Design of Injection Molding in Sustainable Materials
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 927
Special Issue Editor
Interests: injection molding; additive manufacturing; MEX; sustainability in advanced polymer manufacturing technologies; industrial design; conformal cooling; characterization of materials; numerical simulation; advanced injection molding design and tooling
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Dear Colleagues,
The injection molding of plastics is currently presented as the most widespread manufacturing process with plastic materials at an industrial level. This highlights the great impact that adequate design and optimization of the molding process can have in the environment, positioning it today as one of the areas of greatest interest in the industrial and research field. The environmental impact of the molding process depends on multiple factors, many of which are directly related to the design of the mold and the use of sustainable materials. The design of green molds has the great advantage of improving the efficiency of the mold in terms of productivity, environmental impact, and the use of new sustainable materials in its manufacture. Likewise, the green molding process includes the study of the plastic part to be manufactured, presenting strong challenges in the field of using new sustainable materials and a suitable design for an efficient production process. For all these reasons, the molding process presents multiple opportunities and challenges for researchers in line with current and future sustainability strategies.
In this line, this Special Issue will collect a selection of papers presenting original and innovative contributions to the study of green injection molding design in sustainable materials and all those contributions related to the improvement of the sustainability of the injection molding process as well as the parts of plastic to be manufactured by ecomolding.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not be limited to) the following:
- Green injection molding design;
- New sustainable materials in injection molding processes;
- Green design of injection plastic parts;
- Injection molding design and sustainability;
- Characterization of new sustainable materials for injection molding;
- Industrial design and injection molding;
- Numerical simulation in injection molding design and sustainable materials;
- Optimization of the environmental impact of the molding process;
- Injection molding design and additive manufacturing;
- Sustainable injection molding design and mechatronic systems;
- Injection molding technology and sustainable materials.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Cristina Martín-Doñate
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- injection molding design
- sustainable materials
- green design in injection molding
- ecoinjection molding
- numerical simulation
- material characterization
- industrial design for injection molding
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