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Injection Molding for Multicomponent Materials

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Multicomponent Polymeric Materials

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Injection molding is one of the most valuable and important manufacturing processes capable of mass-producing delicate plastic parts in net shape with excellent dimensional allowance. Injection molding is used to create many things such as wire spools, packaging, bottle caps, automotive dashboards, pocket combs, some musical instruments (and parts of them), one-piece chairs and small tables, storage containers, mechanical parts (including gears), and most other plastic products available today. For many years, injection molding process and quality control has been an active research area, as part quality and yield requirements become more rigid.

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Park, SJ., Lee, SY. (2016). Injection Molding for Multicomponent Materials. In: Kim, J., Thomas, S., Saha, P. (eds) Multicomponent Polymeric Materials. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 223. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7324-9_4

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