Characterization and simulation of macroscale moldfilling defects in microminiature powder injection molding

International Journal of Powder Metallurgy (Princeton, New Jersey)

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 49-58

  Laddha, Sachin G ^a   Wu, Carl ^b   Park, Seong Jin ^d   Lee, Shiwoo ^c   Ahn, Seokyoung ^e   German, Randall M ^f   Atre, Sundar V ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^f AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT GEOMETRIES; CRITICAL ISSUES; FEEDSTOCK MIXTURE; INFILLING; MACRO SCALE; MATERIAL HETEROGENEITY; MELT FLOW; MICRO PART; MICROCHANNEL ARRAY; MICROMOLDING; MOLD FILLING; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICLE MIGRATION; POWDER INJECTION MOLDING; PROCESSING CONDITION; SHAPED PARTICLES; SHEAR-RATE; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; SMALL PARTICLE SIZE; WORK FOCUS;

DEFECTS; FEEDSTOCKS; METAL MOLDING; MOLDS; POWDER METALLURGY; POWDER METALS; SMELTING;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 77954230953     PISSN: 08887462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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