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Ultrasonic measurement of residual wall thickness during gas assisted injection moulding.

No / Ultrasonic technology provides a powerful and noninvasive method of in-process measurement during injection molding and extrusion. Changes in the velocity, attenuation and reflection coefficients of high frequency sound waves can be related to the state and conditions of the materials through which they propagate. The velocity of an ultrasonic wave changes with density and elastic moduli; this allows information on solidification and material properties to be collected during the molding cycle. The time of flight of the wave is a function of velocity and path length. This paper shows that it can be correlated with the residual wall thickness of polymer in the mold during gas assisted injection molding.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/3138
Date January 2007
CreatorsMulvaney-Johnson, Leigh, Brown, Elaine C., Coates, Philip D.
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle, published version paper
Relationhttp://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/116325093/PDFSTART

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