A basic study is reported of extrusion and injection molding for melts of polyethylene and polystyrene filled with glass fibers. It is shown that glass fibers cause large increases in end pressure losses and decreases in extrudate swell. Flow visualization of injection molding studies indicates that polymer melts containing high loadings of glass fibers exhibit jetting in end gated molds. This is attributed to the reduction in extrudate swell. To avoid jetting, special care is required in design of gating.
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