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 …

Nano-and microfabrication techniques have been widely explored in the textile, polymer and
biomedical arenas, although more recently these systems have attracted considerable …

Injection molding is widely used for mass production of thermoplastic parts with complex
geometry and tight dimensional tolerance. However, due to the unavoidable shrinkage and …

Thermoplastics injection molding has found increasing use in several industry sectors. To
achieve high effectivity of the process and desirable quality of the manufactured product …

In this research, the effect of reprocessing of acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene (ABS) on the
mechanical properties of the polymer was studied through a five-stage reprocessing. To this …

This paper comprehensively reviews the process parameters optimization in plastic injection
molding (PIM) using the metamodel-based optimization. The PIM is a typical manufacturing …

Currently, the development of automated quality inspection is drawing attention as a major
component of the smart factory. However, injection molding processes have not received …

Sink mark defects are commonly observed in thick-walled injection molded components as a
result of under-packing in the hot-spot areas and an insufficient compensation of the …

Injection molding part quality is modeled using a multivariate sensor. Melt pressure and
temperature are respectively obtained through the incorporation of a piezo-ceramic element …

Metal injection molding (MIM) is a near net-shape manufacturing process combining
conventional plastic injection molding and powder metallurgy. Two kinds of injections molds …