Experimental Study on the Demolding Force in Micro Metal Injection Molding

In this paper experimental study on the demolding force needed to eject micro structures in Micro Metal Injection Molding (μMIM) is conducted. Injection molding is done on a variotherm mold mounted on a Battenfeld injection molding machine and demolding force measurement is done on an Instron tensi...

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Main Authors: Tor, Shu Beng, Loh, N.H., Fu, G., Tay, B.Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35810
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Summary:In this paper experimental study on the demolding force needed to eject micro structures in Micro Metal Injection Molding (μMIM) is conducted. Injection molding is done on a variotherm mold mounted on a Battenfeld injection molding machine and demolding force measurement is done on an Instron tensile testing machine. Green part is a round disc of φ16 mm and thickness 1.5 mm with an array of φ100 μm × height 200 μm micro structures at the center. The experimental results are in good accordance with the previous analysis results.