TY - JFULL AU - Yousef Amer and Mehdi Moayyedian and Zeinab Hajiabolhasani and Lida Moayyedian PY - 2013/4/ TI - Improving Injection Moulding Processes Using Experimental Design T2 - International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering SP - 411 EP - 417 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6003 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 75, 2013 N2 - Moulded parts contribute to more than 70% of components in products. However, common defects particularly in plastic injection moulding exist such as: warpage, shrinkage, sink marks, and weld lines. In this paper Taguchi experimental design methods are applied to reduce the warpage defect of thin plate Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) and are demonstrated in two levels; namely, orthogonal arrays of Taguchi and the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Eight trials have been run in which the optimal parameters that can minimize the warpage defect in factorial experiment are obtained. The results obtained from ANOVA approach analysis with respect to those derived from MINITAB illustrate the most significant factors which may cause warpage in injection moulding process. Moreover, ANOVA approach in comparison with other approaches like S/N ratio is more accurate and with the interaction of factors it is possible to achieve higher and the better outcomes. ER -