Abstract
This chapter covers the processing of metals, ceramic glasses, and thermoplastic polymers from the melt. The fundamentals section explores melt structure, surface tension and rheology, and then goes on to provide an introduction to the principles of liquid flow, heat transfer, and solidification. The first process discussed is shape casting, a process used to make complex metal shapes. The next is sheet casting of glasses. Polymer extrusion and injection molding are then discussed, along with blow molding of polymers and glasses. The chapter concludes with several additive processes used to make complex shapes from melts. For all processes, principles of liquid flow and solidification are applied to develop an understanding of factors that control the process and final products.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Materials Processing |
| Subtitle of host publication | a Unified Approach to Processing of Metals, Ceramics, and Polymers |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 91-243 |
| Number of pages | 153 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128239087 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780128239094 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2024 |
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Keywords
- Blow molding
- Die casting
- Float glass process
- Fluid flow
- Fused filament fabrication
- Heat transfer
- Liquid structure
- Polymer extrusion
- Polymer injection molding
- Rheology
- Sand casting
- Solidification
- Wire and arc additive manufacturing
