• 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.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.556-561
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• 2007

The rapid thermal response(RTR) molding is a novel process developed to raise the temperature of mold surface rapidly in the injection stage and then cool rapidly to the ejection temperature by air or water. The objectives of this paper are to investigate the effect of mold temperature, pressure and thickness of micro pattern molding and to provide a optimization of RTR injection molding for micro pattern from Moldflow simulation. Optimal minimum temperature and pressure was found without shortcut according to thickness. Filling percentage was influenced by glass transition temperature with the kinds of resin. Optimal temperature is slightly higher than glass transition temperature irrespectively of pressure, thickness, the kinds of resin in the micro pattern molding.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.37-38
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• 2006

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.481-487
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• 2008

Rapid mold heating has been recent issue to enable the injection molding of thin-walled parts or micro/nano structures. Induction heating is an efficient way to heat material by means of an electric current that is caused to flow through the material or its container by electromagnetic induction. It has various applications such as heat treatment, brazing, welding, melting, and mold heating. The present study covers an experimental investigation of induction heating in order to rapidly raise the mold temperature. It is observed that the mold surface temperature is raised up to $200^{\circ}C$ in 2 seconds. This induction heating is applied to injection molding of a flexspline for a plastic harmonic drive, which has difficulty in cavity filling because its minimum thickness is only 0.35 mm. The induction heating is then successfully implemented on this ultra-thin wall molding by raising the mold surface temperature around the glass-transition temperature of the molding material.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.594-600
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• 2007

Rapid mold heating has been recent issue to enable the injection molding of thin-walled parts or micro/nano structures. Induction heating is an efficient way to heat a conductive workpiece by means of high-frequency electric current caused by electromagnetic induction. Because the induction heating is a convenient and efficient way of indirect heating, it has various applications such as heat treatment, brazing, welding, melting, and mold heating. The present study covers an experimental investigation on the rapid heating using the induction heating and rapid cooling using a vortex tube in order to eliminate an excessive cycle time increase. Experiments are performed in the case of a steel cup mold core with various heating and cooling conditions. Temperature is measured during heating and cooling time, from which appropriate mold heating and cooling conditions can be obtained.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.43.1-43.1
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• 2009

다이캐스팅과 같이 가압 사출방식을 이용한 제품 성형 공정에서 관심의 대상이 되어왔던 연구 주제 중 하나는 어떻게 하면 금형 내에 충진되는 용탕의 유동을 층류성으로 제어할 수 있을까 하는 문제이다. 그러나 다이캐스팅 공정에서 일반적인 용탕의 사출속도로는 그 유동 특성을 제어하기가 거의 불가능하다. 이러한 사출속도의 설정 및 게이트의 형상설계를 하는데 있어서 대부분 경험적인 자료를 이용하고 있어 공정의 효율성을 극대화하고 있지 못한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 용융 마그네슘합금이 금형내에 충진 될 때 유체의 유입속도 및 탕구형상이 유동에 미치는 영향을 전산유체역학을 이용하여 충진 및 응고해석을 하였고, 예견되는 제품의 결함 및 결함제어 가능성을 진단함으로써 개선방안을 제안하고 최종적으로 금형설계 제작에 반영하여 실제 주조된 제품을 해석결과와 비교하였다. 또한, 본 연구에서 주조된 전자기부품의 미세조직을 관찰하고, 인장강도 및 파괴 특성을 관찰 하였다. 실험결과 빠른 응고속도에 따른 조직의 미세화 효과로 항복강도, 인장강도 그리고 경도 특성이 우수하게 관찰되었다.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.15 no.1 s.82
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• pp.15-20
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• 2006

The rapid thermal response (RTR) molding is a novel process developed to raise the temperature of mold surface rapidly to the polymer melt temperature prior to the injection stage and then cool rapidly to the ejection temperature. The resulting filling process is achieved inside a hot mold cavity by prohibiting formation of frozen layer so as to enable thin wall injection molding without filling difficulty. The present work covers flow simulation of thin wall injection molding using the RTR molding process. In order to take into account the effects of thermal boundary conditions of the RTR mold, coupled analysis with transient heat transfer simulation is suggested and compared with conventional isothermal analysis. The proposed coupled simulation approach based on solid elements provides reliable thin wall flow estimation for both the conventional molding and the RTR molding processes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2005.09a
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• pp.9-12
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• 2005

The rapid thermal response (RTR) molding is a novel process developed to raise the temperature of mold surface rapidly to the polymer melt temperature prior to the injection stage and then cool rapidly to the ejection temperature. The resulting filling process is achieved inside a hot mold cavity by prohibiting formation of frozen layer so as to enable thin wall injection molding without filing difficulty. The present work covers flow simulation of thin wall injection molding using the RTR molding process. In order to take into account the effects of thermal boundary conditions of the RTR mold, coupled analysis with transient heat transfer simulation is suggested and compared with conventional isothermal analysis. The proposed coupled simulation approach based on solid elements provides reliable thin wall flow estimation fur both the conventional molding and the RTR molding processes