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Monday 8 October 2012

Toughness of Injection Molded Plastics





Fast Injection Flow.
Specimen No.
Recordings/Results. (Any other notes)
1
Shattered at 10cm
2
Shattered at 9cm
3
Shattered at 8cm
4
Shattered at 7cm
5
Shattered at 6cm
6
Shattered at 5cm (bounced back up when falling)
7
Shattered at 4.5cm
8
Didn’t shatter at 4cm (cracked)
9
Didn’t shatter at 3.5cm (cracked)
10
Didn’t shatter at 3cm (cracked)
11
Didn’t shatter or crack at 2.5cm (indent)
12
Didn’t shatter at 2.7cm (cracked)
13
Didn’t shatter at 2.6cm (cracked)
14
Didn’t shatter at 2.5cm (cracked)
15
Didn’t shatter at 2.3cm (cracked)
16
Didn’t break at 2cm (indent)
17
Didn’t break at 2cm (indent again)
18
Didn’t shatter at 2.2cm (cracked)
19
Didn’t break at 2.1cm (indent)
20
Didn’t shatter at 2.1cm (cracked)
It I proven in the results above that the point in which the plastic started to fail was around the 2.1cm mark.
Slow Injection Flow.
Specimen No.
Recordings/Results. (Any other notes)
1
Shattered at 10cm
2
Shattered at 9cm
3
Shattered at 8cm
4
Shattered at 5cm
5
Shattered at 4cm
6
Didn’t shatter at 3cm (cracked)
7
Shattered at 2.5cm
8
Shattered at 2cm
9
Didn’t shatter at 1.5cm (cracked)
10
Didn’t break at 1cm (indent)
11
Didn’t break at 1.4cm (indent)
12
Didn’t break at 1.5cm (indent)
13
Didn’t shatter at 1.8cm (cracked
14
Didn’t shatter at 1.7cm (cracked)
15
Didn’t shatter at 1.6cm (cracked)
16
Didn’t break 1.5cm (indent)
17
Didn’t break at 1.5cm (indent)
18
Didn’t shatter at 1.6cm (cracked)
19
Didn’t break at 1.55cm (indent) no crack
20
Didn’t break at 1.55cm (indent) small internal crack!
It I proven in the results above that the point in which the plastic started to fail was around the 1.5cm mark.

These pictures show the results and apparatus of a Lab Test i done previously last year.
Toughness of Injection Molded Plastics.

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