Texturing is an engineering technology that can be used to enable surface functionalization
in the plastics injection molding industry. A texture is defined as the geometrical modification …

The prevalence of micro-holes is widespread in mechanical, electronic, optical, ornaments,
micro-fluidic devices, etc. However, monitoring and detection tool wear and tool breakage …

Nowadays, the application of novel soft-computing methods to new industrial processes is
often limited by the actual capacity of the industry to assimilate state-of-the-art computational …

The use of microfeature-enabled devices, such as microfluidic platforms and anti-fouling
surfaces, has grown in both potential and application in recent years. Injection molding is an …

The growing public concern about sustainable development has increased interest in
exploring sustainable machining alternatives. However, the absence of a widely accepted …

In micro injection molding the quality of 3D complex parts is influenced by the efficiency of
the ejection phase. During demolding, the forces taking place at the component-tool …

One of the major issues of the micro-milling operations pertains to burrs formation, which
affects the quality of the final product, and, thus, the capability to meet the part desired …

Analyzing the machined surface quality of a multi-feature part helps to find out a
comprehensive solution for machining quality promotion for complex multi-feature products …

The friction force developed in the demolding phase of the micro injection molding process
is mainly determined by mold surface finish, which affects the tribological phenomena …

The demolding of plastic parts remains a challenging aspect of injection molding. Despite
various experimental studies and known solutions to reduce demolding forces, there is still …