• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.12b
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• pp.413-416
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• 2011

Flip top cap은 경량성, 가공성, 내식성 우수하여 최근에 생활 용기 뚜껑으로 많이 활용되고 있다. Flip top cap은 사출성형에 의해 제작 되며 사출성형 과정에서 힌지부분에 웰드라인(Weldline)이 형성되어 기계적 강도가 떨어지게 된다. Flip top cap은 생활용기에 사용되며 실제생활에서 많은 작동을 요구하기 때문에 힌지부분의 웰드라인은 제품불량에 큰 원인이 된다. 또한 Flip top cap은 생산성을 높이기 위해 멀티캐비티(Multi-cavity) 사출방식을 선호한다. 멀티캐비티 방식은 높은 사출압력을 요구하기 때문에 사출품의 불량과 사출기에 많은 부하가 예상된다. 본 연구에서는 게이트 위치를 조정함으로써 사출품 힌지부분에서 발생할 수 있는 웰드라인을 품질에 영향이 없는 곳으로 이동시키고 최적의 사출 압력을 찾기 위한 유동해석을 통해 최적의 사출조건을 도출함으로써 Flip top cap의 기계적 품질과 제품생산성 향상을 위한 연구가 수행되었다.

• The Korean Journal of Rheology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.109-124
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• 1993

본 연구의 목표는 임의의 3차원 사출성형 금형 공간내에서 단섬유 강화 플라스틱의 충전 공정에서의 과도기적 섬유방향성을 예측하는 수치해석 프로그램의 개발에 있다. Hele-Shaw 방정식에 단섬유에 의해서 추가된 응력을 고려한 Dinh-Armstrong의 모델을 도 입함으로써 새로운 충전과정의 압력 지배 방정식이 유도되었다. 새로운 압력지배 방정식은 단섬유에 의한 응력 때문에 몇 개의 새로운 항들을 포함하고 있다. 충전 과정의 해석은 새 로운 압력지배방정식과 에너지 방정식을 유한효소법과 유한 차분법을 이용하여 풀고 동시에 배향텐서(roientation tensor)의 변화 방정식을 4차 Runge-Kutta 방법을 이용하여 풀었다. 단섬유 배향 텐서를 텐서의 변환 법칙을 이용하여 임의의 3차원 금형 공간내의 모든유한요 소의 중심에서 두께방향의 모든유한 차분 격자를 따라 계산하였다. 이러한 방법으로 임의의 3차원 사출성형 금형 공간내에서 비등온 충전유동과 과도기적 3차원 섬유배향상태를 서로의 상호작용을 고려하여 수치 모사하여 다양한 유동 형태에 따른 단섬유 배향 상태의 변화에 대하여 알아보고자 한다.

• 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.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.05b
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• pp.1245-1248
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• 2010

플라스틱은 가공이 용이하기 때문에 우리 생활에 널리 이용되고 있다. 과거에는 단순히 제품의 외장제로 이용되었지만 산업이 발달함에 따라 금속을 대체 할 정도로 사용 범위가 증가하고 있다. 또한 사용량이 증가함에 따라 제품의 생산량을 증가시키기 위해선 다수 캐비티의 금형 사용이 필수적으로 되었다. 다수 캐비티 사출성형에서 각 캐비티 간 제품의 품질 및 물성을 향상시키기 위해선 각 캐비티로 충전되는 수지가 균형을 이루어야 한다. 하지만 기하학적으로 균형을 갖추고 있는 러너를 설계하여도 실제 사출성형에서는 불균형 충전이 일어나게 된다. 이러한 불균형 충전은 미국의 Beaumont에 의해서 처음 규명된 뒤 충전불균형 현상을 해결하기 위해 많은 연구가 진행되었다. 본 논문에서는 다수 캐비티 사출성형에서 균형충전을 위한 러너시스템을 제안하였다. 이 러너시스템은 온도가 불균일한 수지의 흐름을 혼합함으로써 수지의 흐름을 균일하게 하여 균형충전을 이루도록 하였다. 또한 사출성형해석프로그램인 Moldflow를 이용한 유동해석을 통해 그 효과를 나타내 보았다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.35-41
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• 2013

