Wednesday, August 7, 2013

injection molding process for ULTEM PEI material

PEI material Applications:
Medical, Aircraft, Automotive, Automotive lighting, Telecom, molded interconnect devices, Electrical and lighting, HVAC/Fluid Handling

About the part design:
Molded-in stress in parts can be minimized by:
1, Avoiding thin walls and sharp corners
2, Avoiding large and sharp transitions in wall thickness
3, Ensuring balanced and uniform part filling
4, Properly designing ribs and corning to increase stiffness without increasing wall thickness

Injection molding Process:

Drying Parameters

Moisture content higher than 0.02% can be expected to cause appearance issues, brittle parts and an increase in the melt flow of the material. If it is unreinforced material, then you have to dry 4 hours at the temp of 300F; if it reinforced material, then you have to dry 6 hours at the temp of 300F, if it is blended material, then you have to dry 6 hours at the temp of 275.

Melt Temperature

The melt temperatures ranging from 640 to 750F are common. A melt temperature of 675 to 725°F is typical for most applications. Temperatures over 720°F may result in a color shift due to the inability of pigments in some colors to handle higher temperatures.

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