• Transactions of the KSME C: Technology and Education
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.167-177
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• 2013

The use of mechanical anastomosis coupler instead of sutures has been increasing in microvascular anastomosis surgery. However, non-biodegradable anastomosis coupler has problems such as not only inflammatory reaction but also remaining permanently in operation wound. Therefore, we fabricated biodegradable anastomosis coupler using injection molding process to overcome the limitation of non-biodegradable anastomosis coupler. In various injection molding process conditions, the shrinkage was calculated with different cylinder temperatures and injection molding pressures and anastomotic strength was measured. As a result, changes in shrinkage hole part larger than the pin part. In addition, the shrinkage in the cylinder at higher temperatures increase. However, the higher the injection pressure, shrinkage tends to decrease, respectively. In-vitro degradation behavior of PCL anastomotic coupler evaluated for 12 weeks, water uptake was increased and molecular weight was accompanied by a reduction in mass of the biological degradation and reduction of anastomotic strength was confirmed. However, decreased levels of anastomotic strength enough to exceed the requirements of preclinical surgery, PCL microvascular anastomosis coupler suitable candidate materials that could identify.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.10
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• pp.499-508
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• 2016

Injection molding is a method for manufacturing many products, wherein a plasticized resin is injected into a mold at high pressure and hardened. According to the method, the product can be manufactured into various forms, and the mass production of up to tens of thousands of products is possible. The purpose of this study was to determine the process conditions for manufacturing a door latch for automobiles, through an analysis of the injection molding method. To calculate an appropriate injection flow for injection molding, a primary analysis for comparing the injection time, pressure, flow pattern, consolidation range, shear stress, shear rate, and weld line, as well as a secondary analysis for determining the conditions for stabilizing the molding temperature, holding pressure, and cooling process, were conducted. The characteristics of injection molding, and their influence on the product quality are discussed. No weld line and pores were observed on the products that had been manufactured based on the process conditions determined above. In addition, there were no flaws regarding the deformation compared to the prototype. Therefore, the manufacture of a product under the conditions determined in this study can reduce the defect rate compared to the existing production, and the process is also more competitive due to reduced production time.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.12
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• pp.1627-1633
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• 2011

Injection molds are generally fabricated by assembling a number of plates in which the core and cavity components are assembled. This assembled structure has a number of contact interfaces where the heat transfer characteristics are affected by thermal contact resistance. In previous studies, numerical approaches were investigated to predict the effect of thermal contact resistance on the temperature distribution of injection molds. In this study, thermal-fluid coupled numerical analyses are performed to take into account the thermal contact effect on the numerical evaluation of the mold filling characteristics. Comparisons with experimental results show that the proposed coupled analysis provides more reliable results than the conventional analyses in predicting the mold filling characteristics by taking into account the effect of thermal contact resistance inside the injection mold assembly.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2011

Pressurized high temperature plastic resin flows into the cavity of mold and is solidified in injection molding process. Residual stress is being developed in injection molded part because of high temperature variations and high pressure. Developed residual stress relaxes as time goes. Consequently this makes part deformed and deteriorates quality of product. A measurement method of residual stress for injection molded transparent articles has been investigated using photoelasticity. Light, a composite of electromagnetic waves, is purified into a single wave by a polarized film. When this wave passes through the specimen, birefringence is developed according to the level of residual stress in the specimen and color fringed pattern appears after the second polarized film. Residual stress in the injection molded transparent flat a part has been measured quantitatively using the color fringed pattern. Optical characteristics have been a part also predicted by computer simulation and compared with experimental results.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.347-354
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• 2012

There exist many merits in designing products and setting operational condition when computer aided engineering (CAE) is adopted in injection molding process. CAE also gives increasing efficient of molding, reducing developing time of product, and maintaining high quality products. Specially, it suggests design guidelines for new products and reducing wasting time to get steady state. Two and three dimensional computer simulations are available in injection molding and those results are somewhat different. However there are no guidelines for 2D and 3D computer simulations in using CAE in injection molding even though it is widely used in plastic industry. In this study, two and three dimensional computation results were compared for various part thickness, part shape, and number of finite element. Subsequently computational results were compared with experimental data such as pressure and temperature. The guidelines in two and three dimensional CAE analysis have been suggested through this study.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.359-361
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 무선부품의 일종인 cavity filter 금형을 제작하였고, 도금용 ARS 수지와 PC/ARS Alloy 수지를 사용하여 일반사출성형과 금형온도가 높은 MmSH방식, 두 타입으로 성형품을 제작하였다. 성형품의 수축률 변화는 MmSH 방식일 때 ABS 수지로 제작한 성형품의 단위캐비티 격막부분에서 수축률이 감소되었다. 중량변화는 ABS와 PC/ABS Alloy로 제작된 성형품 모두 MmSH 방식일 때 증가하였고. 성형품의 표면 거칠기도 모두 MmSH 방식일 때 거칠기가 감소되었다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.130-133
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• 2002

금형온도가 사출 성형품에 미치는 영향 중에 결정성수지인 PP(Polypropylene)와 비결정성수지인 PS(Polysyene)는 금형온도가 높아짐에 따라 각기 다른 결과를 나타내었다. PS성형품은 금형온도가 높을수록 수축율이 줄어들고 두께 편차가 적어지는 경향을 관찰할 수 있었고, PP성형품의 경우에는 결정의 생성으로 인한 상반된 경향이 관찰되었다. 또한, 금형온도에 따른 캐비티의 매끄러운 면과 거친 면의 결과로 볼 때 금형온도가 높을수록 캐비티의 충전성 및 전사성이 향상되었다. MmSH(Momentary Mold Surface Heating)조건인 경우는 수축율과 전사성 모두다 양호한 결과를 보여주었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.923-924
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.699-700
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• 2013

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.91-92
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• 2010