ABSTRACT
With the progress throughout times, plastic injection molding has become one of the important methods in producing plastic parts. It is noted from previous experience that many engineers and those with experiences of the field have considered plastic injection molding as a simple manufacturing process which does not need to make any adjustment. However, since plastic injection molding is actually a complex manufacturing process and manufactured product quality depends on the choice of materials, mold design and process parameter setting decision, optimal set of parameters has been considered a very important issue. As such, there has been a great need to seek quick and eective solutions, especially for global optimal process parameters. Therefore, parameter setting optimization has been recognized as the most important step in plastic injection molding for improving product quality.
