The article deals with the assessment of production process capability in the serial production of plastic components. The plastic component was used for analysis. Component is used in the automotive industry in car suspension shock absorbers. Assessing the capability of the product’s manufacturing process is very important. The aim of the present paper is to measure the dimensional characteristics of a thermoplastic product as a monitored quality feature. The analyzed product is manufactured in an eightfold injection mold by injection technology. The products from each injection mold cavity were considered separately. Process capability was assessed using capability indices. Process variability and centering were evaluated. Based on the analysis we can say that the production process is in excellent condition.
The aim of this paper is to monitor the melt volume index of thermoplastic materials and other rheological properties such as shear rate and viscosity. The aim is to compare and assess whether several times ground and subsequently re-melted samples of pure polymer granulate will have the same or similar rheology properties and whether adjustment of the injection molding machine will be required or will need to reduce or increase production times. Thermo Scientific with HAAKE Meltflow MT software was used to determine the melt flow rate index (MVR) of thermoplastic materials. Based on the melt flow rate (MVR), shear rate and viscosity evaluation, it has been found that, although the selected materials have undergone multiple changes in the rheology of the polymeric materials, there is no problem in the molding process, and MVR does not change significantly. In this case, no changes in the settings of the injection molding machines and reduction or increase in production times will be necessary. When re-melting the granulate samples, no excess waste was generated, which would then need to be disposed of and the samples could be re-used for further measurement after grinding.
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