Recent Advances in Injection Molding and Special Injection Molding Technologies
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2025 | Viewed by 14555
Special Issue Editor
Interests: precision injection molding technology; advanced molding technology of polymer composites; advanced extrusion molding technology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Injection molding is the most commonly used manufacturing process for the batch preparation of polymer products. With the continuous updating of polymers and their composites, the requirements for injection molding technology are also increasing. Especially for the improvement of the product quality and production efficiency, it involves material characteristics and the determination of polymer properties, product design, mold design and tooling, injection molding machines, injection molding process, and control, etc. In addition, there are a variety of special injection molding techniques that cannot be realized by standard injection molding processes, such as insert injection molding or injection overmolding, injection compression molding, foam injection molding, gas- or water-assisted injection molding, micro injection molding, etc. These special injection molding technologies can transform polymer processing into a highly-efficient, integrated type of manufacturing. This Special Issue of the open-access journal Polymers will be focused on but not limited to the following topics:
- Polymer testing techniques for injection molding;
- Plastic part design for injection molding;
- Mold design and tooling for injection molding;
- Novel injection molding machines;
- Intelligent/smart injection molding;
- Precision injection molding;
- Process/part monitoring for injection molding;
- Insert injection molding / injection overmolding;
- Injection compression molding;
- Foam injection molding;
- Fluid-assisted injection molding;
- Micro injection molding.
Prof. Dr. Jian Wang
Guest Editor
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