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Many factors influenced the final product of an injection molding process. All the factors are needed to be optimized to able to use the most optimum choice and produce a defect-less product. In this study, a series of gate system designs on the syringe’s body was analyzed with a fixed dimensions and parameters values to obtain the most ideal design. The model was developed on CAD software, and the gate system was built in the CAE software. There were three different designs of the gate system; Design 1, Design 2, and Design 3. Then, a series of results were discussed and compared between all three designs. The main focused was how each design influenced the results, the whole process, and hence the final product itself. It was found that Design 2 was the most reliable gate system design. A design that has one injection location on each syringe and it’s located at a discreet point of the body’s surface.
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The authors would like to express their gratitude to the College of Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Research Management Institute, Universiti Teknologi MARA (600-RMC/GPK 5/3 (010/2020) and the Malaysian Ministry of Education.
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Saedon, J.B., Mohamad Noh, S.S.B., Adenan, M.S. (2022). Influences of the Gate System Design on the Plastic Injection Molding Process. In: Abdul Sani, A.S., et al. Enabling Industry 4.0 through Advances in Manufacturing and Materials. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2890-1_33
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