The design, manufacturing and use of economically friendly injection molds

Much of the polymer manufacturing done today involves the process of injection molding. It can be difficult to gain experience in the art of designing and building tooling for this process outside of industry. The goal of this project is to simplify the process involved in the design of an injection mold to a level suitable for use by motivated undergraduate engineering students. Discussion is centered on the state of the art of mold building. A great deal of attention is also paid to the use of the Battenfeld Plus 250 injection molder and the use of Solidworks MoldTools as tools for the design and use of mold tooling. By following the design, manufacturing, and use of a mold, a great deal of insight into the process and work required to produce the plastic items that we use every day is provided.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Buchok, Aaron (Aaron J.)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• David K. Roylance.

• Materials Science and Engineering.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43170

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/43170