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Jehuda Greener Reinhold Wimberger-Friedl Precision Injection Molding Process, Materials, and Applications Sample Chapter 1: Precision Injection Molding: Overview and Scaling Considerations ISBNs HANSER 978-1-56990-400-8 1-56990-400-6 Hanser Publishers, Munich • Hanser Publications, Cincinnati 1 Precision Injection Molding: Overview and Scaling Considerations J. Greener and R. Wimberger-Friedl 1.1 Introduction With the explosive growth in information technology over the past three decades and the advent of mass-produced information storage devices (e.g., CD, CD-ROMs and DVD), and other related products much attention has been given to the injection molding process as the most cost-effective and agile processing technology for manufacturing such demanding components on a mass scale. Also, microfluidic devices for medical diagnostics have recently created a new demand for injection molded precision parts. One of the key aspects of the production of such articles is the need to meet extremely tight dimensional tolerances— typically in the submicron range—and maintain these tolerances over the practical lifetimes of the molded articles. In addition, because many of the precision components are utilized in various optoelectronic applications, control of optical and electrical properties is often crucial. The strict control of the geometric and functional features of precision components requires a systematic reexamination of the conventional injection molding (CIM) process with special consideration of its impact on the dimensions and electro-optical characteristics of the molded article. We will show, in fact, that precision injection molding (PIM) is a special subclass of the conventional process