In: Mechanical Engineering
compare these machines in terms of cost and specify the reasons: extrusion machine, injection molding, and hot press machine
Extrusion is a continuous process used to make sheet, pipe and
profiles, film and coating, wire covering, filaments and fibers,
feeding blow molders, and mixing/making pellets for other
processes, including injection molding. Continuous extrusion
dominates these markets -- there are ways to extrude into a closed
mold, perhaps useful for low-volume applications. Almost all
injection molding really does this, too, using a screw to melt the
material, and then as a piston to force the melt into the mold.
However, these processes are always called "injection," and the use
of the phrase "extrusion molding" is confusing without further
explanation.
Basically, injection FILLS molds, blow molding (and sheet
thermoforming) draws material to the mold surfaces. As a result,
injection mounds need to take much more pressure and are therefore
much more expensive.
Hot press machines are relatively much less expensive than the above two machines because of the kind of work that it is involved in and the quamquan of work it does.
Average costs are as follows:
Extrusion machine:10lakh /set
Injection molding :15lakh/set
Hot press machine:20000Rs.