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A study on the monitoring of cooling time using the change in the magnitude of mold vibration in injection molding  

Yeung, Chris (eMoldino)
Kim, Jong-Sun (Mold & Die R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
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Design & Manufacturing / v.15, no.3, 2021 , pp. 45-49 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, during the injection molding process, a device was manufactured and evaluated that calculates a cooling time by measuring a vibration signal generated from a mold using an acceleration. The last two parts, one of which has a large magnitude change in the measured vibration signal of a mold, were divided into a cooling start section (paking end section) and a mold opening section, and the time difference at the relevant points was calculated as the cooling time. The cooling time was monitored on a 5-inch light guide plate mold by applying the method. The manufactured device was attached to a fixed base of mold to measure the cooling time, and data was obtained remotely using Bluetooth technology. Then, the measured cooling time was compared with the cooling time set in the injection molding machine to evaluate the accuracy. As a result of the experiment, the cooling times measured by the devices were 15.675±0.024 sec, 20.637±0.014 sec and 25.623±0.079 sec of each conditions. Also, the measurement results were shown with errors of 0.655±0.044 sec, 0.637±0.014 sec, and 0.662±0.013 sec, respectively.
Keywords
Acceleration sensor; Cooling time; Injection molding; Mold vibration; Process monitoring;
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