELT TEMPERATURES; METAL WIRES; MOLDING CYCLES; MOLDING PROCESSES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; POLYMER MELT FLOW; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; SHEAR HEATING; TEMPERATURE MEASURING; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TWO TYPES; VISCOUS DISSIPATION; WATER ASSISTED INJECTION MOLDING PROCESSES;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 58149271103     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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