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Screw Vibration<br />
When the screw speed corresponds to the natural frequency of lateral vibration of the<br />
shaft, the resulting resonance leads to large amplitudes, which can cause screw deflection.<br />
The critical screw speed according to [8] is given by<br />
Substituting the values for steel, E = 210 <strong>•</strong> 10 9 Pa and p = 7850 kg/m 3 we get<br />
Numerical example<br />
For D = 150 mm and — = 30, NR is found from Equation 5.73<br />
(5.72)<br />
(5.73)<br />
This result shows that at the normal range of screw speeds vibrations caused by resonance<br />
are unlikely.<br />
Uneven Distribution of Pressure<br />
Non-uniform pressure distribution around the circumference of the screw can lead to<br />
vertical and horizontal forces of such magnitude, that the screw deflects into the barrel.<br />
Even a pressure difference of 10 bar could create a horizontal force Fj1 in an extruder<br />
(diameter D = 150 mm within a section of length L = 150 mm)<br />
According to RAUWENDAAL [8], the non uniform pressure distribution is the most probable<br />
cause of screw deflection.<br />
53 Injection Molding<br />
Other than extrusion, injection molding runs discontinuously and therefore the stages<br />
involved in this process are time-dependent [14]. The quantitative description of the<br />
important mold filling stage has been made possible by well known computer programs<br />
such as MOLDFLOW [15] and CADMOULD [16]. The purpose of this section is to<br />
present the basic formulas necessary for designing injection molding dies and screws on<br />
a rheological and thermal basis and illustrate the use of these formulas with examples.