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Injection Flow Rate Threshold Preventing Atypical In-Cavity Pressure during Low-Pressure Powder Injection Molding

Version 1 : Received: 12 September 2023 / Approved: 13 September 2023 / Online: 13 September 2023 (07:58:07 CEST)

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Arès, F.; Delbergue, D.; Demers, V. Injection Flow Rate Threshold Preventing Atypical In-Cavity Pressure during Low-Pressure Powder Injection Molding. Powders 2023, 2, 709-726. Arès, F.; Delbergue, D.; Demers, V. Injection Flow Rate Threshold Preventing Atypical In-Cavity Pressure during Low-Pressure Powder Injection Molding. Powders 2023, 2, 709-726.

Abstract

Controlling injection parameters is paramount when it comes to producing high-quality green parts using powder injection molding. This work combines experimental and numerical approaches to study the impact of injection parameters on mold in-cavity pressure and on the overall quality of green parts produced by low-pressure powder injection molding. The properties of two low-viscosity feedstocks (formulated from a water-atomized stainless-steel powder and wax-based binder system) were measured and implemented in an Autodesk Moldflow numerical model to quantify the molding pressures, which were finally validated using experimental real-scale injections. The results confirmed that an increase in mold temperature, an increase in feedstock temperature, and a decrease in solid loading decrease the mold in-cavity pressure, which was correlated with the feedstock viscosity. As a key result, real-scale injections confirmed that a minimum flow rate was required to avoid atypical high in-cavity pressure leading in several visual defects such as weld lines, flow marks, cracks, sinks, and incomplete filling. Due to differences in its thermal transfer properties, this flow rate threshold value decreases as the feedstock solid loading increases. For injection speeds higher than this value, the injection pressure measured experimentally was linearly correlated with the injection flow rate.

Keywords

Low-pressure powder injection molding; metallic powder; numerical simulation; injection pressure

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Metals, Alloys and Metallurgy

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