Abstract
AbstractCracks in injection molded articles adversely affect their appearance as well as their ultimate properties. In this study, we have investigated the spontaneous development of cracks in samples molded from an engineering plastic in the absence of external loading. The specimens of a well characterized poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐1,4 phenylene ether), PPE, were injection molded employing a 40t Van Dorn injection molding machine and industrial practices. The initiation and development of cracks in the molded articles were monitored for a period of eighty weeks. The presence and the frequency of the cracks were found to depend on the operating conditions employed during the molding, the shape of the cavity, the presence of Irregularities at the mold surface, and the particular location observed. The results were elucidated under the light of the results of microstructural analyses including residual stress and birefringence distributions on both compression and injection molded specimens of the engineering plastic.
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