The role of process parameters in determining wall thickness distribution in plug-assisted thermoforming

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1923-1934

  McCool, Raurí ^a   Martin, Peter J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THICKNESS CONTROL;

AIR-PRESSURE; DIFFERENT STAGES; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SHEET SURFACE; SHEET TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; WALL THICKNESS; WALL THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION;

THERMOFORMING;

EID: 78249247723     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.21718     Document Type: Article

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