Optimization of plastic injection molding process parameters for manufacturing a brake booster valve body

Materials and Design

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 313-317

  Wang, Yi qi ^a   Kim, Jae gyu ^a   Song, Jung il ^a  

^a Changwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAKES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; CURING; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; INJECTION MOLDING; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; RESINS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TAGUCHI METHODS;

COMPRESSION STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; INJECTION PRESSURES; L18 ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; MOLDING TEMPERATURE; PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING; SIGNAL TO NOISE (S/N) RATIOS; STATISTICAL DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

EID: 84889676418     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.11.038     Document Type: Article

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