Effect of cooling system on the polymer temperature and solidification during injection molding

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 1786-1791

  Hassan, Hamdy ^a   Regnier, Nicolas ^a   Lebot, Cedric ^a   Pujos, Cyril ^a   Defaye, Guy ^a  

^a University Bordeaux I2M UMR CNRS 5295   (France)

Author keywords

Cooling system; Injection molding; Polymer; Solidification

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; CRYSTALLIZATION; INJECTION MOLDING; PLASTIC MOLDS; PLASTIC PARTS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; SOLIDIFICATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

CAVITY WALLS; COOLING CHANNELS; COOLING SYSTEM DESIGNS; COOLING TIME; CYCLIC TRANSIENTS; FINITE VOLUME APPROACHES; MOLD COOLING; MOLDING CYCLES; NUMERICAL MODELING; POLYMER TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

COOLING;

EID: 61349174593     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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