第1页共11页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第1页共11页MoldConstruction1.Theinjectionmoldingandmachine1.1TheinjectionmoldingInjectionmoldingisprincipallyusedfortheproductionofthethermoplasticparts,althoughsomeprogresshasbeenmadeindevelopingamethodforinjectionmoldingsomethermosettingmaterials.Theproblemofinjectingameltedplasticintoamoldcavityfromareservoirofmeltedmaterialhasbeenextremelydifficulttosolveforthermosettingplasticswhichcureandhardenundersuchconditionswithinafewminutes.Theprincipleofinjectionmoldingisquitesimilartothatofdie-casting.Theprocessconsistsoffeedingaplasticcompoundinpowderedorgranularformfromahopperthroughmeteringandmeltingstagesandtheninjectingitintoamold.Afterabriefcoolingperiod,themoldisopenedandthesolidifiedpartejected.Injection-moldingmachinescanbearrangedformanualoperation,automaticsingle-cycleoperation,andfullautomaticoperation.Theadvantageofinjectionmoldingare:(i)ahighmoldingspeedadaptedformassproductionispossible;(ii)thereisawidechoiceofmaterialsprovidingavarietyofusefulproperties;(iii)itispossibletomoldthreads,undercuts,sideholes,andlargethinsections.1.2Theinjection-moldingmachineSeveralmethodsareusedtoforceorinjectthemeltedplasticintothemold.Themostcommonlyusedsysteminthelargermachinesisthein-linereciprocatingscrew.Thescrewactsasacombinationinjectionandplasticizingunit.Astheplasticisfedtotherotatingscrew,itpassesthroughthreezones:feed,compression,andmetering.Afterthefeedzone,thescrew-flightdepthisgraduallyreduced,forcingtheplastictocompress.Theworkisconvertedtoheatbyshearingtheplastic,makingitasemifluidmass.Inthemeteringzone,additionalheatisappliedbyconductionfromthebarrelsurface.Asthechamberinfrontofthescrewbecomesfilled,itforcesthescrewback,trippingalimitswitchthatactivatesahydrauliccylinderthatforcesthescrewforwardandinjectsthefluid第2页共11页第1页共11页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第2页共11页plasticintotheclosedmold.Anantiflowbackvalvepreventsplasticunderpressurefromescapingbackintothescrewflights.Theclampingforcethatamachineiscapableofexertingispartofthesizedesignation.Theinjection-moldingmachine,thereciprocating-screwinjectionsystemandismeasuredintons.Arule-of-thumbcanbeusedtodeterminethetonnagerequiredforaparticularjob.Itisbasedontwotonsofclampforcepersquareinchofprojectedarea.Iftheflowpatternisdifficultandthepartsarethin,thismayhavetogotothreeorfourtons.Manyreciprocating-screwmachinesarecapableofhandingthermosettingplasticmaterials.Previouslythesematerialswerehandledbycompressionortransfermolding.Thermosettingmaterialscureorpolymerizeinthemoldandareejectedhotintherangeof375~410℃.Thermoplasticpartsmustbeallowedtocoolinthemoldinordertoremovethemwithoutdistortion.Thusthermosettingcyclescanbefaster.Ofcoursethemoldmustbeheatedratherthanchilled,aswiththermoplastics.Machinesareavailableformoldingsandwichparts.Onecylinderandplungerinjectsmeasuredamountofskinmaterialintothedie,andthenasecondcylindersquirtsthefillerinsidethemass.Finally,afinalspurtfromthefirstcylinderclearsthecorematerialfromthesprue.Theaimistoproducecompositeswithoptimumproperties.Eithercaseorcoremaybefoamed.2.FeedsystemItisnecessarytoprovideaflow-wayintheinjectionmouldtoconnectthenozzle(oftheinjectionmachine)toeachimpression.Thisflow-wayistermedthefeedsystem.Normallythefeedsystemcomprisesasprue,runnerandgate.Theset...
