Plastics tooling

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Machinists have learned through experience, and are certainly well aware, that machining plastics is profitable. While machining plastics is not particularly burdensome, there are specific considerations that must be followed when machining plastics. Because plastics have a much lower deflection temperature than metals if too great a heat build up is allowed, the plastic may tend to gum tooling. Plastics are more resilient than metals when close tolerance is required. The operator must compensate for the resilience effect of plastic. 

Koenig, K. M., Fixturing Routing Plastics with CNC Tooling, Plastics Machining Fabrication, Winter, 1997. 

Weissmann D. Design tools. Plastic in Packaging. 2008 Novemeber(85) 16. 

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The present work was done with the aim to evaluate the efficiency of the acoustic emission method as a diagnostic tool for analysing a carbon plastic composite and its adhesive joints. The samples of the carbon plastic type UKN-5000 were used in the test. Non-defected samples and samples with artificial defects were tested. 

Hardness is a measure of a material s resistance to deformation. In this article hardness is taken to be the measure of a material s resistance to indentation by a tool or indenter harder than itself This seems a relatively simple concept until mathematical analysis is attempted the elastic, plastic, and elastic recovery properties of a material are involved, making the relationship quite complex. Further complications are introduced by variations in elastic modulus and frictional coefficients. 

Machining of metals involves extensive plastic deformation (shear strain of ca 2—8) of the work material in a narrow region ahead of the tool. High tool temperatures (ca 1000°C) and freshly generated, chemically active surfaces (underside of the chip and the machined surface) that interact extensively with the tool material, result in tool wear. There are also high mechanical and thermal stresses (often cycHc) on the tool (3). 

The injection mold need not be made of noncatalytic metals any high grade tool steel may be used because the plastic cools in the mold and undergoes Httle decomposition. However, the mold requires good venting to allow the passage of small amounts of acid gas as well as air. Vents tend to become clogged by corrosion and must be cleaned periodically. 

The performance of a tool material in a given appHcation is dictated by its response to conditions at the tool tip. High temperatures and stresses can cause blunting from the plastic deformation of the tool tip, whereas high stresses alone may lead to catastrophic fracture. In addition to plastic deformation and fracture, the service life of cutting tools is deterrnined by a number of wear processes, some of which are shown in Figure 2. 

Cast molding is an increasingly used manufacturing process for both rigid gas-permeable and hydrogel contact lenses. In this process, two molds, made from a variety of plastics, are used. A female mold forms the lens front surface (convex) and a male mold forms the lens back surface (concave). The plastic molds are made from metal tools or dies that are usually stainless steel, precision lathed, and polished to the specified lens design. A variety of mold materials are used. The polymerized, hardened lens is released from the mated molds and is processed in much the same way as the spin-cast lenses described above. 

Machinery (except electrical) Manufacture of equipment for construction, elevators, moving stairways, conveyors, industrial trucks, trailers, stackers, machine tools, etc. Slag, sand, cores, metal scrap, wood, plastics, resins, rubber, cloth, paints, solvents, petroleum products... 

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