: injection troubleshooter :

plastic record grooves

• Record Grooves - plastic injection troubleshooter


• Description:
Resembles the grooves of gramophone records. At slow speed - as material nears cold tool - it loses its flow (below HDT) before actual contact. The melt that follows flows over cooled melt, though repeat the cycle.

• Causes:
machine
· injection speed too low
· injection pressure too low
mould
· mould too cold
· different texture on mould halves - polished vs coarse grain
material
· melt too cold


• Actions:
1st
increase injection speed
2nd
increase injection pressure
3rd
increase melt temperature
4th
increase mould temperature
5th
check mould textures


contact: jmfalcao@moldplast.com