Study on External Gas-Assisted Mold Temperature Control for Improving the Melt Flow Length of Thin Rib Products in the Injection Molding Process

Table 4

Experimental results for cavity temperature with the thin rib mold at different heating times.

Measuring point	Measuring time (s)	Heating time (s)
		4	6	8	10
1	0	30	30	30	30
	2	99.2	100.2	101.2	102.2
	4	118.6	119.9	120.1	121.1
	6	116.4	123.4	124.2	125.6
	8	111.1	121.5	132.6	133.5
	10	107.0	118.0	129.5	142.3
	12		115.5	126.7	140.8
	14			122.0	137.2
	16				133.0
2	0	30	30	30	30
	2	101.2	102.1	103.3	104.2
	4	120.6	121.9	122.2	123.6
	6	118.5	125.5	126.6	127.2
	8	116.7	124.4	134.7	135.1
	10	112.1	121.9	132.4	145.8
	12		118.4	130.2	144.2
	14			125.1	141.6
	16				138.1
3	0	30	30	30	30
	2	99.2	100.3	101.2	102.3
	4	116.2	117.5	118.3	119.9
	6	114.1	122.4	123.4	124.8
	8	110.4	120.1	130.5	131.1
	10	105.6	117.2	128.9	141.4
	12		113.2	125.7	138.3
	14			121.1	134.5
	16				131.1
Heating time			Mold closing time