• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.685-692
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• 2012

Injection molding operation consists of phases of filling, packing, and cooling. The highest cavity pressure is involved in the packing phase among the operation phases. Thus the cavity pressure largely depends upon velocity to pressure (v/p) switchover timing and magnitude of packing pressure. Developed cavity pressure is directly related to stress concentration in the cavity of mold and it may cause a crack in the mold. Consequently control of cavity pressure is considered very important. In this study, cavity pressure was analyzed in terms of v/p switchover timing and packing pressure through computer simulation and experiment. Cavity pressure was increased as the v/p switchover timing was delayed. Residual pressure after cooling phase was observed when the v/p switchover timing was late, which was due to increased pressurizing time for long filling phase. Cavity pressure was increased proportionally with the packing pressure. Residual pressure after cooling phase was also observed, and it was increased with increasing packing pressure. High cavity pressure and residual pressure have been observed at late v/p switchover and high packing pressure. Compared with simulation and experimental results, the profiles of pressures were very similar however simulation could not predict residual pressure. Packing condition was important for the control of cavity pressure and the optimum condition could be set up using CAE analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1992.04a
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• pp.69-73
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• 1992

일반적으로 사출성형법은 유동, 보압, 냉각과정등 크게 3단계로 나눌 수 있는 데 유동해석에 관한 수치해석은 Tadmor 등이 FAN(Flow Analysis Network) 방법을 도입하면서 실제 적용에 활발히 쓰이고있다. 그리고보압은 후충전 과정으로써 충전이 끝난후 수축된 부분을 보상하기 위해서 수행되는 단계이다. 본 연구에서는 실제 사출금형 제작 시 결정해야 될 냉각 채널의 위치, 크기, 수동에 대한 설계기준을 얻을 수 있는 냉각해석 프로그램을 개발하였다. 이를 위하여경계 요소법(Boundary Element Method)을 이용하였으며 일반적인 냉각 채널 즉, Annual, Baffle 및 Bubber등 에 대한 해석이 가능하도록 하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.13 no.9
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• pp.130-137
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• 1996

In the present paper the effect of various process conditions on the final weight of injection molded rectangular plates has been investigated in detail. The main parameters involved in the simulations were melt temperature, mold temperature, injection speed and packing pressure. The dimensions of the plate used were 100mm long, 2mm of width and polystyrene was used as a molding material. The shear viscosity of the polymeric material was treated as a function of shear rate, temperature and pressure through the whole processes including packing and cooling stages. By increasing a packing pressure the final weight of sample increased linearly. Furthermore, as the melt temperature, the mold temperature and the injection speed increased, the final weight of the injection molded plate decreased within the molding window.

• The Korean Journal of Rheology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.16-26
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• 1997

사출 성형된 제품에서 발생하는 잔류응력은 최종 제춤의 기하학적 정밀도와 기계적 성질 및 열적 성질에 영향을 미친다. 사출성형된 제품의 잔류응력을 예측하기 위해서는 먼 저 열 및 유동장의 해석을 수행하여야 하고이를 위해서는 사출 성형의 세단계. 즉 충전, 보 압, 냉각을 모두고려해야한다. 검사체적 방법에 기초한 혼합 유한요소/유한차분방법을 사용 하는 수치 해석적 기법에 의하여 충전과정가 후충전 과정의 유동장 해서을 수행하였다. 일 반화된 헬레쇼 유동을 가정하였고 보압과 냉각과정시의 고본자의 압축성을 고려하였다. 점 도의 전단 변형률의 크기와 온도에 대한 의존성은 개선된 크로스 모델을 사용하여 나타내었 다. Tait에 의해 제안된 상태방정식은 고분자의 온도, 압력, 부피의 상호관계를 묘사하는 좋 은 방법을 제공하였다. 유동해석을 통하여 전 공정에 걸쳐서 온도와 압\ulcorner장의 변화에 대한 데이터를 얻었고 제품의 고체 응력해석의 입력 데이터로 사용하였다. 유한요소응력해석에는 평면 응력요소를 사용하였다. 다양한 형태의 금형에 대해서 공정 변수들을 달리하여 유동장 의 해석과 잔류응력의 계산을 수행하였다. 이로부터 공정조건과 유동장의 관계를 밝히고 최 종 제춤의 잔류 응력에의 영향을 고찰하였다.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.144-149
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• 2014

Large residual stresses are remained in the conventional injection molded products because of the high cavity pressure in packing phase during injection molding process. Conventional injection molding (CIM) invokes distribution of cavity pressure and it has a limitation to obtain product with uniform physical property. Multi-cavity conventional injection molding contains quality deviation among the cavities since flow imbalance occurs during filling phase. Injection compression molding (ICM) is adopted to overcome these limitations of CIM. In this study, molding characteristics of CIM and ICM have been investigated using multi-cavity injection mold. Researches were performed by both experiment and computer simulation through observations of birefringence for transparent resins, polycarbonate and polystyrene in CIM and ICM. As a result, low and uniform birefringence and mold shrinkage were showed in the specimens by ICM that could give a uniform cavity pressure. Deviation of physical property among the specimens in multi-cavity mold shown in CIM was significantly reduced in the specimens by ICM. Through this study it was concluded that the ICM in multi-cavity molding was valid for molding products with uniform property in an individual cavity and also reduced property deviation among the cavities.