Applications of Process Simulation in Polymer-Based Products Injection Molding
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Physics and Theory".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 258
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Interests: polymers; composite materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Injection molding is the most widely used manufacturing process to produce polymer-based products for various markets including automotives, appliances, electronics and packaging, etc. For either the non-reinforced or the filler reinforced polymer material, the control process variables directly affect the material microstructure and crystallinity, thus affecting the molded part properties and quality.
For large and complex molding parts, such as a car bumper, its tooling is very expensive, and once the tooling is cut, it is non-reversible. Simulation is a powerful method not only to study the effect of different control process variables, but also the locations of gates, as well as the gate opening strategy. Usually, several iterations of flow simulations are conducted before cutting the tooling, which significantly saves the tooling cost for the molders.
This Special Issue includes several papers that study different applications of process simulation in injection molding, serving as a good summary to provide some guidance and insights for polymer researchers, material engineers and process engineers, as well as raw material suppliers, automotive OEMs, etc.
Prof. Dr. Jose Castro
Guest Editor
Dr. Kaiyu Cai
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- injection molding
- polymer
- flow simulation
- application
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