How to deal with warpage and deformation of plastic molds during injection molding
Warpage and deformation of plastic injection molded products is a very troublesome problem. It should be dealt with mainly from the aspect of mold planning, while the adjustment effect of molding conditions is very limited. So, how do we deal with the warpage and deformation of plastic injection molded products?
1. When poor demolding causes stress and deformation, it can be dealt
with by increasing the number or area of push rods and setting
demolding slope.
2. When the residual stress is deformed due to the molding conditions,
the stress can be eliminated by reducing the injection pressure,
increasing the mold and making the mold temperature uniform, increasing
the resin temperature or using annealing methods.
3. The cooling method can be adjusted and the cooling time can be
prolonged when the cooling method is not suitable and the cooling is
uneven or the cooling time is insufficient. For example, the cooling
circuit can be arranged as close as possible to the deformed place.
4. Regarding the deformation caused by the shortening of the molding,
the mold plan must be revised. Among them, the most important thing is
to make the product wall thickness common. Sometimes, as a last resort,
the deformation of the product has to be measured, and the mold is
trimmed in the opposite direction for correction. Resins with greater
shortening rate are generally crystalline resins (such as
polyoxymethylene, nylon, polypropylene, polyethylene and PET resins)
than non-crystalline resins (such as PMMA resin, polyvinyl chloride,
polystyrene, ABS resin, etc.) The deformation of AS resin, etc.) is
large. In addition, because the glass fiber reinforced resin has fiber
orientation, the deformation is also large.