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Morphological zones in micro injection molding of poly(oxymethylene)

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Industrial Materials Institute
FormatText, Article
Conference70th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2012, ANTEC 2012, 2 April 2012 through 4 April 2012, Orlando, FL
SubjectBattenfeld; Micro molding; Micro-injection molding; Microstr8ucture; Poly(oxymethylene); Shish-kebabs; Skin layer; Skin-core; Transverse planes; Acetal resins; Morphology; Plastic products; Injection molding
Abstract
A Battenfeld System 50 micro injection molding machine was used to produce micro moldings of polyoxymethylene (POM), using a stepwise reduced thickness (0.8 mm, 0.45 mm, 0.2 mm) mold. Polarized light microscopy (PLM) was employed to investigate the morphology of the POM micro moldings. Morphology was examined in both the flow and transverse planes. A variety of morphological zones (oriented skin, shish kebab, cylindrulite, twisted lamellae, oblate, spherulite, etc.) are obtained, depending on the location. The morphology depends strongly on the thickness of the molding and thickness changes. The oriented skin layer tends to diminish away from the gate and near the vent end.
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  • Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings 3 (2012): 1858–1862.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NPARC number21269233
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