Thermal Field Analysis of Matrix Heating System on Thermoforming Machine
Thermoforming machine plays a very important role in industrial production, food packaging and other industries. In traditional thermoforming machine, highest temperature often appears in the center of the heating zone, and gradually reduces from the middle to both sides. It results in uneven heating, reducing the rate of finished products and a waste of resources. According to the finite element method, this article established the thermal field model of matrix heating system in thermoforming machine and simulated the temperature distribution of plastic in heating system under the conditions of “uniform heating” and “non-uniform heating” separately. It found that under the condition of “non-uniform heating”, the temperature distribution appeared uniform. The temperature of main region to be heated appeared approximately linear distribution, with the variation range of less than 5 °C, resulted in better effect than that under the condition of “uniform heating”