Materials

Table 2.1 : Materials

Name Abbreviation Figure

Polypropylene (in granular form) PP

Procedure

COUTION : In this laboratory experiment we must wore safety glasses and heat-resistant gloves.

 Making the part

1. The safety glassses and heat-resistant gloves is wore.
2. The primary parts of the infusion molding machine is seen before begining the lab.
3. The Primary power is exchanged on followed by beginning the cooling system and
hydraulic system.
4. Turn the temperatures at various zones in the barrel, nozzle and mold. The setting may
change rely depend on material used.

Caution : We presently should ultilize EXTREME caution around the barrel and the nozzle
as they will wind up sufficiently hot enough to leave severe burns.

5. Do not continue until the nozzle and the barrel have reached the set point temperatures.
6. The polymer is feed into the hopper.
7. The process is begun with manual activity mode.
8. The mold released is applied to the two sides of the mold.
9. The different steps in manual operation is taken to inject the polymer into the mold.
 The barrel is loaded with the resin
 It is melted through the barrel
  The mold is closed and the polymer melt is difused into the mold
 The mold is opened and the disused sample is ejected out.
10. The injection molding chamber entryway is closed while the melt is infused into the mold.
The machine has a safety switch that will won’t not enable to be run except the door is
fully closed.
11. The machine in semi-automatic and automatic modes is operated by changing the method
of task from the primary main control panel.
12. The polymer weight for infusion is changed to see its impact on the quality of the sample.

 Purging the injection molding Machine

1. The purging polymer pellets is encouraged into the hopper.
2. The temperature limits is set at various zones on the battle from the primary main control
unit.
3. The temperatures is held up at various zones to balance out.
4. The nozzle is moved back from the mold by switching to manual mode of operation.
5. The desired amount of the purging polymer will be going out of the barrel to clean the
barrel and nozzle.
6. The polymer chips struck to the infusion mold and entryway is cleared.
7. The barrel temperature is changed to zero.
8. The nozzle temperature is changed to zero.
9. The cooling system and hydraulic systems is turned off.
10. The key is changed to the off position (counter clockwise 90°).
Industrial Apparatus

Specification :

Machine Dimenssion (LxWxH)m 14.47x4.21x3.42

Mechanism Double toggle

Mold Height (mm) 800~1500

Platen Speed m/min 60

Clamping Force (kn) 17700

Screw speed (𝑚𝑖𝑛−1 ) 159

Heater Wattage 53.7

Opening Stroke (Max) 1700

 There are many various of injection molding in the manufacturing industry. As the example
shown is one of the example injection molding. The sellected of injection molding is depend on
the material and the size of the product to produce. Its is also depend on the what material is
going to be used. Ussually the raw material is used in granular form to feed in the hopper. after
the material is feed into hopper the material is melt in the screw rotates to melt the material. At
the end of screw the material is in liquid form and pressurize to push the material coming out
form the barrel to the mold. Then, the liquid form is injected to the mold and going to cooling
process.
 Advantages Disadvantages
Fast production
High initial tooling and machinery cost

Low labour cost Part design restriction

Hight output production Small runs of part can be costly

Multiple material can be used at the same time Accurate costing is difficult