POLYPLASTICS IDENTIFIED SOLUTIONS TO HELP PROCESSORS LIMIT GAS BURN OCCURRENCE DURING INJECTION MOLD

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (Bernama) -- Polyplastics Co Ltd, a leading global supplier of engineering thermoplastics, has identified several solutions to help processors limit the occurrence of gas burns during the injection molding process.

According to a statement, the company used its Gas Investigation Method in Injection Molding (GIMIM) test method to analyse the phenomenon and help pose preventative measures.

Gases produced during molding have no place to escape and are compressed, thus resulting in a hot, burned resin surface which threatens continuous molding.

First, the study examined gas resulting from energy loss at the time of injection. The nozzles of typical injection machines comprise a drastically contracted structure, and energy loss arises due to the shape.

Potential solutions include lowering the injection speed, using multiple gates or cavities, and increasing the size of the gate and nozzle.

The GIMIM method also determined that vent clogging is caused by the workings of a complex relationship between the volumes of low boiling and high boiling substances, and the total volume of substances within decomposition gas.

Corrective measures include lowering cylinder temperature and using a rag or similar object to frequently wipe away mold deposits that are lightly stuck to the gas vents.

Since GIMIM can detect substances in units of ppm, it can be used to verify whether the purging process was conducted properly through only a small number of machine shots.

-- BERNAMA