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material contraction during the cooling phase. They are usually found were
ribs, bosses etc. join a wall.
•Clean vents.
•Decrease injection speed.
•Decrease melt temperature.
•Dry material.
•Increase injection pressure.
•Increase injection-hold.
•Increase mold temperature.
•Increase shot length.
•Increase size of gate.
•Increase size of sprue and/or runners and/or gates.
Surface marks where two or more streams of material meet
MOULDING MOULD MACHINE
PROBLEMS related related
•If possible re-site gate •Increase injection
Weld lines pressure
to shorten flow path
Weld Lines are •Increase melt
created when two
inside the mould and
obviate ''jetting'. With temperature (front zone
or more melt flow
thick section moulding and nozzle)
fronts meet
possibly causing a increase gate size and •Increase speed of
cosmetically inject slowly injection
visible line. It can •Increase mould
•Improve venting
also create a temperature
weakened area in •Use hot sprue bush or
the finished hot runner system
molded part •Use high volume mould
especially with temperature controller
filled resins.
•Use mould surface
temperature control
Weld lines
Description
The part does not break cleanly from the gate area.
Silver
streaking •Mixture of coarse and
fine granules •Use uniform granulation
•Non uniform plastic •Reduce temperature of nozzle
temperature •Preheat material
•Exceeding plasticizing •Reduce rear cylinder temperature
capacity and use uniform granulation
•Balance gate position , relocate
•Air tapped between the
gates,
granules at the hopper
•Vent Mould, reduce injection
end pressure, reduce cylinder
•Intermitent flow in the temperature
cavity •Increase mould temperature
•Injection speed too fast •Reduce injection pressure
•Mould temperature too •Preheat the material adequately,
low use a hopper dryer
•Injection pressure too •Decrease the mould cycle time,
high decrease the cylinder temperature
•Moisture and volatiles •Check the moulding powder for
contamination ,check the feed
in the material
system, purge the cylinder ,
•Material too hot
Check the regrind content and
•Contamination of quality.
foreign material •Increase the size of the runner
•Gates and runners too and the gates.
small •Wipe the mould , use lesser
•Excessive condensate / quantity of lubricants, change the
lubricants on the mould lubricant and try
material •Increase or decrease the injection
•Adjust injection rate rate.
Black
•Frictional heat
streaks caused by •Use external indication,
movement of cold increase rear cylinder
granules past one temperature , vent mould
another properly, relocate gates.
•Air trapping in the •Reduce injection
mould pressure.
•Plunger off-center •Relocate plunger
causing friction •Purge the cylinder
burning of material
•Contamination
Short
•Cold material •Increase plastic
shots temperature
•Cold mould
•Increase mould
•Insufficient temperature
pressure •Increase pressure and
•Insufficient feed temperature
•Poor venting •Increase feed
•Increase number and size
•Insufficient
of vents
plunger forward •Increase plunger forward
time time.
•Insufficient •Increase injection speed
injection speed •Correct unbalanced
coixlition
•Improper
•Check the material in the
balance of plastic hopper, check the feed
flow in multiple throat for resin
cavity moulds. agglomerates, machine
•Insufficient capacity not enough
•Increase the gate, runner,
feeding
and sprue size, use the
•Melt flow nozzle with a higher
restricted diameter hole, try with a
•Back pressure in higher MFI material, check
cavity the nozzle for blocks.
•Provide adequate venting,
•Unbalanced
reduce the clamping force.
runner design •Balance the runner design ,
•Cold slug cavity location
clogging gates, •Increase the size of cold
runners and slug well, provide cold well
for sub runners.
sprue.
•Rearrange the cooling line
•Un uniform of mould to provide a
mould uniform cooling
temperature •Maintain a uniform melt
•Un uniform melt cushion, check the back flow
valve and, repair if needed
cushion
•Use a bigger machine.
•Machine
capacity not
enough