Experiment study on filling imbalance phenomenon of melt front during injection molding process

Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-300

  Jiang, Kaiyu ^a   Yokoi, Hidetoshi ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Filling balance; Injection molding; Visualization

Indexed keywords

INJECTION MOLDING; PLASTIC MOLDS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMER MELTS; VISUALIZATION;

EXPERIMENT STUDIES; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FORMATION MECHANISMS; INFRARED FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS; MELT FLOWS; MOLD CAVITIES; SHEAR HEATS; TEMPERATURE FIELDS; TEMPERATURE MEASURING SYSTEMS; TRACER EXPERIMENTS; VISUALIZATION METHODS;

FILLING;

EID: 61649127555     PISSN: 05776686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3901/JME.2009.02.294     Document Type: Article

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