Fabrication of Micro-Structured Polymer by Micro Injection Molding Based on Precise Micro-Ground Mold Core
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Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Optomechatronics Engineering, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Micromachines 2019, 10(4), 253; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10040253
Received: 18 March 2019
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Revised: 12 April 2019
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Accepted: 15 April 2019
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Published: 16 April 2019
(This article belongs to the Section D：Materials and Processing)
Precise micro-grinding machining was proposed to fabricate regular and controllable micro-grooved array structures on the surface of mold cores to realize the mass production and manufacturing of micro-structured polymer components by micro injection molding in this paper. First, the 3D topographies and section profiles of micro-ground mold cores and micro-formed polymers with different micro-structure parameters were presented. Then, the surface roughness of mold cores and polymers were compared. Next, the relationships between machining accuracy of mold core ground by micro-grinding and filling rates of micro-structured polymer formed by micro injection molding were investigated. Finally, the influences of micro injection molding parameters on the filling rate of micro-structures polymer were investigated. It is shown that the micro-structured polymer can be effectively and rapidly fabricated using the proposed method. The experimental results indicate the highest form accuracy of the micro-grooved mold core and the filling rate of micro-structured polymer can reach to 4.05 µm and 99.30%, respectively. It is found that the filling rate of the micro-structured polymer roughly increased with increasing machining accuracy of the mold core. The injection pressure had the greatest influence on the filling rate of the injection formed polymer, while the melt temperature had the least influence.
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Keywords:
micro-grinding; micro-structure; micro injection molding; filling rate; polymer
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Lu, Y.; Chen, F.; Wu, X.; Zhou, C.; Lou, Y.; Li, L. Fabrication of Micro-Structured Polymer by Micro Injection Molding Based on Precise Micro-Ground Mold Core. Micromachines 2019, 10, 253. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10040253
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Lu Y, Chen F, Wu X, Zhou C, Lou Y, Li L. Fabrication of Micro-Structured Polymer by Micro Injection Molding Based on Precise Micro-Ground Mold Core. Micromachines. 2019; 10(4):253. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10040253
Chicago/Turabian StyleLu, Yanjun, Fumin Chen, Xiaoyu Wu, Chaolan Zhou, Yan Lou, and Liejun Li. 2019. "Fabrication of Micro-Structured Polymer by Micro Injection Molding Based on Precise Micro-Ground Mold Core" Micromachines 10, no. 4: 253. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10040253
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