Research Article

Quality Indexes Design for Online Monitoring Polymer Injection Molding

Table 1

Abbreviations of quality indexes.

AbbreviationDefinition

Peak pressure index extracted from system pressure
Peak pressure index extracted from nozzle pressure
Peak pressure index extracted from cavity pressure at cavity A/B

Melt viscosity index extracted from system pressure
Melt viscosity index extracted from nozzle pressure
Melt viscosity index extracted from cavity pressure at cavity A/B

Energy index extracted from system pressure
Energy index extracted from nozzle pressure
Energy index extracted from cavity pressure at cavity A/B

Total clamping force increment extracted from clamping force
Clamping force increment of tie-bar A extracted from the strain gauge mounted on tie-bar A

Feeding time at the plasticization stage