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A study on monitoring for process time and process properties by measuring vibration signals transmitted to the mold during injection molding  

Lee, Jun-han (Research Institute of Advanced Manufacturing & Materials Technology Shape Manufacturing R&D Department. Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
Kim, Jong-Sun (Research Institute of Advanced Manufacturing & Materials Technology Shape Manufacturing R&D Department. Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
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Design & Manufacturing / v.14, no.3, 2020 , pp. 8-16 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the vibration signal of the mold was measured and analyzed to monitoring the process time and characteristics during injection molding. A 5 inch light guide plate mold was used to injection molding and the vibration signal was measured by MPU6050 acceleration sensor module attached the surface of fixed mold base. Conditions except for injection speed and packing pressure were set to the same value and the change of the vibration signal of the mold according to injection speed and packing pressure was analyzed. As a result, the vibration signal had a large change at three points: "Injection start", "V/P switchover", and "Packing end". The time difference between "injection start" and "V/P switchover" means the injection time in the injection molding process, and the time difference between "V/P switchover" and "Packing end" means the packing time. When the injection time and packing time obtained from the vibration signal of the mold are compared with the time recorded in the injection molding machine, the error of the injection time was 2.19±0.69% and the error of the packing time was 1.39±0.83%, which was the same level as the actual value. Additionally, the amplitude at the time of "injection start" increased as the injection speed increased. In "V/P switchover", the amplitude tended to be proportional to the pressure difference between the maximum injection pressure and the packing pressure and the amplitude at the "packing end" tended to the pressure difference between the packing pressure and the back pressure. Therefore, based on the result of this study, the injection time and packing time of each cycle can be monitored by measuring the vibration signal of the mold. Also, it was confirmed that the level and trend of process variables such as the injection speed, maximum injection pressure, and packing pressure can be evaluated as the change of the mold vibration during injection molding.
Keywords
Injection molding; Process monitoring; Process time; Vibration; Acceleration;
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