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Establishing The Injection Speed - Theory and Practice PDF
Establishing The Injection Speed - Theory and Practice PDF
Definitions:
1) Newtonian Fluid: A fluid whose viscosity is not influenced by the shear rate that is being
applied to it. The viscosity remains constant as the shear changes.
2) Non-Newtonian Fluid: A fluid whose viscosity changes with the change in the shear rate that
is being applied to it. The viscosity does not remain constant as the shear changes.
3) Rheology: The study of fluid flow of non-Newtonian Fluids.
dialatant dialatant
Newtonian
(non Newtonian)
Newtonian Shear
Viscosity Stress
pseudoplastic
pseudoplastic
(non Newtonian)
All plastics are non-Newtonian. This means that their viscosity does not remain constant over a
given range of shear rates. In the strict sense, the rheological behavior of a plastic is a
combination of non – Newtonian and Newtonian behavior. At lower shear rates, the plastic is
non-Newtonian but as the shear rate increases, the plastic tends to exhibit a Newtonian behavior.
This happens because with increasing shear rate, the polymer molecules start to untangle from
each other and start to align themselves in the direction of flow. Refer to the picture on the next
page.
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Viscosity
Shear Rate
Shot to shot variations should be reduced in order to achieve repeatable quality of parts. This is
especially important in case of tight tolerance parts and multi cavity molds. Optimizing the
injection speed through In-mold rheology is only the first step to achieving a robust process.
Later, the holding phase and the cooling phase must also be optimized.
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