Mold-cooling flow meter

The main processing technique in the automobile industry is injection molding in which pressure is applied to make the polymer flow into a preferred form [3]. Plastics must be cooled below the Tm (melt transition temperature) before removal from the mold [3], The molding process follows a basic injection cycle consisting of mold close, injection carriage forward, injection of material, metering, retraction of carriage, mold open, and part ejection. This cycle has been in place basically since 1946,... 

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