In injection molding, the mold temperature is one of most important process parameters that affect the flow characteristics and part deformation. The mold temperature usually varies periodically owing to the effects of the hot polymer melt and the cold coolant as the molding cycle repeats. In this study, a pulsed mold temperature control was proposed to improve the part quality as well as the productivity by alternatively circulating hot water and cold water before and after the molding stage, respectively. Transient thermal-fluid coupled analyses were performed to investigate the heat transfer characteristics of the proposed pulsed mold heating and cooling system. The simulation results were then compared with those of the conventional mold cooling system in terms of the heating and cooling efficiencies of the proposed pulsed mold temperature control system.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.64-72
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• 2001

Weld line is one of serious troubles which are observed in a plastic part manufactured by a injection molding process. This is caused by many process factors, which are molding pressure, temperature, velocity, location of a injection gate, mold geometry and material properties. investigation on the effects of these process factors to the appearance of a weld line was carried out using a finite element method. Filling and packing analyses were carried out by modifying both the configuration of the injection gates and cavity thickness. Proper locations of the injection gates could be determined by considering molding pressure, temperature, velocity and frozen layer, and whereby the weld line was controled. In order to make a weak appearance of the weld line, flow velocity and flow front in a cavity were also investigated by modifying a cavity thickness. As a result, flow front was extended around the corner in the cavity by changing the flow velocity and hence the appearance of the weld line was much weakened.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.87-89
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• 2004

정밀화와 더불어 고품질화 되고 있는 사출성형 산업에서 CAE기술(Computer Aided Engineering)은 성형 시행오차를 줄여 원가를 절감하고, 생산성을 향상시킬 수 있는 최적의 대안이라 할 수 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 CAE 기술을 활용하여 현장에서 사출성형하기 힘든, 두께 0.3mm인 소형 RC비행기 Battery Case제품을 대상으로 유동해석을 통해 최적 Gate와 유동기구의 설계 조건을 도출하고 구현하고자 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2005.09a
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• pp.141-146
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• 2005

In the present study, the characteristic of warpage and flow balance for family mould, which is able to mold parts with different shapes in a mold, is considered. To obtain an optimal gate and runner system, plastic injection molding analysis with commercial code is performed. Design and manufacturing of family mould is then carried out on the basis of this computer aided engineering result. Flow balance and warpage comparisons between experiment and numerical analysis give good agreement with each other. However, it was shown that results of warpage measured by CMM was about $20\~55\%$ lower than those of numerical analysis.

• The Korean Journal of Rheology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.217-226
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• 1998

The anisotropy caused by the fiber orientation, which is inevitably generated by the flow during injection molding of short fiber reinforced polymers, greatly influences dimensional accuracy, mechanical properties, and other quality of the final product. Since the filling stage of the injection molding process plays a vital role in determining fiber orientation, an accurate analysis of flow field for the filling stage is needed. Unbalanced filling occurs when a complex or a multi-cavity mold is used leading to development of regions where the fiber suspension is under compression. It is impossible to make an accurate calculation of the flow field during filling with the analysis assuming incompressible fluid. A mold with four cavities with different filling times was produced to compare the numerical analysis results with the experimental data. There was a good agreement between the experimental and theoretical results when the compressibility of the polymer melt was considered for the numerical simulation. The fiber orientation states for compressible and incompressible fluids were also compared qualitatively as well as quantitatively in this study.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.8
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• pp.1097-1103
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• 2010

Injection pressure, an important factor in the filling procedure, should be minimized to enhance injection molding quality. In addition, warping deformation and weld lines, which are representative failures, should be avoided to enhance injection molding quality. To improve injection molding quality, the design procedure for an automotive fog blank cover is divided into two stages. In the first stage, we optimally obtain injection molding process variables that minimize injection pressure and warping deformation by using design of experiments, approximation and optimization techniques equipped in PIAnO (Process Integration, Automation and Optimization), a commercial PIDO (Process Integration and Design Optimization) tool. Then, we determine the thickness of the automotive fog blank cover that enables us to avoid generating weld lines. The design results we obtain in this study are found far better than those of the initial design, which demonstrates the effectiveness of our design method.