Effect of shrinkage and process parameters on the monitoring of bulk and surface stream temperatures in injection molding via the infrared waveguide method
This paper analyzes for the first time the application of the infrared hollow waveguide method for the remote sensing of the temperature decay of polymer streams during injection molding. The key feature of the infrared procedure employed is its low transmission loss of the thermal energy in the mid...
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Published in | Polymer engineering and science Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 955 - 964 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
New York
Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc
01.05.2004
Wiley Subscription Services Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
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Summary: | This paper analyzes for the first time the application of the infrared hollow waveguide method for the remote sensing of the temperature decay of polymer streams during injection molding. The key feature of the infrared procedure employed is its low transmission loss of the thermal energy in the mid and far infrared spectral regions. This particular advantage allows the hollow waveguide device to measure not only the bulk temperature within the polymer, as commercially available full‐core optical fiber instruments do, but also the temperature at the polymer surface. Moreover, the hollow waveguide device is able to measure quite low temperatures, which conventional thermometers cannot do either. Experimental trials have been run on a Husky injection molding press in order to investigate the effect of some process parameters and shrinkage on the bulk and surface temperature decay signals. The results showed a drastic deviation between the kinetic behaviors of the surface and bulk temperature traces throughout the injection cycle. Particularly, it was noticed that the cooling rate of the surface temperature was more affected by part shrinkage than the cooling rate of the bulk temperature. The experimental results showed also that temperatures below 60°C could be reliably measured with reasonable signal‐over‐noise ratio. Polym. Eng. Sci. 44:955–964, 2004. |
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Bibliography: | ark:/67375/WNG-D49MXRKQ-G istex:2FEFE9DD8F01C3191164BAF5A72D8844F5818FE6 ArticleID:PEN20087 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0032-3888 1548-2634 |
DOI: | 10.1002/pen.20087 |