Injection molding (IM) is the most efficient mass production technology for manufacturing
polymers in complex and detailed geometries with high precision. Although, with the …

Rapid tooling (RT) and additive manufacturing (AM) are currently being used in several
parts of industry, particularly in the development of new products. The demand for timely …

Rapid heat cycle molding (RHCM) is a molding process that the mold cavity is rapidly
heated to a high temperature before plastic melt injection, and then cooled quickly once the …

Rapid heat cycle molding (RHCM) can eliminate the weld line, increase flow length, and
improve surface quality of the molded parts. However, the cycle time is much longer as …

Rapid heat cycle moulding (RHCM) is a recent set of injection technologies that allow a full
temperature control in a mould. Between all technologies available in terms of heating and …

The rapid heating cycle has the advantage of improving product quality in injection molding.
In this study, steam heating was combined with cool water on the same mold design to …

Microinjection molding (μIM) is a fast‐developing technology which is used to produce
polymeric microcomponents or components with micro/nanoscale features, such as are …

In designing molds for injection molding process, it is very difficult to achieve efficient cooling
with uniform thermal distribution. To overcome these issues, the uses of conformal cooling …

In injection molding, the temperature control of the dynamic mold is an excellent method for
improving the melt flow length, especially of thin-wall products. In this study, the heating …

A new rapid mold heating and cooling method is developed in this study. For rapid mold
heating, cartridge heaters are assembled in the holes of the mold. Between the heaters and …