• 소성∙가공
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• 제23권8호
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• pp.482-488
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• 2014

Flexible forming technology has advantages in sheet metal forming, because it can be implemented to produce various shaped molds using a single apparatus. Due to this advantage, it is possible to apply it to the manufacture of an aircraft winglet mold. Presently, most aircraft winglets are manufactured from composite materials. Therefore, the mold for the curing process is an essential element in the fabrication of such composite materials. Compared to conventional mold forming, flexible forming has some advantages such as reduced manufacturing cost and uniformity of mold thickness. If the thickness of the mold is consistent, then the heat transfer will occur uniformly during the curing process leading to improved formability of the composite material. In the current study, numerical simulations were performed to investigate the possibility of flexible forming for manufacturing of the winglet mold. In order to match the size of the actual product, the shape of objective surface was divided to fit the dimensions of the apparatus. The results from the numerical simulations are compared with the objective surface to verify the accuracy. In conclusion, the current study confirms the feasibility and the potential to manufacture winglet molds by flexible forming.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제32권9호
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• pp.699-703
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• 2008

Fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) have been widely used because of their high specific strength, high specific stiffness and etc. Although these kinds of FRP have various merits in applications, it has been had one of the complicated problems to manufacture their wooden mold. For these reasons, the simple methods to manufacture the mold required in the FRP industries. To improve these kinds of problems, the molding system using composite materials was developed. By this new manufacturing techniques and high functional FRP composite mold was built. Comparing with wooden mold, the process efficiencies of frame manufacturing process and inner mold manufacturing process were improved approximately 40% and 70%, respectively.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.105-110
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• 2015

In this study, a high-speed procedure to be used in composite molding technology is developed for the production of a hybrid supercapacitor in a progressive and revolutionary current in a production system, as are the related operating conditions. Mold parts with solid modeling, the ease of programming of future mold product designs, tolerance management, and pre-explode tests by the building of a progressive die design system using Cimatron_E10 Die Design Software for the strip layout are done. The capacity of the super-hybrid composite mold design will save time and money through its verification of the manufacture of molds. We plan to apply this to future related products for production cost savings of more than 30% achieved by considering the components of the production costs, labor, and material costs of production as compared to conventional production methods.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2021

In this study, the current state of the plastics industry has been examined. The direction of development and innovation is reviewed and commented. The technical statuses of various sectors such as thermoplastic resin, composite material, mold engineering, and simulation have been scrutinized. In addition, the industrial status of each sector has been reviewed. Then, the challenges that the plastics manufacturing industry has to deal with have been discussed. Especially, the situation in Republic of Korea has been elaborated in detail. Based on the discussion, an open innovation strategy has been suggested. It has been argued in this work that the open innovation strategy will enables efficient funding and development by avoiding resource consuming rent seeking.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.279-285
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• 2013

소형 복합재료 프로펠러를 제작하기 위한 기존의 알루미늄 몰드를 복합재료 몰드로 대체하기 위한 타당성 연구를 수행하였다. 소형 알루미늄 프로펠러의 세 날개는 복합재료 몰드를 만들기 위해 플러그로서 사용되었다. GRPG 복합재료 몰드와 프로펠러는 실내온도에서 압축과 진공법을 이용하여 불포화된 폴리에스테르 수지, Epovia 겔코트, 우븐과 매트 유리 섬유 등으로 만들어졌다. 표면의 경도와 거칠기, 압축과 흡입 몰드에 의한 강도와 변형은 실험에 의해 결정되었다. 결과는 ISO 484/2 규격과 몇몇의 알루미늄 합금과 비교되었다. 결과로부터 몰드의 변형은 날개 두께에 관한 공차를 만족하는 것을 알 수 있었다. GRPG 복합재료 몰드의 몇 가지 특징은 알루미늄 합금 몰드보다 좋았으며(표면의 매끈함, 중량, 작동 능력과 비용), 다른 몇 가지 특징들은 비슷하였다(분리 능력과 라이프 사이클). 결과적으로 복합재료 몰드는 소형 복합재료 선박 프로펠러를 만들기에 적합한 것을 알 수 있었다.

