Replication capability of micro injection moulding process for polymeric parts manufacturing

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 5-8, 2013, Pages 1407-1421

  Bellantone, Vincenzo ^a   Surace, Rossella ^a   Trotta, Gianluca ^a   Fassi, Irene ^a  

^a ITIA CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design of experiment; Holding pressure; Liquid crystal polymer; Micro injection moulding; Polyoxymethylene; Process parameters variability

Indexed keywords

HOLDING PRESSURE; INJECTION VELOCITY; LINEAR CORRELATION; MICRO-INJECTION MOULDINGS; POLYOXYMETHYLENE; PROCESS CONSTRAINTS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESS VARIABILITY;

ACETAL RESINS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MANUFACTURE; MICROOPTICS;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 84888646020     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-012-4577-2     Document Type: Article

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