Technical Paper
Optimizing Mechanical Performance of Injection Molded Multiple Gated Rotating Thermoplastic Components: Part 2 - Knit Line1/Weld Inter-Phase Integrity
2001-03-05
2001-01-0439
Due to the wide and ever increasing application of thermoplastics for the transportation and automotive industries, the performance of the under-the-hood plastic parts depend upon optimized design and processing technology and properties of polymer based materials. Nylon (polyamide) based plastics are used widely for automotive cooling fans and various under-the-hood injection molded components. For injection molding of multi-blade cooling fans and various rotating plastic parts the complex of multiple gating injection molding tools were used. Both the design of the various rotating parts (including industrial and automotive cooling fan, and the molding tool design are very important to get optimum flow patterns and to predict the locations and interaction of stress-bearing areas and knit lines (planes or inter-phases)1. The mechanical performance of the injection-molded thermoplastic components depends on the peculiarity of the part and the molding tool design.