Towards sustainable injection molding of ABS plastic products

被引：17

作者：

Tranter, Jack B. ^{[1
]}

Refalo, Paul ^{[1
]}

Rochman, Arif ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Malta, Dept Ind & Mfg Engn, Msida, Malta

来源：

JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES | 2017年 / 29卷

关键词：

Sustainable manufacturing; Injection molding; Design of Experiments; Optimization; PROCESS PARAMETERS; CRITERIA; TAGUCHI; IMPACT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jmapro.2017.08.015

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

This work sought to determine the effect of selected process parameters on the energy consumption of the injection molding process of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), through direct energy measuring of equipment involved, and quality of the molded parts. This was done to find an optimal trade-off between the two responses, thus maximizing the process sustainability. The selected process parameters were the melt temperature, mold temperature, holding pressure, holding time and cooling time. The quality criteria were the length and mass of the part produced. Design of Experiments (DOE) was used to generate an experimental schedule upon which the process parameters were varied and the corresponding energy consumption and quality responses were recorded. The results showed that the changes in the cycle time (holding and cooling time) incur the largest variation in energy consumption, when compared to the other process parameters considered. (C) 2017 The Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：399 / 406

页数：8

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