Development Of An Apparatus For Testing Injection Valve For Liquid Molding Applications

There is an increasing trend towards the use of advanced materials, specifically, polymer composites to improve corrosion resistance and to reduce weight in structural and nonstructural components. Such components have good potential for aerospace and automotive applications. Liquid molding processes such as resin transfer molding are becoming popular for producing fiber composites of low cost tooling and processing. As a part of this project, a new self-flushing pneumatically operated valve for liquid molding applications was developed and fabricated [1]. This valve was used to replace the manual processes and oldfashioned techniques in order to maintain production quantity, increase the quality of the product, and to decrease the cycle time.