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Modeling cell nucleation during microcellular injection molding

  • Juan P. Hernandez
  • , Alexander Chandra
  • , Andreas Winardi
  • , Lih Sheng Turng
  • , Tim Osswald*
  • , Paul Gramann
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Madison Group

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Abstract

This paper presents a numerical simulation to predict nucleation and cell growth through the injection molding process. The model presented is based on a coupled solidification-nucleation process that considers mold and melt temperature, injection pressure, and material properties. Comparison of numerical prediction to experimental results was excellent at the center of the part, but under-predicted the cell size toward its outer surface. From numerical simulation, the influence of varying processing conditions on the cell structure is quantified.

Original languageEnglish
Pages2210-2214
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes
Event61st Annual Technical Conference ANTEC 2003 - Nashville, TN, United States
Duration: 04 05 200308 05 2003

Conference

Conference61st Annual Technical Conference ANTEC 2003
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNashville, TN
Period04/05/0308/05/03

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