Optimising process conditions for multiple quality criteria in micro-injection moulding

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 5-8, 2010, Pages 533-542

  Attia, Usama M ^a   Alcock, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; Micro injection moulding; Multiple criteria

Indexed keywords

DESIRABILITY FUNCTION; HIERARCHICAL COMPONENTS; HOLDING PRESSURE; INJECTION VELOCITY; MASS VARIATIONS; MELT TEMPERATURE; MICRO-INJECTION; MICRO-INJECTION MOULDING; MICROFEATURES; MOULD FILLING; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; MULTIPLE QUALITY; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESSING CONDITION; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MOLDS;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 78650291584     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-010-2547-0     Document Type: Article

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