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Record 1 1998-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

An instability in the melt flow through a die, starting at the entry to the die. It leads to surface irregularities on the finished article such as a regular helix or irregularly spaced ripples.

CONT

The term "melt fracture" ... refers to extrudates, produced at critical shear stress, whose shapes are distorted. ... abnormal stresses in the entrance region of a capillary, cause elastic failure or shear fracture of viscoelastic fluids, resulting in distorted extrudates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Marques formées par l'immiscibilité partielle de deux courants de matière incomplètement fusionnés après leur rencontre. Elles sont provoquées par un entraînement de matière à mouler, partiellement solidifiée au contact du moule, qui a été ensuite soudée à la masse quand celle-ci a été durcie à son tour.

Spanish

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