A Study on the Welding Line Strength of Composite Parts with Various Venting Systems in Injection Molding Process

Abstract

The welding line characteristics of injection molded parts with various venting systems were researched in this paper under the tensile tests of ISO 527. A mold was designed in such a way that specimens with and without a venting system can be developed separately. Both PA66 and PA66 + 30%GF materials were used in this study. Without the venting system, results showed that the weld line strength was only increased when the injection pressure varied from 0.9 MPa to 1.1 MPa, if continuously increasing the injection pressure, the weld line strength will get the negative effect. When the venting system was used, the decrease of the weld line strength with the high injection pressure was eliminated. With the use of 1.3 MPa injection pressure, when increasing the venting gap from 0.02 mm to 0.10 mm, the weld line strength varied from 10.45 MPa to 11.4 MPa with the PA66 material and from 30.8 MPa to 32.95 MPa with the PA66 + 30%GF material. With the case of without venting system, the air trap at the microstructure of weld lines was clearly observed. This trouble was removed when the venting gap value of 0.10 mm was used.