• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.29 no.8
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• pp.437-445
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• 2017

Because of improvement of living standards and increased use of ice at home, built-in ice makers are of interest. In this study, refrigeration cycle of a unitary ice maker for residential usage was optimized using R-404A. Optimization was achieved through a search for proper refrigerant charge amount. For the present ice maker producing ice for 24 cups, the optimum charge amount was 200 g. In this configuration, the ice making cycle time was 17 minutes 53 seconds, ice production was 1.27 kg/h and COP was 0.310. After initial start-up, condensation and evaporation temperatures gradually decreased with time. As ice builds in the cup, heat transfer performance of the evaporator decreases, that results in decrease of evaporation and condensation temperatures. Replacement of existing slit nozzles with individual circular hole nozzles improved ice production capacity by 10 percent. Through visualization of ice formation in the ice cup, growth rate of the ice in the cup was relatively uniform.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.473-480
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• 2008

Sheet metal forming of Mg alloy is usually performed at elevated temperature because of the low formability at room temperature. Therefore, strain rates affected with the forming temperature and speed must be considered as important factor about formability. Effects of process parameters such as various temperatures and forming speeds were investigated in circular cup deep drawing. From the experimental results, it is known that LDR (Limit Drawing Ratio) increase as the strain rate increase. On the contrary, the FLD (Forming Limit Diagram) shows lower value as faster strain rate. Therefore, anisotropy values are investigated according to the temperature and strain rates at each forming temperature. R-values also represent higher value as faster strain rate. It is known that the formability can be different with the deformation mode on warm forming of AZ31 alloy sheet.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.48-52
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• 2006

The drawability of AZ31B magnesium sheet is estimated at various temperatures (200, 250, 300, 350 and $400^{\circ}C$), and forming speed (20, 50, 100 mm/min), thickness (0.5, 0.8, 1.0, 1.4 mm). The deep drawing process of circular cup and square cup were used in forming experiments. Experimental and FEM analysis are performed to investigate drawability and affection of controlled blank holding force. Through the controlled blank holding force, drawability was improved. This result is verified by FEM analysis. Through the observation of microstructure, the main cause is investigated as a quantity of the dynamic recrystallization.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.288-296
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• 1996

A method of determining an optimum blank shape for non-circular deep drawing process is extended to the multi-stage deep drawing process. As an example concentric two-stage square deep drawing process is considered and the ideal blank shape with uniform cup height and without flange part after the process is constructed by the backward tracing of rigid plastic FEM. The conventional square blank shapes are also adopted for the comparison of two cases. As a result it is confirmed that the drawn products with better thickness strain distribution and deeper cup depth could be obtained by the suggested ideal blank shapes.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.14 no.7 s.79
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• pp.628-634
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• 2005

The drawability of AZ31B magnesium sheet is estimated at various temperatures (200, 250, 300, 350, $400^{\circ}C$), forming speeds (20, 50, 100mm/min), thicknesses (0.8, 1.4mm) and blank holding forces (2.0, 2.8, 3.4kN). The deep drawing process (DDP) of circular cup is used in forming experiments. The results of deep drawing experiments show that the drawability is well at the range from 250 to $300^{\circ}C$, 50mm/min forming speed and 2.0kN blank holding force. The 0.8mm magnesium sheets were deformed better than 1.4 mm. Blank holding force was controlled in order to improve drawability and prevent the change of cup thickness. When blank holding force was controlled, tearing and thickness change were decreased and limit drawing ratio was improved from 2.1 to 3.0.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.509-516
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• 2009

This paper is the study on improving the coefficient of utilization of material in deep drawing process. Cylindrical cup drawing process is widely used in sheet metal forming process. The blank shape is one of the important things in sheet metal forming process. It is produced for the bridge of blank in a blanking process. The coefficient of utilization of material is much effected by this bridge of blank. This study offered a new process method to reduce the loss of material. The new blank shape offered and manufactured by new process method is investigated by a finite element method and the experiment. Then the wrinkling, the punch load, the thickness distribution is observed. This result is different from the result of circular blank process. And it is got that the Max strain, the wrinkle and the height of the wrinkle are effected by the holding force and the punch load. As a result, if the processing optimum condition is found, the loss of material will be reduced. It is necessary to research systematically about determining the optimum value of process variables.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.179-186
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• 2002

This paper is the study on improving the coefficient of utilization of material in deep drawing process. Cylindrical cup drawing process is widely used in sheet metal forming process. The blank shape is one of the important things in sheet metal forming process. It is produced for the bridge of blank in a blanking process. The coefficient of utilization of material is much effected by this bridge of blank. This study offered a new process method to reduce the loss of material. The new blank shape offered and manufactured by new process method is investigated by a finite element method and the experiment. Then the wrinkling, the punch load, the thickness distribution is observed. This result is different from the result of circular blank process. And it is got that the Max strain, the wrinkle and the height of the wrinkle are effected by the holding farce and the punch load. As a result. if the processing optimum condition is found, the loss of material will be reduced. It is necessary to research systematically about determining the optimum vague of process variables.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.68-77
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• 2015

This study was the use of the finite element method in the deep drawing process of a rectangular shell cup. The aim was to analyse the equivalent strain in the workpiece and to find out what happened to the disc blank sheet before the forming by stamping. The rectangular shell cup was $24{\times}30{\times}20$ mm. and made of 2mm.thick SUS 403 and SUS 304 stainless steel. There were 3 types of blank sheets: 1) square sheet 2) 45 degree angled edge cutting sheet 3) circular sheet. It was found out that the drawing up with the use of 3 types of blank sheet made of SUS 304 stainless steel had no risk in the workpiece. For the stamping of the rectangular shell that used a square sheet made of SUS 403 stainless steel, it was found out that there was no risk in the work piece, but with the use of 45 degree angled edge cutting sheet or round sheet, the work piece had a risk to be damaged.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.407-410
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• 2005

The drawability of AZ31B magnesium sheet is estimated according to the variable temperatures (200, 250, 300, 350 and $400^{\circ}C$), forming speed (20, 50, 100 mm/min), thickness (0.8, 1.4 t), blank holding force (1.0, 1.4, 1.7kN). The deep drawing process (DDP) of circular cup is used in forming experiments. The results of deep drawing experiences show that the drawability is well at the range from 250 to $300^{\circ}C$, 50mm/min forming speed and 1.4kN blank holding force. The 0.8t magnesium sheets were deformed better than 1.4t. BHF was controlled in order to improve drawability and protect the change of cup thickness. When BHF was controlled, tearing and thickness change were decreased and LDR. was improved from 2.1 to 3.0.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 1999.03a
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• pp.26-29
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• 1999

Process design for elliptically shaped deep drawing products is various according to size shape and specification of products. This study presents two approaches to design the preform that is a key process for elliptically shaped products, One of these is that cross-section of punch is circular. Another is that for the improvement of characteristics for final products the cross-section of the punch is similar to rectangular shape. After forming the preform process design of top-part drawing is the same. In the study blank shape and dimension are obtained by applying a numerical formula and surface area constancy.