• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.45-52
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• 2001

In order to increase the productivity of electrical parts, manufacturing processes using progressive dies have been widely used in the industry. Motor cores have been fabricated using progressive stacking die with the lamination procedure for better electro-magnetic property. For the proper design off process, a prediction of the process is required to obtain many design parameters. In this work, rigid-plastic finite element analysis is carried out in order to simulate the lamination process of the motor core. The effects of the embossing depth, the amount of deviation, and the number of stacked sheets are investigated and compared with experiments. The forming process can then be predicted successfully from the results of analyses, which enables an appropriate design to be made for the die and the process.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.191-196
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• 2005

A full-bead of multi-layer-steel (MLS) engine head gasket is used to seal the combustion gas. Finite element analyses were conducted to assess the dependence of the sealing performance of full-bead on the forming process consisting of embossing and flatting operations. It is demonstrated that the sealing performance is enhanced with more severe deformation of the bead plate during the embossing, i.e., with the increase in the punching depth, the punch height, the punch width and the friction coefficient of the bead plate against the punch and die, and with the decrease in the width of die cavity. Meanwhile, the flatting process that is employed to adjust the height of the embossed full-bead has no influence on the sealing performance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2005.09a
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• pp.23-28
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• 2005

Microlens arrays were fabricated using a modified LIGA process based on the exposure of a PMMA (Polymethylmethacrylate) sheet to deep x-rays and subsequent thermal treatment. A successful modeling and analyses for microlens formation were presented according to the experimental procedure. A nickel mold insert was fabricated by the nickel electroforming process on the PMMA microlens arrays fabricated by the modified LIGA process. For the replication of microlens arrays having various diameters with different foci on the same substrate, the hot embossing and the microinjection molding processes have been successfully utilized with the fabricated mold insert. Fabricated microlenses showed good surface roughness than the mold insert. The focal lengths of the injection molded microlenses were successfully measured experimentally and also estimated theoretically.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.423-427
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• 2005

Sandwich structures, which are composed of a thick core between two thin faces, are commonly used in many engineering applications because they combine high stiffness and strength with low weight. Depending on the application of a particular sandwich structure, various types of cores can be used. The production of sandwich sheets by a rolling process, which is a more efficient and economical approach compared to other types of processes, has become an increasingly important subject of study. In this paper, we have studied the embossing structure of sheet type and developed embossing roll mold with $\Phi3$ pattern and roll forming system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.277-280
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• 2008

Recently, a demand of nano/micro patterned polymer for display or biochip has been rising. Then many studies have been carried out. Nano/micro-embossing is a deformation process where the workpiece materials is heated to permit easier material flow and then forced over a planar patterned tool. In this work, the hot-emboss process is performed with different forming conditions; forming temperature, load, press hold time, to get the proper condition for linear pattern fabrication on plated-type polymers (PC). Replicated pattern depth increases in proportion to the forming temperature, load and time. Reduction of the workpiece thickness increases according to press hold time. In process of time, reduction ratio of workpiece thickness decreases because of surface area increment of the workpiece and pressure decline on it.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.219-222
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• 2004

This research is about SDM (Structural Dynamics Modification) technique using embosses. SDM using embosses do not need to add additional mass element ana model of embosses and resulting huge calculation for getting analytical solution of an embossed structure. The object of this research is to suggest a method to guide placing embossment in a structure to raise its natural frequencies. Two methods to optimize model with embossing are suggested, indepuldently. The former is response surface analysis by neural network. And the latter is an indirect method using modal dynamic strain energy.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.826-829
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• 2004

Structural Dynamics Modification is very effective technique to improve structure's dynamic characteristics by adding or removing auxiliary structures, changing material property, changing shape of structure. In this research, using the surface grooving technique, shape of base structure was changed to improve its first natural frequency. Utilizing the result of frequency variation analysis, groove shape was formed gathering the many small embossing elements. For this process, Criterion Factor was introduced. To reduce its amount of calculation, the range of target area was restricted to their neighboring area and initial grooving point was selected using high-strain energy. This surface grooving technique was successfully applied to the HDD cover model.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.103-103
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• 2009

태양전지 모듈의 효율 상승을 위한 한 가지 방법으로써 태양전지 모듈에 보호층으로 사용되는 고분자 플레이트 및 보호 유리층 등에 저반사 효과를 갖는 나노급 크기의 패턴을 형성 하였다. PVC, PMMA 등의 고분자 소재의 보호층은 hot-embossing의 방법을 사용하여 표면에 반사방지막을 형성하였으며, 양면 동시 엠보싱 방법을 사용하여 그 효율을 높이고자 하였다. 또한 저철분 유리판 위에 nano-imprinting 공정을 사용한 고분자 패턴을 형성함으로써 반사 방지효과를 얻고자 하였다. 또한, 형성된 패턴의 내구성을 측정함으로써 태양전지 모듈에의 적용 가능성을 확인 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.241-244
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• 2009

We studied the optimization method of sensing part for measuring heart rate in wrist. In order to know optimum structure of sensing part, we measured the heart rate signal by changing the shape and size of sensor pad structure and the thickness of silicon. The shapes of structure using in experiment are Empty, Rectangle, Embossing, Length, Width. We were compared the amplitude of output signal about each shape when thickness of silicon pad is increasing from 0 to 7 mm by 1 mm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Ceranic Society Conference
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• 2004.04b
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• pp.33.3-33.3
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• 2004