International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

During injection molding of highly filled polymers it is necessary to avoid any inhomogeneities arising from high shear rates/stresses created in molded parts, because they lead to uneven shrinkage after molding, dimensional instabilities and even cracks and voids in the final parts. The testing mold design to intercept so called powder-binder separation has been upgraded to a 3D cube-like model and constructed. Investigation of a tendency to phase separation is however strongly affected by a material and a surface structure of a processing tool. Therefore, flowability of various filled materials in the flow channels designed from different construction materials were tested and compared within this contribution.