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Brittle fracture

 

Description

Injection parts split or easily broken in the process of molding.

 

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Causes

 Possible causes Suggested solution
Injection molding machine Melt temperature is too low.   

Increase templerture in tank and injection mouth.

 

Reduce the speed of the screw or adjust the screw speed to get the correct surface speed

The breakdown of the molecular structure of plastics casued by degradation in cylinder.  

In all regions to reduce injection cylinder temperature.

 

Reduced back pressure.

Mold filling is too slow.
 
 

Increase injection speed.

 

On the injection molding machine remains stable bedding.

Mold Cold mold surface  

Increase mold temperature.

 

Limit the speed of cooling flows through the mold.

Runner and the gate are too small, so the mold filling produced excessive shear rate.  

Use full-round runners and increase the size of runner and gate to provide acceptable mold filling phase shear rate.

Plastic The pressure of injection molded parts without proper release or not be processed.  

Injection molded parts annealed, if nylon plastic products, which dipped in warm water.

Injection molded parts is not sufficient for a particular plastic.  

If possible, design the product in order to improve the weak sections.

Adding too much regrind.  

Reduced the mixture proportion of recycle materials with the new plastic materials.

Heterogeneous plastic impurities.   Check the plastics for impurities.
Thoroughly clean shot cylinder.
Hopper or filling machines to be removed and cleaned thoroughly.
Regrind may have poor quality.  Double check the signs of impurities when recycle material being separated.
Ensure dust removing material.
Check for strict implementation of recycling programs.