Troubleshooting Common Injection Molding Part Problems
Outline 2 Day Seminar
- Introduction & Overview
- Industry Status
- Components of a successful plastics application
- Strategy for Six Sigma
- Processing Guidelines
- Four Plastic Variables
- Machine vs. Plastic conditions
- Common Molding Problems: Causes and Solutions
- Splay
- Color streaking, swirls, marbling
- Bubbles in clear parts
- Pin (ejector) push marks, see also parts sticking
- Shorts, sinks, record grooves or waves
- Flash
- Warp/Dimensional Stability
- Miscellaneous
- Burns
- Black Specks
- Worm Tracks or Jetting
- Contamination
- Delamination
- Weldlines
- Poor living hinge life
- Gate Blush
- Gloss, and gloss gradients
