Plastic processing technologies injection molding

For that purpose, we follow a modem plastics article (a Compact Disk) from the starting material to the form, in which it will ultimately be used. The possibilities for recycling will also be explained. As a high-tech product, the CD is particularly well suited to serve as an example of modem plastics processing and injection molding technology. The diagram shows a CD and its dimensions. 

Another proposed process employed injection molding in which starch and limited amounts of plasticizing water are heated under pressure to temperatures above the Tg and Tm to transform the native starch into a homogenous, destructured, thermoplastic melt. The process melt is then cooled to below the Tg of the system before pressure release to maintain the moisture content. Additives include natural and synthetic polymers, plasticizers and lubricants.136-139 159 160 The technology has been used to prepare pharmaceutical capsules and shaped objects, such as disposable cutlery, straws and pens. 

Block copolymers themselves are also finding rapidly expanding applications on an industrial scale. A sandwich copolymer (triblock) with an elastomeric core (polybutadiene, polyisoprene, etc.) and plastomeric ends (polystyrene, etc.) represents a physically vulcanizing rubber (plastomeric elastomer). It can be processed above the glass transition temperature of the plastomeric blocks by work-efficient technologies (injection molding, extrusion, etc.). At temperatures below the Tg of the plastic blocks, the copolymer behaves as vulcanized rubber. 

Blow molded parts demonstrate that, from technical and cost standpoints, BM offers a promising alternative to other processes, particularly injection molding (IM) and thermoforming. The technical evolution of BM, plus accompanying improvements and new developments in plastics, has led to new BM parts. With the coextrusion technology now established and the hardware in place, the variety of achievable properties can readily be extended by the correct combination of different materials (see Chapter 3). The potential for BM products includes much more than the simple bottles that have been made for many decades. Now the expertise and economics of the method are such that many ideas once deemed futuristic are much closer to realization (2, 96, 186-212). 

A new industrial microwave system for curing of caibon fiber reinforced plastics has also been developed. This system is especially optimized for processes like injection molding or curing of that matrix and a modular system technology in connection with autoclave fabrication processes (Feher et al., 2006). 

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Many of the new plastics, blends, and material systems require special, enhanced processing features or techniques to be successfully injection molded. The associated materials evolution has resulted in new plastics or grades, many of which are more viscoelastic. That is, they exhibit greater melt elasticity. The advanced molding technology has started to address the coupling of viscoelastic material responses with the process parameters. This requires an understanding of plastics as viscoelastic fluids, rather than as purely viscous liquids, as is commonly held... 

The most successful application of the RIM-process is in the production of polyurethane-based materials. Other systems, such as composites based on polycaproamide, epoxy resins, and unsaturated polyesters can also be processed by reactive injection molding. New reactive systems have also been specially created for the RIM-process260 because of the exceptional opportunities it offers for manufacture of finished articles from engineering plastics with a high modulus of elasticity and impact strength. The automotive industry, which is the main customer for RIM-articles, can utilize this technology to manufacture of massive parts such as body panels, covers, wings, bumpers and other made of newly developed plastics. 

Materials such as engineering ceramics or hard metal mixtures are becoming increasingly popular because they are very hard, wear-, and temperature-resistant. Injection molding technology, which is widespread in the plastics processing industry, is becoming established... 

Coinjection Molding A hybrid technology, also known as multimaterial injection molding, that creates composite pieces made of plastic and metal parts locked together via injection molding or extrusion. The process combines the strength of steel with the corrosion-resistant properties of plastic. Overall weight is reduced, the need for exterior paint is eliminated and assembly and labor costs are slashed due to more efficient use of machinery. 

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