Reducing the Sink Marks of a Crystalline Polymer Using External Gas-Assisted Injection Molding
External gas-assisted injection molding (EGAIM) has been used to reduce the sink marks of amorphous polymer products, but that of crystalline polymer products has not yet been reported. EGAIM of a crystalline polymer product was investigated in this study, and the influences of process parameters on...
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doaj-269458355bf04c4eb08d315a4861c2302020-11-25T00:07:14ZengHindawi-WileyAdvances in Polymer Technology0730-66791098-23292020-01-01202010.1155/2020/37935053793505Reducing the Sink Marks of a Crystalline Polymer Using External Gas-Assisted Injection MoldingShaofei Jiang0Taidong Li1Xinxin Xia2Xiang Peng3Jiquan Li4Key Laboratory of E&M, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, ChinaKey Laboratory of E&M, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, ChinaKey Laboratory of E&M, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, ChinaKey Laboratory of E&M, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, ChinaKey Laboratory of E&M, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, ChinaExternal gas-assisted injection molding (EGAIM) has been used to reduce the sink marks of amorphous polymer products, but that of crystalline polymer products has not yet been reported. EGAIM of a crystalline polymer product was investigated in this study, and the influences of process parameters on the sink marks were discussed based on experiments. An isotactic polypropylene (iPP) product was fabricated by EGAIM under different process conditions. A uniform design was applied as an experimental design to investigate the influences of the process parameters on the sink marks. A regression equation was established to describe the quantitative relationship between the important parameters and sink marks in which a data-processing method was applied to determine the optimal value of Fα at significant level α to reduce the possibility of omission of some important parameters. The results show that EGAIM was effective in reducing the sink marks in these iPP products, and the most important parameters were the cooling time, gas pressure, and gas time. This study also provides the quantitative relationship between the important parameters and sink marks as reference for the research of EGAIM on crystalline polymer.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3793505 |
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Reducing the Sink Marks of a Crystalline Polymer Using External Gas-Assisted Injection Molding |
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Reducing the Sink Marks of a Crystalline Polymer Using External Gas-Assisted Injection Molding |
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External gas-assisted injection molding (EGAIM) has been used to reduce the sink marks of amorphous polymer products, but that of crystalline polymer products has not yet been reported. EGAIM of a crystalline polymer product was investigated in this study, and the influences of process parameters on the sink marks were discussed based on experiments. An isotactic polypropylene (iPP) product was fabricated by EGAIM under different process conditions. A uniform design was applied as an experimental design to investigate the influences of the process parameters on the sink marks. A regression equation was established to describe the quantitative relationship between the important parameters and sink marks in which a data-processing method was applied to determine the optimal value of Fα at significant level α to reduce the possibility of omission of some important parameters. The results show that EGAIM was effective in reducing the sink marks in these iPP products, and the most important parameters were the cooling time, gas pressure, and gas time. This study also provides the quantitative relationship between the important parameters and sink marks as reference for the research of EGAIM on crystalline polymer. |
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