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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Application and Optimization of the Thin Electric Heater in Micro-Injection Mold for Micropillars.

Can Weng, Qianfan Tang, Jiangwei Li, Lintao Nie, Zhanyu Zhai

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Advanced Injection Molding Methods: Review.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Can WengState Key Laboratory of High Performance and Complex Manufacturing, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2637-3334
Qianfan TangState Key Laboratory of High Performance and Complex Manufacturing, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
Jiangwei LiState Key Laboratory of High Performance and Complex Manufacturing, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
Lintao NieState Key Laboratory of High Performance and Complex Manufacturing, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
Zhanyu ZhaiState Key Laboratory of High Performance and Complex Manufacturing, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 51775562the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University 2021zzts0642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of variotherm systems has helped to improve the quality of micro-injection molded products. Thin electric heaters have significant advantages in size, efficiency and installation convenience. However, the use of thin electric heaters has brought the problem of non-uniform temperature distribution of the insert. The good replication of the functional surfaces containing microstructures quickly and uniformly is still a challenge. In this work, the heating performance of the thin electric heater in a variotherm system is investigated by combining numerical simulations with experiments. Micro-injection molding of PP micropillars was also performed. The obtained results show that the addition of a transition layer with high thermal conductivity in the heating structure can optimize the uniformity of the temperature distribution of the insert. Furthermore, the replication heights of the micropillars can be significantly increased by the developed variotherm mold, which provides a new idea for the optimal design of a local variotherm system.

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micro-injection moldingmicropillarPPthin electric heatervariotherm system

Identifiers

PMID35630974
PMCPMC9144355

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