Development of density distributions in injection molded amorphous engineering plastics. Part I

Jeong S. Yu, Marilu Lim, Dilhan M. Kalyon

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Abstract

The gapwise density distributions of the injection molded specimens of two engineering thermoplastics, i.e., poly(phenylene ether) and poly(ether imide), were characterized employing the density gradient column technique. The samples were molded using a 40t Van Dorn injection molding machine. The effects of the thermal history on the density distribution of unconstrained quenched specimens were also investigated. In addition, various material properties, such as pressure‐volume‐temperature, isothermal contraction, and pressure induced densification behavior were characterized, for the two resins employed in this study. The moldings of the two resins exhibited different trends in their density distributions. These findings were explained in terms of the competing effects of cooling rate and the pressure history experienced by the engineering plastic resins during the molding cycle. The data collected were also used as input to mathematical modeling of density distributions in injection molded articles, which is reported in Part II of this article.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)145-152
Number of pages8
JournalPolymer Engineering and Science
Volume31
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1991

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