The main objective of the work presented was to determine which operating variables of an injection molding foam process had a significant effect on the physical properties of the EVA foams produced. Statistical design of experiment techniques were used to first screen potential factors and then conduct experiments involving dominant factors to develop empirical response surface models for each of the responses. The models were then verified by testing their ability to predict the results of new experiments both inside and outside the model ranges.
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