ArticlePolymers2022
Filling-Balance-Oriented Parameters for Multi-Cavity Molds in Polyvinyl Chloride Injection Molding.
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- Multi-objective optimization of dimensional accuracy and part weight in injection molding of a 3D curved shin guard plate.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Molten Pressure of Polyvinyl Chloride Under Processing Parameters in Counter-Rotating Twin-Screw Extrusion.Polymers · 2025Article
- Approaches for Numerical Modeling and Simulation of the Filling Phase in Injection Molding: A Review.Polymers · 2023Review
- Advanced Injection Molding Methods: Review.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- A Semi-Analytical Method for Designing a Runner System of a Multi-Cavity Mold for Injection Molding.Polymers · 2022Article
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Abstract
PVC injection molding has constrained temperature and shear rate owing to its temperature sensitivity and high viscosity, as well as its low conductivity. Many challenges are associated with the PVC injection molding process used for producing PVC fittings with a multi-cavity mold. Once filling imbalance occurs, the gates and/or runner of the mold should be changed by machine tools, which is time- and cost-intensive. Using Moldex3D and the Taguchi method, this study reveals an approach to eliminate imbalanced filling of multi-cavity molds for PVC injection molding. The injection rate optimization of the filling stage is successfully verified to reduce the imbalance. Furthermore, the temperatures of the molded PVC fittings are only slightly increased by the change in injection rate. The temperatures of fittings in the filling and packing are lower than the degradation temperature of PVC. This approach may help technicians to obtain pilot-run samples for the optimization of molding parameters and ensure degradation-free PVC molding.
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