Fiber Orientation Analysis of Overflow Water-Assisted Injection Molding with Short Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene

Figure 2

Distribution of fiber orientation along the flow direction in water-assisted injection molding of PP-based composites with 10% fiber mass content.

(a) Injection time 0.59 s

(b) Injection time 1.18 s

(c) Injection time 2.43 s

(d) Injection time 3.57 s

(e) Injection time 4.76 s

(f) Injection time 7.5 s