주입구멍의 크기와 수관 상태에 따른 약액의 수간주입 속도를 알아보고자 주입구멍의 지름을 5mm와 10mm로 하고 수관을 온전, 절반 제거, 1/4씩 두 곳 제거 등 세 수준으로 구분하여 식용색소 적색3호 수용액을 수간주입하고 일정 시간별로 주입량을 측정하였다. 수간주입 4시간 뒤에 대부분의 느티나무에서 약액이 30% 이상 흡수된 상태였으며, 7시간 후에서는 7그루에서 모든 약액이 흡수된 것을 확인하였다. 48시간 후에는 처리 조건과 방법에 관계없이 한 그루를 제외한 모든 개체에서 주입액이 완전흡수되었다. 주입구멍의 크기나 수관의 상태 등은 수간주입 속도와 통계적 유의성이 없었다. 주간에서 움트는 잔가지의 잎들은 수간주입 후 24시간에 붉은색을 나타내기 시작하였으며, 48시간 후에는 수관의 잎들도 엽육조직이 붉게 변하여 수관도 붉은 색을 보였다. 수관이 변색된 나무의 수도 처리 내용 간에 통계적 유의차가 없었다. 줄기 단면 관찰에서도 주입구멍의 크기나 수관 상태 간에 적색주입액의 분포 차이가 없었다. 본 연구의 결과로부터 주입구멍의 크기나 수관의 엽량은 수간주입의 효율에 영향을 미치지 않음이 확인되었다. 따라서 큰 상처를 남기는 지름 10mm 주입구멍보다는 지름 5mm 주입구멍을 사용 하는 것이 나무의 자가치유를 도와주는 올바른 수간주입법이라고 할 수 있다.

Nanopowders provide better details for micro features and surface finish in powder injection molding processes. However, the small size of such powders induces processing challenges, such as low solid loading, high feedstock viscosity, difficulty in debinding, and distinctive sintering behavior. Therefore, the optimization of process conditions for nanopowder injection molding is essential, and it should be carefully performed. In this study, the powder injection molding process for Fe nanopowder has been optimized. The feedstock has been formulated using commercially available Fe nanopowder and a wax-based binder system. The optimal solid loading has been determined from the critical solid loading, measured by a torque rheometer. The homogeneously mixed feedstock is injected as a cylindrical green body, and solvent and thermal debinding conditions are determined by observing the weight change of the sample. The influence of the sintering temperature and holding time on the density has also been investigated. Thereafter, the Vickers hardness and grain size of the sintered samples have been measured to optimize the sintering conditions.

Warpage of injection molded product is caused by non-uniform shrinkage and residual stress. A method of removing uneven molding shrinkage and residual stress is to remove the defective factor to Uniform cooling of products. Warpages for part designs have been investigated in this study according to the injection molding conditions for amorphous ABS and crystalline PP by the rapid cooling and heating system. Experimental results showed that the crystalline resin was more warped than amorphous resin, Warpages have been observed in the regions of the part, near gate region and flow direction region.

High speed steels (HSS) were used as cutting tools and wear parts, because of high strength, wear resistance, and hardness together with an appreciable toughness and fatigue resistance. Conventional manufacturing process for production of components with HSS was used by casting. The powder metallurgy techniques were currently developed due to second phase segregation of conventional process. The powder injection molding method (PIM) was received attention owing to shape without additional processes. The experimental specimens were manufactured with T42 HSS powders (59 vol%) and polymer (41 vol%). The metal powders were prealloyed water-atomised T42 HSS. The green parts were solvent debinded in normal n-Hexane at for 24 hours and thermal debinded at mixed gas atmosphere for 14 hours. Specimens were sintered in , gas atmosphere and vacuum condition between 1200 and . In result, polymer degradation temperatures about optimum conditions were found at and . After sintering at gas atmosphere, maximum hardness of 310Hv was observed at . Fine and well dispersed carbide were observed at this condition. But relative density was under 90%. When sintering at gas atmosphere, relative density was observed to 94.5% at . However, the low hardness was obtained due to decarbonization by hydrogen. In case of sintering at the vacuum of torr at temperature of , full density and 550Hv hardness were obtained without precipitation of MC and in grain boundary.

Defining the relationship between the quality of injection molded parts and the process condition is very complicate because of lots of factor are involved and each factor has a non-linearity. With the development of CAE(Computer Aided Engineering) technology, the estimation of volumetric shrinkage of injection mold parts is possible by computer simulation even though restricted application. In this research, the Taguchi method and Neural Network applied for finding optimal processing condition. The percent of volumetric shrinkage compared on each case and show neural network can be successfully applied.