Sisal-glass fiber hybrid biocomposite: Optimization of injection molding parameters using Taguchi method for reducing shrinkage

The current work presents an application of Taguchi method to optimize injection molding (IM) process parameters of sisal-glass fiber hybrid biocomposite. Six parameters that influence flow and cross-flow shrinkage such as injection pressure, melt temperature, mold temperature, holding pressure, cooling time and holding time were selected as variables and two hybrid biocomposites were used with different content of sisal (SF) and glass fiber …