Ultrasonic plastification speed of polymer and its influencing factors

Jiang, Bingyan; Hu, Ji; Li, Jun; Liu, Xiaochao

doi:10.1007/s11771-012-1015-4

Cited by 21 publications

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“…Most of the research in the field agree that polymer plasticization depends on two main mechanisms: (a) The interfacial friction heating and (b) the volumetric or viscoelastic heating [16,18,33,34,35,36]. The interfacial friction occurs when particles have lateral movements among them, while the damping oscillation of the polymer chains causes the viscoelastic heating, due to inner friction.…”

Section: Ultrasonic Injection Moldingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ultrasonic Molding Technology: Recent Advances and Potential Applications in the Medical Industry

2019

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Recently, ultrasonic molding (USM) has emerged as a promising replication technique for low and medium volume production of miniature and micro-scale parts. In a relatively short time cycle, ultrasonic molding can process a wide variety of polymeric materials without any noticeable thermal degradation into cost-effective molded parts. This research work reviews recent breakthroughs of the ultrasonic injection molding and ultrasonic compression molding process regarding the equipment and tooling development, materials processing and potential applications in the medical industry. The discussion is centered on the challenges of industrializing this technology, pointing out the need for improvement of the current process’s robustness and repeatability. Among the most important research areas that were identified are the processing of novel engineered and nanomaterials, the understanding and control of the ultrasonic plasticization process and the tooling and equipment development.

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Section: Ultrasonic Injection Moldingmentioning

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Ultrasonic Molding Technology: Recent Advances and Potential Applications in the Medical Industry

2019

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“…That is because the melt feeding resistance increases and more compression pressure is correspondingly required. When the ultrasound duration time is prolonged, the viscosity and elasticity of the polymer melt decrease, while the temperature and inner stress of the melt are homogenized; therefore, micro-plastic parts with a better quality are achieved (Chen et al, 2010;Jiang et al, 2012;Liang et al, 2014).…”

Section: Application Of Micro-hole Array Pcb Inserts In a Micro-ultramentioning

confidence: 99%

Mechanical drilling of PCB micro hole and its application in micro ultrasonic powder molding

Liang

Fu³

et al. 2015

Circuit World

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Purpose – This paper aims to present the main factors affecting the mechanical drilling of the printed circuit board (PCB for short) micro-holes and method of micro-ultrasonic powder molding (micro-UPM for short) by utilizing PCB micro-hole array. Design/methodology/approach – To optimize the drilling process, the paper proposes the on-line monitoring methods for the drilling process including drilling force, drilling temperature, high-speed photography and vibration signals. Taking 0.10 and 0.15 mm micro-drilling as examples, the paper analyzes the drilling process of ultra-small micro-holes. Finally, by taking the PCBs with 0.10 and 0.15 mm micro-hole arrays as the micro-cavity inserts, utilizing ultra-high-molecule weight polyethylene powder with the average particle size of about 150 μm as raw material, two sizes of micro-cylinder array polymer parts are fabricated through micro-UPM process. Findings – PCB micro-cavity inserts with micro-hole arrays fabricated by mechanical drilling has the advantages of low costs, high efficiency and good consistency. Taking 0.10 and 0.15 mm micro-drilling as examples, it is found that the both measured apertures are about 10.0 μm more than the diameter of the micro-drill bits on average. The average diameter of the micro-cylinders by micro-UPM process is smaller than that of the micro-hole with the same specification, while the value of the roughness of the cylinder surface is more than that of the hole-wall surface with the same specification. Originality/value – This paper describes the challenges and the developments of mechanical drilling and by using PCB micro-cavity inserts with micro-hole arrays fabricated by mechanical drilling, two different micro-cylinder array polymer parts are successfully made and thus the application area of PCB micro-drilling is broadened.

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“…When the ultrasonic plasticizing time was prolonged, the viscosity and the elasticity of the polymer melt decreased, and the temperature and the inner stress of the material were homogenized. Therefore, the quality of the plastic parts was improved (Chen et al, 2010;Jiang et al, 2012).…”

Section: Molding Process Parametersmentioning

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Micro UHMW‐PE column array molded by the utilization of PCB as mold insert

Liang

et al. 2013

Circuit World

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to present a method for ultrasonically molding polymer powder in a micro plastic part mold. In the method, a printed circuit board (PCB) in which micro-hole arrays are drilled is used as a micro cavity insert. With the utilization of ultrasonic vibration, the polymer powder, which is prefilled and compacted in a micro cavity, mutually generates great sliding friction heat so as to be rapidly plasticized and molded. Design/methodology/approach -Micro carbide drill bits of which the diameters are 100.0 mm, 150.0 mm and 200.0 mm, respectively, are used for drilling the PCB to form a micro-hole array insert. Next, two kinds of various ultra-high molecule weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) powder with various grain diameters are directly filled into a charging barrel and a mold cavity with the micro-hole array insert. Proper process parameters are set on ultrasonic plasticizing and molding equipment so that a molding test can be performed. The melt of UHMW-PE can be rapidly filled into the cavity. Finally, micro-column array plastic parts are successfully prepared. Findings -The micro-hole array PCB is a mold insert which is quite applicable for the ultrasonic molding of the powder in the mold. When a molding material is the coarse UHMW-PE powder with the grain diameter of about 350 mm, the diameter replication rates of the micro-column array plastic parts become good in order with the increased micro-hole diameter of the PCB. When the fine UHMW-PE powder with the grain diameter of about 80 mm is adopted, the diameter replication rates of the micro-column array plastic parts become good in order with the decreased micro-hole diameter of the PCB. Originality/value -In this paper, the micro-column array plastic parts with good replicability are successfully prepared by a technique for ultrasonically plasticizing and molding in the cavity. The technique can be applied to the fields of medical treatment, communication, optics, chemistry and so on, such as biological micro needle arrays, micro biological chips, optical memories, and micro chemical reaction chips.

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Ultrasonic plastification speed of polymer and its influencing factors

Cited by 21 publications

References 12 publications

Ultrasonic Molding Technology: Recent Advances and Potential Applications in the Medical Industry

Ultrasonic Molding Technology: Recent Advances and Potential Applications in the Medical Industry

Mechanical drilling of PCB micro hole and its application in micro ultrasonic powder molding

Micro UHMW‐PE column array molded by the utilization of PCB as mold insert

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