Injection molding case analysis (stagnation near gate)

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I. Basic information provided:

 

1. Product introduction

Project Value Remarks
Product name Transparent cover  
Product weight (g/shot) 40.9*2+2.8=84.6 Including gate weight
Number of cavities (N*n) 1*2 2*1 (1 for each left and right piece of each shot), 1*2 (2 identical products for each shot)
Product projection area cm2 78.5  
Product wall thickness mm 2.6mm  
Product picture Injection molding case analysis 

2. Mold features

Project Value Remarks
Mold size (L*W*T) mm 250mm*300mm*250mm 250*300*250
Several plate molds Two plate molds, Ejection of movable mold push plate  
Runner form Main runner is divided into two branch runners on the left and right  
Gate type Side gate  
Gate size mm W=5.8mm,h=1.65mm,l=3mm Injection molding case analysis 
Number of gates 2  
Runner, gate pictures Injection molding case analysis 

3. Machine characteristics

Item Value Remarks
Injection molding machine brand YH injection molding machine Model YH158
Clamping force (T) 158T  
Screw size (Φ) Φ45  
Maximum injection volume (g) 275g  
Injection pressure MPa 169MPa  
Injection rate g/s 143g/s  
Maximum working oil pressure MPa 16MPa  

4. Plastic characteristics

Item Value Item Value
Material PC2805 Raw materials Dryer type Hot air dryer
Gate ratio 0% Drying temperature ℃ 120
Masterbatch ratio 2g/bag (25KG) Drying time (H) 4
Color Transparent black    

5. Description of debugging difficulties

Defect type Defect description Debugging difficulties
Lack of material Due to low injection speed in the first stage, edges of gate are stagnant and lack of material In order to control silver thread, injection speed in the first stage is slow
Silver thread Silver thread on the surface affects appearance No cold well is added to runner

6. Quality inspection method

Defect type Defect picture Standard Detection method
Silver thread appears on this surface of product Injection molding case analysis  None Visual inspection
Lack of material on the bottom edge Injection molding case analysis  None Visual inspection (sample)

7. Original debugging parameters

(1) Parameter setting
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(2) Mold temperature: Moveable and fixed molds are produced by a mold temperature controller at 80℃.
(3) Injection pressure and speed: Injection pressure is set at 95-100bar, injection speed is 10-18, and holding pressure is 75bar.
(4) Plasticizing temperature: Plasticizing temperature, set at 275-285℃

8. Debugging results

(1) There is no missing material near gate, and silver thread is unstable.
(2) Defect ratio (%): 30%
(3) Frequency (times/hour):
(4) Loss amount (yuan/day):

II. Correction plan

1. Suggested correction plan

(1) Parameter setting 1
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(2) Moveable and fixed molds are produced using a mold temperature controller, and temperature is 80℃, unchanged.
(3) Injection pressure and speed: As shown in figure above, the first speed and position have changed.
(4) Plasticizing temperature: Same as above.
(5) Injection time is increased from 5.5 seconds to 10 seconds.

2. Correction and debugging results

(1) Product quality status: Silver thread ratio has dropped significantly, and there is missing material at the bottom edges on both sides of gate.
(2) Silver thread defect ratio (%): 30% to 5%
(3) Frequency (times/hour):
(4) Amount of loss (RMB/hour):

3. Analysis of rectification and debugging plan 1

Molding process analysis
Injection parameter analysis: Injection speed of the first stage is reduced, which can effectively control cold material from rushing into mold. Injection speed of the last two stages is gradually increased to ensure that product is fully filled. Increase in injection time is to ensure sufficient injection time and product surface shrinkage. However, because speed of the first stage is 5%, position is from 68 to 55, and stagnation occurs at bottom edge, resulting in material shortage.
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4. Analysis of stagnation and material shortage at the bottom edge of gate

(1) Product glue flow status
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(2). There is material shortage on both sides of gate of product with slow glue flow on upper side
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(3) Why is there material shortage so close to gate?
Product wall thickness is 2.6mm, bottom edge thickness is 1.4mm, width is 2mm, and side gate is opened at wall thickness of 2.6mm. When the first stage is 5% from 68 to 55, molten material moves forward quickly along thick wall and moves slowly at the edge. After stagnant part cools down, filling at the back cannot be filled, causing material shortage.
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5. Debugging plan 2

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Molding process analysis
Injection parameter analysis:
The first section speed is 5%, position is from 68 to 58, and lack of material caused by stagnation at the bottom edge is improved. Main reason is that stagnant melt can be pushed forward to fill product while it is still in the state.

III. Summary of rectification and debugging

In this case, some measures are taken for process debugging when there is a lack of cold well in mold and there is stagnation in low-speed injection near gate position. Some rules for setting PC material parameters can be seen from injection molding process parameters. At the same time, stagnation is also a common flow phenomenon that needs to be paid attention to. And product defects caused by stagnation can be eliminated by adjusting process parameters.

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