Optimization Design of Hot Runner Injection Molding for Thin Shell Parts Based on Moldflow

2014 ◽  
Vol 599-601 ◽  
pp. 564-567
Author(s):  
Xu Xia Zhu ◽  
Hai Xiao Zheng

In this paper, based on the characteristics of shell part, the application of hot runner system for the shell parts injection molding process was analyzed by Moldflow. According to this research, design parameters obtained were optimized. The result shows that hot runner system enables injection mold cooling faster , shortens the molding cycle time , and also improves the quality of the shell part.

2011 ◽  
Vol 143-144 ◽  
pp. 494-498
Author(s):  
Ke Ming Zi ◽  
Li Heng Chen

With finite element analysis software Moldflow, numerical simulation and studies about FM truck roof handle were conducted on gas-assisted injection molding process. The influences of melt pre-injection shot, gas pressure, delay time and melt temperature were observed by using multi-factor orthogonal experimental method. According to the analysis of the factors' impact on evaluation index, the optimized parameter combination is obtained. Therefore the optimization design of technological parameters is done. The results show that during the gas-assisted injection molding, optimum pre-injection shot is 94%,gas pressure is 15MPa,delay time is 0.5s,melt temperature is 240 oC. This study provided a more practical approach for the gas-assisted injection molding process optimization.


10.14311/1608 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Petera

The PIM (powder injection molding) process consists of several steps in which faults can occur. The quality of the part that is produced usually cannot be seen until the end of the process. It is therefore necessary to find a way to discover the fault earlier in the process. The cause of defects is very often “phase separation” (inhomogeneity in powder distribution), which can also be influenced by the holding pressure. This paper evaluates the powder distribution with a new method based on density measurement. Measurements were made using various holding pressure values.


Polimery ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (02) ◽  
pp. 134-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Wieczorowski ◽  
Bartosz Gapinski ◽  
Miroslaw Grzelka ◽  
Marek Szostak ◽  
Maciej Szymanski

2011 ◽  
Vol 189-193 ◽  
pp. 2699-2703
Author(s):  
Ji Quan Li ◽  
Yan Hu ◽  
Ying Kong ◽  
Shao Fei Jiang ◽  
Chuan Chen

The function of injection molding process is described in the quality, function and costs of injection products from the definition of function. Detailed analysis and evaluation are taken to investigate these three aspects, and the aspect of injection products quality is principally discussed. The analysis and evaluation of injection molding process function will be kept as the judgment of quality of the process.


2012 ◽  
Vol 468-471 ◽  
pp. 1013-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Qing Lai

Molding is one of the most versatile and important processes for manufacturing complex plastic parts. It is a method of fabricating plastic parts by utilizing a mold or cavity that has a shape and size similar to the part being produced. Molten polymer is injected into the cavity, resulting in the desired part upon solidification. The injection-molded parts typically have excellent dimensional tolerance and require almost no finishing and assembly operations. But new variations and emerging innovations of conventional injection molding have been continuously developed to offer special features and benefits that cannot be accomplished by the conventional injection molding process. This study aims to improving the life of stereolithography injection mold.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1120-1121 ◽  
pp. 1194-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Stanek ◽  
David Manas ◽  
Miroslav Manas ◽  
Vojtech Senkerik ◽  
Adam Skrobak ◽  
...  

Injection molding is one of the most extended polymer processing technologies. It enables the manufacture of final products, which do not require any further operations. The tools used for their production – the injection molds – are very complicated assemblies that are made using several technologies and materials. Delivery of polymer melts into the mold cavity is the most important stage of the injection molding process. The fluidity of polymers is affected by many parameters Inc. mold design. Evaluation of set of data obtained by experiments in which the testing conditions were widely changed shows that the quality of cavity surface and technological parameters (injection rate, injection pressure and gate size) has substantial influence on the length of flow.


Author(s):  
Rosidah Jaafar ◽  
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Hambali Arep ◽  
Effendi Mohamad ◽  
Jeefferie Abd Razak ◽  
...  

The plastic injection molding process is one of the widely used of the manufacturing process to manufacture the plastic product with high productivity. Moreover, the food packaging manufacturing industry undergoes the trials and errors to obtain the optimal setting of the process parameters in order to minimize the quality issues and these trials and errors are time consuming and costly. The aim of this study is to improve the quality of the butter tub by minimizing the volumetric shrinkage. This study is to deal with the application of Moldflow integrating with the statistical technique to minimize the volumetric shrinkage the butter tub which depends on the process parameters of the plastic injection molding. For this purpose, the rectangular shape of butter tub is designed by utilizing the SolidWorks. Molflow is used to simulate the plastic filling of the single cavity mold of butter tub based on the Taguchi’s �!" orthogonal array table. In addition, the analysis of variance (ANOVA) is applied to investigate significant impact of the process parameters on the quality of the butter tub. Minitab is used to optimize the response of the volumetric shrinkage by selecting the most appropriate process parameters that maximizing the desirability value. Furthermore, the butter tub has a uniform thickness which was 1.2 mm and its factor of safety was 3.383 and the volumetric shrinkage response have optimized by 0.956 %. The melt temperature and mold temperature are found to be the most significant process parameters for the plastic injection molding process of butter tub and the volumetric shrinkage value obtained from the simulation is verified by the calculated volumetric shrinkage value.


Author(s):  
Abbas Al-Refaie ◽  
Ming-Hsien Li

Injection molding process is increasingly more significant in today’s plastic production industries because it provides high-quality product, short product cycles, and light weight. This research optimizes the performance of this process with three main quality responses: defect count, cycle time, and spoon weight, using the weighted additive goal programming model. The three quality responses and process factors are described by appropriate membership functions. The Taguchi’s orthogonal array is then utilized to provide experimental layout. A linear optimization based on the weighted additive model in goal programming model is built to minimize the deviations of the product/process targets from their corresponding imprecise fuzzy values specified by the process engineer’s preferences. The results show that the average defect count is reduced from an average of 0.75 to 0.16. Moreover, the average cycle time becomes 13.06 seconds, which is significantly smaller than that obtained at initial factor settings (= 15.10 seconds). Finally, the average spoon weight is exactly on its target value of 2.0 gm.


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