11/07/2019 Injection Molding Bits and Bites Quiz | 10 Questions

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Injection Molding Bits and Bites

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So you think you're a molder?

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1. The time between cycles that your molten plastic sits in the barrel is called?

Residence Time
Down Time.
Wait Time.
Cycle Time.

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2. When molten plastic is injected in to your mold at high speed what happens to the polymer strands?

Nothing!
They bunch up and stop flowing.
They become linear aligned.
They break.

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3. You hear a process technician say that your part has splay. Which of these could have caused this?

Distortion of the plastic.

There was dirt in the molten plastic.
A broken mold.
There was moisture in the melted plastic.

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4. Why would I want glass fibers in my resin?

To make my part clear.

To make my part shiny.
For decoration.
To increase part strength.

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5. A resin's (plastic) tensile strength is?

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The ability for polymer strands to stretch.

The amount which polymer strands can be stretched before breaking.
Polymers resistance to heat.
A polymers UV resistance.

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6. What type of resin is used to make CD's?

ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene).

PC(Polycarbonate).
PVC(Polyvinyl chloride).
PP(Polypropylene).

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7. If my molded part does not cool enough before being ejected from the mold what happens?

It falls apart.
The part is too hot too touch.
The part warps and shrinks.
The plastic loses its color.

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8. Why would you not mold a toothbrush with PVC(Polyvinyl chloride) plastic?

It has a bad smell.

It is too hard to mold.
PVC is Toxic.
It is not the right color.

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9. Why would we want to make vents in our molding die?

So air can get into the plastic.

To allow excess plastic to escape the mold.
So we can see whats happening.
To allow gas to escape.

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10. How does gas from molten plastic cause burning in the plastic?

The gas is hotter than the plastic.

Gas catches fire!
The trapped gas ignites from the heat generated by pressure.
The gas mixed with air explodes.

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