Why uneven shrinkage of the injection molded parts
If the plastic parts are unevenly shrinked, the internal stress distribution will be uneven. If the stress exceeds the rigidity of the plastic part, the warpage and deformation of the plastic part will be found, which will affect the dimensional stability of the plastic part. But what is warpage? When internal stress (due to uneven shrinkage) is bigger than material stiffness ,it will lead to warpage. Four reasons for uneven shrinkage: 1. The different melting temperature : the high melting temperature will lead to larger shrinkage. 2. Different cooling rates (crystalline materials): The shrinkage rate of the quick melt cooling is smaller than that of the slow melt cooling (Cause: The molecules with slow cooling rate have more time to cool down, so its amount of shrinkage is large) 3. The different flow direction of the melted (amorphous material): in short, the tensile internal force is large along the flow direction, so the amount of shrinkage is large. During the filling process,