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Injection Moulding Process Explained in Basic Terms PDF
Injection Moulding Process Explained in Basic Terms PDF
Injection Moulding Process Explained in Basic Terms PDF
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WhatistheInjectionMouldingProcess?
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Theplasticinjectionmouldingprocessproduceslargenumbersofpartsofhighqualitywithgreataccuracy,veryquickly.
Plasticmaterialintheformofgranulesismelteduntilsoftenoughtobeinjectedunderpressuretofillamould.Theresultisthattheshape
isexactlycopied.Oncetheplasticmouldinghascooledsufficientlytohardentheinjectionmouldopensreleasingthepart.Thewhole
injectionmouldingprocessthenrepeats.
CloseMould
CLAMPINGthemovingandfixedplatensoftheinjectionmouldingmachine(seenextsection)holdsthemouldtooltogetherunder
pressure.
InjectMoltenPlastic
INJECTIONthemoltenplasticthathasbeenmeltedfrompelletforminthebarrelofthemouldingmachine(seenextsection)isinjected
underpressureintothemould.
HoldMouldClosed
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DWELLINGafterthemoltenplastichasbeeninjectedintothemouldpressureisappliedtoensureallcavitiesarefilled.
COOLINGtheplasticpartsarethenallowedtosolidifyinthemould.
OpenMouldandEjectPart
OPENINGthemovingplatenmovesawayfromthefixedplaten(seenextsection)separatingthemouldtool.
EJECTIONrods,aplateorairblastthenaidsejectionofthecompletedplasticmouldingfromtheinjectionmouldtool.
Thelengthoftimefromclosingtheinjectionmouldtoejectingthefinishedplasticmouldingisthecyclefortheinjectionmouldingofplastics.
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