Semi-empirical modeling of the energy consumed during the injection molding process

Re-Engineering Manufacturing for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 20th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 297-302

  Chien, Joshua M ^a   Dornfeld, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection molding; Semi empirical modeling; Specific energy consumption

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; MACHINE TOOLS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

ENERGY PROFILE; INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS; INJECTION PROCESS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; THEORETICAL PROCESSING; THERMO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 84903706532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-4451-48-2_49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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