TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and fabrication of an adhesion force tester for the injection moulding process
AU - Chen, Jian Yu
AU - Hwang, Sheng Jye
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by the National Science Council (NSC 100-2622-E-006-018-CC3) and Mr. Guo-Xian Yang and Mr. Kevin Wu of EverTech Industrial Corporation Limited in Taichung, Taiwan. Technical support for the measuring instrument by Mr. Manson Hsieh of Kistler in Taiwan is also appreciated. The authors are also grateful for the help in the experiments provided by Mr. Yuan-Shiun Tsai of Metal Industries Research and Development Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - During the injection moulding process, serious adhesion effects can occur at the interface between the specimen and tool surface during ejection, causing distortions or cracks in the samples, especially for resins such as PMMA, PC and TPU. However, ejection force measurement is not able to measure adhesion force accurately for elastomeric resins during the injection moulding process. A tensile mode adhesion force tester was fabricated to measure the adhesion force between the sample and tool surface during the thermoplastic injection moulding process, especially for elastomeric resins, which have adhesion problems that are both serious and difficult to measure. In addition, three different types of TPU are examined, with their temperature and viscosity being the main factors that affect the adhesion force. Engineers can use the measurements obtained in this work to better understand adhesion and work to reduce it.
AB - During the injection moulding process, serious adhesion effects can occur at the interface between the specimen and tool surface during ejection, causing distortions or cracks in the samples, especially for resins such as PMMA, PC and TPU. However, ejection force measurement is not able to measure adhesion force accurately for elastomeric resins during the injection moulding process. A tensile mode adhesion force tester was fabricated to measure the adhesion force between the sample and tool surface during the thermoplastic injection moulding process, especially for elastomeric resins, which have adhesion problems that are both serious and difficult to measure. In addition, three different types of TPU are examined, with their temperature and viscosity being the main factors that affect the adhesion force. Engineers can use the measurements obtained in this work to better understand adhesion and work to reduce it.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2012.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2012.09.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84868312002
SN - 0142-9418
VL - 32
SP - 22
EP - 31
JO - Polymer Testing
JF - Polymer Testing
IS - 1
ER -