Elisa  Vázquez

Ms. Elisa Vázquez


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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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6 May 2010 in The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
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EVElisa Vázquez
Elisa Vázquez
CRCiro Rodriguez
Ciro Rodriguez
Alex Elías-ZúñigaAlex Elías-Zúñiga
Alex Elías-Zúñiga
Joaquim CiuranaJoaquim Ciurana
Joaquim Ciurana

1 January 2016 in Procedia CIRP
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PEPablo Estrada
Pablo Estrada
Hector SillerHector Siller
Hector Siller
EVElisa Vázquez
Elisa Vázquez
CRCiro Rodriguez
Ciro Rodriguez
OMOscar Martínez-Romero
Oscar Martínez-Romero
RCRicardo Corona
Ricardo Corona
In recent years, there has been an increment on micro-components for medical purposes, diseases treatment and surgical equipment, requiring biocompatible materials such as some engineering polymers. Nonetheless, the micro size of these parts impose challenges for fabrication using high production processes, like polymer injection moulding submitted to high cooling rates and variability of the process, in addition to the complex design of precise mould micro-cavities. This paper presents the development of a complete mould for a polymer locking ligation system fabrication, a medical device selected as a case study for micro-injection moulding tooling. This development includes the prediction of appropriate injection parameters and process conditions using computer simulations and a comparison with real values of pressure and temperature during the process, due to data acquisition with piezoelectric sensors. The results show a moderate error between experimental and simulated results, in terms of pressure (0.05% prediction error) and average cycle temperature at the sensor location (13% prediction error), which proves that the proposed approach can be used for precision micro-injection moulding applications