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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2010.34.5.575

Integrated Numerical Analysis of Induction-Heating-Aided Injection Molding Under Interactive Temperature Boundary Conditions  

Eom, Hye-Ju (Dept. of Nano-IT Engineering, Seoul Nat'l Univ. Tech.)
Park, Keun (School of Mechanical Design and Automation Engineering, Seoul Nat'l Univ. Tech.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.34, no.5, 2010 , pp. 575-582 More about this Journal
Abstract
In recent years, several rapid-mold-heating techniques that can be used for the injection molding of thin-walled parts or micro/nano structures have been developed. High-frequency induction heating, which involves heating by electromagnetic induction, is an efficient method for the rapid heating of mold surfaces. The present study proposes an integrated numerical model of the high-frequency induction heating process and the resulting injection molding process. To take into account the effects of thermal boundary conditions in induction heating, we carry out a fully integrated numerical analysis that combines electromagnetic field calculation, heat transfer analysis, and injection molding simulation. The proposed integrated simulation is extended to the injection molding of a thin-wall part, and the simulation results are compared with the experimental findings. The validity of the proposed simulation is discussed according to the ways of the boundary condition imposition.
Keywords
Induction Heating; Injection Molding; Finite Element Analysis; Coupled Analysis;
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