Moulage par injection 

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Injection molding, also called plastic injection, is a process for
using thermoformable materials, especially thermoplastics but
also various metals, alloys and technical ceramics.
Most thermoplastic parts are made with plastic injection
presses: the plastic material is softened by heat and then
injected into a mold, then cooled.
The productivity of the process is linked to the cycle time
(duration of a molding cycle) and to the number of cavities (or
cavities) of the molding. Thus, an eight-cavity mold makes it
possible to produce eight parts in a single cycle. The duration
of the cycle is essentially linked to the nature of the material
injected, to the quality of the parts to be produced as well as to
the heating and cooling rates.

Explanation:
Injection molding is a technique for manufacturing parts in
large or very large series. It concerns above all plastics and
elastomers (rubbers) but also various metals and alloys with a
relatively low melting point: aluminum alloys, zinc (Zamak)
or brass. Moreover, this process can be used for the shaping of
technical ceramic parts, if, however, a kind of slip is prepared
with any component that melts at a relatively low temperature
point, such as paraffin or polyethylene.
Machines used:
They are commonly referred to in the industry as “injection
presses” or “injection presses”. The name of press is due to the
fact that the mold is strongly closed and compressed in a
special hydraulic or electric press. Injection presses are
classified by tonnage which can vary from 5 tons to 9,000
tons. The higher the tonnage, the more the press can mold
parts with a large projected area (in the opening plane of the
mold)

Plastic injection molding simulation software:

Now engineers and design offices have access to software to
simulate the injection of plastics. This software, commonly
called “rheology software”, allow the different phases inherent
in an injection cycle to be simulated:
 impression filling phase;
 compaction phase;
 cooling phase of the plastic part in the mold and outside
the mold.
This software also makes it possible to simulate and optimize
the thermal of molds and to predict shrinkage and deformation
of parts resulting from the simulated molding cycle.