• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.575-582
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• 2010

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.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.58-64
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• 2003

A study on the preparation of RDF with ASR materials from shredder line of end-of-life vehicles has been peformed by using hot molding method. ASR materials used in the work were plastics, fibers and sponge which were cut by less than 10 mm in size prior to hot molding and 40, 60 and 80 mm mold in diameter were employed for RDF forming. It was found that heating temperature, heating time and mixing ratio of materials played an important role in the hot molding of ASR materials. Density of RDF samples Prepared in the work was in the range of 0.5∼0.9gr/ml depending on the hot molding conditions and it was decreased with increase in the content of sponge. Breaking strength of RDF samples was observed to 0.8∼3.0MPa and it was also increased with increase in density of RDF samples. Finally, when heating temperature was elevated, density of RDF was increased due to Increase in molten part of ASR materials which resulted in the enhancement of breaking strength of RDF.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.1478-1485
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• 1993

A shape optimization problem is formulated to determine the optimal position of heating lines in a compression molding die. The objective of the problem is that the cavity surface would be maintained by a prescribed uniform temperature. A boundary integral equation for the sensitivity of the temperature in terms of hole position is derived using the method of shape design sensitivity analysis. The boundary element method is employed to analyze the temperature and sensitivity field of the die. The sensitivity calculation algorithm is incorporated in an optimization routine. To demonstrate a numerical implementation, an example problem arising in thermal design of a compression molding die is dealt with, showing that the number of heating lines chosen for the die strongly affects the ultimate uniformity of the cavity surface temperature.

• Proceedings of the Korea Inteligent Information System Society Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.570-578
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• 2007

선체 외판 부재의 곡 성형 과정은 주로 가열(열간가공)에 의해 수행된다. 이 가열 작업은 작업자의 경험과 지식에 크게 의존하는 매우 어려운 작업이다. 본 논문에서는 선체 외판의 곡 성형을 위한 가열 계획을 자동으로 수립할 수 있는 휴리스틱을 소개한다. 현장 전문가의 지식에 기반한 이 휴리스틱은 크게 가열 선을 생성하는 부분과 외력을 주는 도구를 배치하는 부분으로 구성된다. 가열 선은 대상 부재의 현재 곡면과 설계된 목적곡면과의 비교를 통해 생성되고, 가우스 커널 함수를 통해 스무딩(smoothing)된다. 현장에서는 열간가공 시 의도하지 않은 변형을 막으면서 작업시간을 줄이고자 외력을 이용한다. 외력의 위치와 방향은 가열 선 군집화를 통해 추출된 대표 가열 선을 기준으로 결정된다. 가상의 인공 곡면과 현장의 실제 부재를 대상으로 실험한 결과, 이 휴리스틱이 숙련된 전문가가 수립한 가열 계획과 유사한 가열 계획을 수립할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.223-225
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• 2000

일반적으로 많이 사용되는 고강도 스티로폼은 원료모분을 스팀발포기를 사용하여 수십배로 일차 발포한 후 금형에 넣어 스팀으로 성형한다. 이러한 스티로폼은 단열성이 뛰어난 장점이 있지만 강도가 약하여 내구성이 요구되는 재료로는 부적당하였다. 한편 자동생산공정에 사용되는 로봇 트레이는 고강도 정전기 방지 기능이 필요하게 되었고, 5배 정도의 저발포 스티로폼을 이용한 로봇 트레이가 일부 생산되고 있다. 스팀을 이용한 성형 가공의 경우 모분이 표면에서 발포 융착된 후 내부로 열이 잘 전달되지 못하여 내부 융착이 잘되지 않는 단점을 가지고 있다. 이 단점을 보완하기 위하여 물의 높은 유전율을 이용한 유전가열을 사용하여 내부 융착을 용이하게 시킬 수 있다. 본 연구는 원료모분을 3배이하로 일차 발포한 폴리스틸렌 원료를 이용하여, 스팀에 의한 성형이 아닌 고주파 유전가열을 이용한 성형 방법에 의하여 만들어진 성형물의 비젼과 문제점을 제시하였다. 본 연구에 사용한 고주파는 나무 집성가공에 많이 사용되는 13.6MHz를 사용하였고, 금형은 두랄루민 금형과 목형을 사용하여 시험하였으며, 이의 장단점 및 문제점을 비교하였다. 스팀성형가공에 비하여 내부융착이 훨씬 뛰어났으며, 일부 문제점을 보완하면 진보된 생산공정이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.7
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• pp.4381-4387
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• 2015

Ship hull is a compound curved shape and most of shipyards have been using gas heating method for the surface forming of steel plate. This traditional forming process have problems such as difficulties in heat input control and poor working conditions due to loud noise and air contamination. Recently, researches on automatic hull forming system have been conducted using high frequency induction heating method which have good control ability and favorable working environment. In this study, the induction heating simulation system for curved surface forming of steel plate was developed and induction heating experiments were performed. Based on the results of this study, efficient induction heating coil design and optimal heating conditions for the automatic hull forming system can be obtained.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.218-222
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• 2004

We developed the stamper structured mold with moving core type with nano pattern. Among the factors affecting the quality of injection molding plastic parts, We studied the effects of moving core surface heating method on the transcription of injection molding plastic parts with nano structures. Moving core surface heating has been tested by three different methods. The first was conventional injection molding process without heating moving core surface, the second was halogen lamp radiation heating process and the last was MmSH process using gas flame. As a result of making injection molded parts by using thermoplastic amorphous resins such as COC, PMMA, MmSH method which is the most high temperature of moving core surface showed the best nano pattern transcription of the three methods, but the outcome of conventional injection molding process was not better than others.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.358-365
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• 2009

High-frequency induction is an efficient way to rapidly heat mold surface by electromagnetic induction. In the present work, high-frequency induction heating is applied to injection molding of a mobile phone cover in order to eliminate weldlines by efficiently raising the mold temperature. Through the induction heating experiments, the maximum temperature of $143^{\circ}C$ is obtained on the mold surface in 3s of heating, which is higher than the glass transition temperature of the resin material. An injection molding experiment is then performed with the aid of induction heating, from which we can successfully remove all the weldlines of the mobile phone cover. The effect of induction heating conditions such as the heating power and the heating time on the surface appearance is experimentally investigated.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1-7
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• 2021

Demand for Ti-6Al-4V alloy is increasing in various industries because of its superior strength to weight and high-temperature strength properties. However, due to its low formability at room temperature, it is formed at high temperature, where its productivity and efficiency are low. The current high-temperature forming method has many limitations because it involves heating the specimen by heating the lower mold. It is expected that a process using high frequency induction heating, which can locally heat the product, can improve its productivity. In addition, time and cost can be saved if the process is simulated in advance with a reliable analysis. In this paper, we verified the reliability of the analysis by comparing the result of heating the specimen to 850 ℃ by high frequency induction heating and the temperature obtained through the co-simulation analysis.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.738-742
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• 2006

In this study we developed the electrical heating mold core by applying three different heating methods. In order to find out the optimal heating method, we observed the temperature profiles with time. We also injection-molded the parts by the heating methods and investigated the shrinkage ratio, density, surface roughness and weld-lines. The temperature rise time and cycle time showed the promising results for commercial applications(the rise time is $130^{\circ}C$/14sec, the cycle time is 55sec). By comparing with the conventional and gas flame heating method, the parts by this method were proven to have good qualities. The shrinkage ratio reduced by 5.1%, the density increase by 2.66%, the smoothness increased about 3 times, and the weld-line did not observed by naked eyes.