Study of Morphology Wear Model of Moulds from Alloys of Aluminium EN AW-6082 in Injection Process

Abstract:

The main objective of this research is study the wear of a mould, made in easy machining material; aluminium EN AW-6082 T4 and the surface characterization of mould cavity, used in a polymeric manufacturing process, after several injection cycles. To evaluate the effectiveness of this materials in the plastic injection process, a test part with different thicknesses and shapes was designed and some inserts of aluminium were made. In the way of plastic material, a 30 % fiberglass reinforced polyamide PA6 has been employed in the experimental procedure. A reusable injection mould was used and surface measurements of mould cavity have been performed after 9200 cycles. The surface topography has been measured by using optical interferometry profiling technology and there have also been obtained roughness and surface parameters according to ISO 25178 and EUR15178N. In order to surface characterization, different areas of the mould cavity with different geometries, has been analysed. The behaviour of wear rate has been analysed by the study of the evolution of the surface parameters and functional parameters in different points of the surface mould.