Optimization of Injection Moulding Process Parameters for Disposable Specimen Collection Containers

Generally, in medical industry, the single use disposable specimen collection containers requirement has vastly increased. The main property of the container is transparency, to achieve this property in the manufacturing industries, uses only virgin polypropylene (PP) material. In the manufacturing process, the products are produced by injection moulding. By properly selecting various parameters which leads to better quality of products. In this work, the aim is to optimize injection moulding process parameters. The parameters selected are injection pressure, melting temperature, cooling time, packing time, and packing pressure. The optimization of the process parameters in injection moulding process by using recycled polypropylene specimen collection containers helps in the production cost, cycle time and virgin material cost.