A review on machine learning models in injection molding machines

SK Selvaraj, A Raj… - … in Materials Science …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most suitable methods for the mass production of complicated shapes is injection
molding due to its superior production rate and quality. The key to producing higher quality …

Intelligent injection molding on sensing, optimization, and control

P Zhao, J Zhang, Z Dong, J Huang… - Advances in Polymer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Injection molding is one of the most significant material processing methods for mass
production of plastic products. It is widely used in various industry sectors, and its products …

Monitoring and control for thermoplastics injection molding a review

O Ogorodnyk, K Martinsen - Procedia Cirp, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoplastics injection molding has found increasing use in several industry sectors. To
achieve high effectivity of the process and desirable quality of the manufactured product …

Industry 4.0 in-line AI quality control of plastic injection molded parts

SS Aminabadi, P Tabatabai, A Steiner, DP Gruber… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Automatic in-line process quality control plays a crucial role to enhance production efficiency
in the injection molding industry. Industry 4.0 is leading the productivity and efficiency of …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling of pvT behavior of semi-crystalline polymer based on the two-domain Tait equation of state for injection molding

J Wang, C Hopmann, M Schmitz, T Hohlweck… - Materials & Design, 2019 - Elsevier
The absence of the influence of cooling rate in the pressure–specific volume–temperature
(pvT) models makes them inadequate in the process simulation of injection molding. This …

Deep Learning‐Based Predictive Control of Injection Velocity in Injection Molding Machines

Z Ren, Y Li, Z Wu, S Xie - Advances in Polymer Technology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid and reliable optimal control of injection molding machines (IMMs) is critical for the
effective production of injection‐molded goods, especially in the situation of restricted …

Adaptive model-based predictive control for cross-phase cavity pressure control in injection molding

M Vukovic, S Stemmler, K Hornberg, D Abel… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Injection molding is a manufacturing process for the production of plastic parts. The
traditional process control switches between an injection velocity control and a pressure …

Self-optimizing injection molding based on iterative learning cavity pressure control

C Hopmann, D Abel, J Heinisch, S Stemmler - Production Engineering, 2017 - Springer
Modern injection molding machines can reproduce machine values, such as the position
and speed of the plasticizing screw, with a high precision. To achieve a further improvement …

Development of a novel control strategy for a highly segmented injection mold tempering for inline part warpage control

C Hopmann, C Kahve, M Schmitz - Polymer Engineering & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The demand of precise injection‐molded parts is steadily increasing and is today one of the
most relevant challenges, due to local variations in temperature and pressure during the …

Continuous two-domain equations of state for the description of the pressure-specific volume-temperature behavior of polymers

J Wang, C Hopmann, M Röbig, T Hohlweck, C Kahve… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The two-domain Schmidt equation of state (EoS), which describes the pressure-specific
volume–temperature (pvT) behavior of polymers in both the equilibrium molten/liquid state …