• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.17-21
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• 2007

In the manufacture and processing of large plastic materials, product quality is tested and verified through several techniques such as injection processing, residual stress through injection molding and shrinkage. With regards to the injection molding process, common problems such as inconsistent density is seen when different points of the product are discovered to have varying thickness levels. Sink marks in product are then evident. This occurs when there is poor molding conditions caused about by poor runner and packaging systems incorporated into the process. We designed the runner system which is possible balanced filling to cavities using CAE program $Moldflow^{TM}$ and then obtained optimal processing conditions by Taguchi's Robust Design technique.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.111-115
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• 2008

This paper describes the optimization of injection molding conditions to minimize sink marks. Sink marks, which refer to a small depression on the surface opposite a thick wall thickness, are often encounted in injection molded plastic parts. Part geometry, material properties and processing conditions during injection molding can affect the sink mark depth. We designed the runner system which is possible balanced filling to cavities using CAE program $Moldflow^{TM}$ and then obtained optimal processing conditions by Taguchi's Robust Design technique. By actual injection molding using optimized mold and molding conditions, it confirmed that sink mark depth decreased zero compared to 1mm level in the conventional mold and process.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.72-77
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• 2010

The fatigue characteristic of a material or a structure is derived from fatigue tests of standard specimens. However, many test results of standard specimens are very different from those of real structures. One reason for this difference is the constraint effects according to the geometrical difference. Therefore, to calculate more accurate fatigue life, the constraint effect must be considered by comparing test results of standard specimens with those of real structures. In this study, a blade of an air-conditioner was evaluated by both the test and the analysis. The results showed that a standard specimen is conservative, compared with a structure specimen. And fatigue life of an air-conditioner's blade was predicted from those.

• 공업화학
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.757-767
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• 1996

폴리(알킬아크릴레이트-g-카프로락톤) 그라프트 공중합체를 합성하였으며, 이것을 폴리카보네이트(PC)/폴리(아크릴로니트릴-부타디엔-스티렌)(ABS) 블렌드의 상용화제로 사용하였다. PC나 ABS와 비상용성인 폴리 알킬아크릴 레이트 주사슬을 갖는 그라프트 공중합체를 사용하였으며 이것을 PC/ABS의 계면에 위치시키는 것을 목표로 하였다. 그라프트 공중합체를 1중량부 포함하는 블렌드물은 충격 강도는 물론 파단 인장 강도에서 아주 향상된 값을 보였으며, 1/8인치 시편에서의 충격 강도 향상이 두드러졌다. 전자현미경에 의한 형태학적인 분석 결과 그라프트 공중합체의 존재가 좀더 매끄러운 PC/ABS 계면을 형성하게 하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.117-121
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• 2004

Injection molding is the one of the most important processes for mass production of plastic parts. Usually injection molds for mass production are constituted to multi-cavity runner system to manufacture the more parts at a time. Multi-cavity molds are designed to geometrically balanced runner system to uniformly fill to each cavity. But, when injection molding is performed using a mold with balanced runner system filling imbalances are occurred between the cavity to cavity. The previous studies by Beaumont at. all reported that filling imbalance occurred by thermal unbalance on the mold and viscosity variation of resins and so on. In this study, we conducted experiments in order to know the causes of filling imbalance for 3 plate type mold with 8 cavities. And we exhibited a new so called 4BF mold (4 plate type Balanced Filling Mold) to be possible filling balance. We conducted a experimental injection molding to verify the efficiency of the 4BF mold. In the results of the experiment, we could confirmed the balanced filling possibility of the 4BF mold.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.438-442
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 poly(acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene)(ABS)와 poly(lactic acid)(PLA)를 블렌드할 경우 상용화제의 효과에 의한 기계적 물성과 모폴로지 변화에 대하여 연구하였다. 상용화제로는 poly(styrene-acrylonitrile)-g-maleic anhydride) (SAN-g-MAH), poly(ethylene-co-octene) rubber-maleic anhydride(EOR-MAH)와 poly(ethylene-co-glycidyl methacrylate) (EGMA)를 사용하였다. ABS/PLA 블렌드의 인장강도, 굴곡강도 및 충격강도를 포함한 기계적 강도 측정 결과 SAN-g-MAH, EOR-MAH 그리고 EGMA 상용화제 모두 기계적 강도가 향상되는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이중에서 SAN-g-MAH를 사용하였을 때 가장 우수한 기계적 강도를 나타내었으며, 3 phr 함량에서 가장 높은 수치를 나타내었다. SEM 모폴로지의 경우 세 종류의 상용화제 모두 ABS/PLA 블렌드에서 PLA의 droplet 크기가 감소하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 요약하면, 블렌드의 기계적 물성과 모폴로지 측정 결과 ABS/PLA블렌드에서 세 종류의 상용화제중 SAN-g-MAH (3 phr) 첨가하였을 때 가장 우수한 상용화제로서의 역할을 하는 것을 알 수 있었다.