Thermoplastic Injection Molding Process
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Injection Molding Process: A Brief Description
Thermoplastic
injection molding is the most widely used of all manufacturing methods for making parts from plastic material .
Molten plastic is injected at high pressure into a mold, which is the inverse of the desired shape
Once formed, thermoplastics can be heated, reformed and recycled
over and over again
The plastic injection molding machine reduces pelletized resins and
coloring agents into a hot liquid
This slurry, or "melt", is forced into a
cooled mold under tremendous pressure
After the material solidifies, the
mold is unclamped and finished part is ejected
An injection-molding machine performs the entire process .
These machines serve to both heat the plastic material and form it.
Injection molding machines have two basic parts:
Injection unit - melts the plastic and then injects or moves it into the moldClamping unit - holds the mold shut during filling.
Unit clamps the mold in a
closed position during injection
Opens the mold after cooling
Ejects the finished part
The mold is made from metal, usually either steel or aluminum, precision-machined to form the features of the desired part.
ACM's affiliate, BMJ Mold and
Engineering, provides high quality, economical plastic injection molds .
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