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http://dx.doi.org/10.7473/EC.2012.47.4.341

A Study on the Molding Characteristics of Injection Compression Molding Through Computer Simulation  

Chun, Y.H. (Department of Mechanical System Design Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
An, H.G. (Department of Mechanical System Design Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Lyu, M.Y. (Department of Mechanical System Design Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
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Elastomers and Composites / v.47, no.4, 2012 , pp. 341-346 More about this Journal
Abstract
Injection molding is one of the widely used polymer processing operations. It is being used for not only conventional injection molding but gas injection molding, water injection molding, and injection compression molding. Injection compression molding involves injection and compression operation, and it gives uniform physical property and high dimensional quality of product. In this study, injection compression characteristics for various product shapes have been investigated by computer simulation. Product containing side wall showed not much effective in injection compression molding since wall thickness direction was perpendicular to the compression direction. Uniform and low shrinkage was observed in injection compression molding comparing conventional injection molding. Subsequently injection compression molding can be used for molding precise product. Optimal injection compression molding condition was obtained using design of experiment for plastic lens and the results were compared with conventional injection molding.
Keywords
injection molding; injection compression molding; compression gap; compression speed; compression delay time;
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