Plastics Processing Techniques
Plastics Processing Techniques
Plastics Processing Techniques
TECHNIQUES
Defined as the process of converting the
plastic raw materials into Semi-finished
or finished products.
Plastics Processing Techniques
Injection Molding
Extrusion
Blow Molding
Rotational Molding
Thermoforming
Calendaring
Compression Molding
Transfer Molding
SUMMARY OF PROCESS
The cavity cools as the gate freezes off and the screw begins
to retract to plasticize material for the next shot.
Machine operation sequence
The mould opens for part ejection
The screw has three zones with a ring-plunger assembly. The Feed
Zone, where the plastic first enters the screw and is conveyed along a
constant root diameter; the Transition Zone, where the plastic is
conveyed, compressed and melted along a root diameter that increases
with a constant taper; and the Metering Zone, where the melting of the
plastic is completed and the melt is conveyed forward along a constant
root diameter reaching a temperature and viscosity to form parts.
L/D RATIO
If the screw were allowed to travel its full stroke and stop
mechanically against the nozzle, the cushion would be
zero.