• International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.9-12
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• 2017

In this study, an investigation on mechanical properties of flax natural fiber composite is performed as a precedent study on the design of eco-friendly structure using flax natural fiber composite. The Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding-Light (VARTML) manufacturing method is adopted for manufacturing the flax fiber composite panel. The VARTML is a manufacturing process that the resin is injected into the dry layered-up fibers enclosed by a rigid mold tool under vacuum. In this work, the resin flow analysis of VARTM manufacturing method is performed. A series of flax composite panels are manufactured, and several kinds of specimens cut out from the panels are tested to obtain mechanical performance data. Based on this, structural design of chemical storage tank for agricultural vehicle was performed using flax/vinyl ester. After structural design and analysis, the resin flow analysis of VARTM manufacturing method was performed.

• 연구논문집
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• 통권29호
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• pp.151-162
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• 1999

In general, manufacturing processes of thermosetting composites consist of mold filling and resin cure. The important parameters used in modeling and designing mold filling are the permeability of the fibrous preform and the viscosity of the resin. To consolidate a composite, resin cure or chemical reaction plays an essential role. Cure kinetics. Therefore, is necessary to quantify the extent of chemical reaction or degree of cure. It is also important to predict resin viscosity which can change due to chemical reaction during mold filling. There exists a heat transfer between the mold and the composite during mold filling and resin cure. Cure kinetics is also used to predict a temperature profile inside composite. In this study, a new scheme which can determine cure kinetics from dynamic temperature scaning was proposed. The method was applied to epoxy resin system and was verified by comparing measurements and predictions.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2020

In this study, forming of carbon composite parts was performed using an injection/compression molding process. An impregnation of matrix is determined by ability of wet and flow rate between the matrix and reinforcement. The flow rate of matrix passing through the reinforcements is a function of permeability of reinforcement, a viscosity of matrix and pressure gradient on molding, and the viscosity of the matrix depends on the mold temperature, molding pressure and shear strain of matrix. Therefore, compression molding experiment was conducted using a heating mold in order to confirm the possibility of matrix impregnation. The impregnation of the matrix through the porosities between the woven yarns was confirmed by the cross-sectional SEM image of compression molded parts. An injection molding process was also performed at a short cycle time, high molding pressure and low mold temperature than those of compression experiment conditions. Deterioration of impregnation on the surface of molded parts were caused by these injection conditions and it could be the reason of decreasing the maximum tensile strength. In order to improve impregnation of matrix on the surface, injection/compression molding and insert-over molding were applied. As a result of applying injection/compression molding and insert-over molding, it was shown that the improvement of impregnation on the surface and the maximum tensile strength was increased about 2.8 times than the virgin matrix.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.19-22
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• 2014

Today, looking at the trend of product development, interests of injection technology to reduce weldline are growing because of increases of polymer composite materials that containing functional elements and demand of no-painted injection in accordance with environmental regulations. In this paper, surface temperatures of mold increased using high temperature gas for elimination of weldline and characteristics of weldline are analyzed according to mold temperature($60^{\circ}C{\sim}120^{\circ}C$).

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2017년도 제48회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.835-837
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 필라멘트 와인딩을 이용한 원통형 복합재 격자구조체의 제작 공정을 서술하였다. 원통형 복합재 격자구조체는 크게 네 단계의 제작 공정을 통해 제작된다. 격자 형상을 갖는 실리콘 금형을 맨드릴에 설치하고 연속 섬유를 실리콘 금형 위에 와인딩 한다. 섬유의 와인딩 후 모든 영역에서 동일한 두께를 갖도록 섬유 교차부의 압착 공정을 수행한다. 마지막으로 복합재 격자구조체를 오븐에서 경화하고 금형을 탈형한다. 제작된 제품의 치수는 설계 사양과 비교하여 2.4%의 오차가 발생하는 것을 확인하였다.