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A study on the effect of twice foaming process on microcellular foamed plastics (재발포가 MCPs에 미치는 영향)

  • Park J.Y.;Cha S.W.;Seo J.H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.421-422
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    • 2006
  • According to the industrialization the using of polymers is increased by their mechanical or commercial demands. At now, the using of polymers is become bigger and bigger than yet. On the other words, our whole life is covered by the polymers. Due to the extended polymer using, the material cost is higher and higher. Therefore, the people used the polymer foaming process using the gas. The polymer foaming using the pentane or butane gas is prohibited by the government cause of the explosiveness and non-environmental friendly. Therefore, the members of MIT invented the Micro-cellular Polymer Foaming in 1980. The Micro-cellular Polymers has many cells in the polymer matrix. By compare between non-foamed polymers, the Micro-cellular Polymers have low material cost, soundproof and shock less. The purpose of this study is to study the twice foamed polymer by batch process. To know the reaction by step of microcellular foaming process, we measure the density of polymer. And to viewing the cell morphology, we used the scanning electron microscopy(SEM).

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A Study on the Process Optimization of Microcellular Foaming Injection Molded Ceiling Air-Conditioner 4-Way Panel (초미세발포 사출성형을 이용한 천정형 에어컨 4-way 판넬의 공정 최적화에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Joo-Kwon;Lee, Jung-Hee;Kim, Jong-Sun;Lee, Jun-Han;Kwak, Jae-Seob
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.98-104
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    • 2018
  • Deflected 4-way panels of ceiling air conditioners produced by injection molding process have caused dew condensation at the edge of products. In order to prevent this drawback with reducing weight and deformation, this study proposed renovated process adopting microcellular foaming. According to results from 2-sample t-test and analysis of variance(ANOVA), the critical factors affecting weight were melt temperature and injection speed. In addition, the vital effects on deformation were structure at the edge, mold temperature and cooling time. Optimal conditions of these parameters were derived by regressive analysis with CAE and response surface method(RSM), and then applied to an actual design and process stage to analyze performance. As a results, it clearly showed that new process improved process capability as well as reduced both weight and deformation by 18.8% and 71.9% respectively compared to the conventional method.

MCPs Product and Process Design of Mixed Materials Using Axiomatic Design (공리적 설계를 이용한 발포제 혼합재료의 MCPs 제품 및 공정 설계)

  • 이경수;차성운
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.06a
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    • pp.1414-1417
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    • 2003
  • In chemical forming process, mixed materials of LDPE, EVA and forming agent are used. However mechanical properties has been dropping remarkably through this forming process. In this study, Above materials(LDPE, EVA) were used in microcellular foaming injection process. And various effective factors in this process were selected by Axiomatic approach and systematically estimated by DOE(Design of Experiments). As a results, injection type and rate of mixing resins have more influence on forming rate than other factors.

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Thermal modeling of microcellular foamed polymer matrix (초미세 발포 성형 고분자 물질의 열전달 모델링)

  • Moon, Byeong_Gi;Cha, Sung-Woon;Oh, Sei-Woong
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2000.04b
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    • pp.367-372
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    • 2000
  • By the means of microcellular (earning, we can make polymers with $10{\mu}m$ sized gas bubbles. After the $CO_2$ gas bubbles solve, diffuse and leave the polymer matrix, the thermal properties of polymer matrix are changed. Expecially, thermal conductivity becomes low. So, the polymer matrixes with gas bubbles can be used as insulator In this paper, we make model after microcellular foamed polymer matrix to know the change of thermal properties. Most of all, the purpose of this paper is the mlcrocellular foamed polymer matrix's availability as a insulator Beside of thermal properties the surface of microcellular foamed polymer is polished and easy to be colored. Above all the mechanical properties are better than the other insulator. So, microcellular foamed polymer can be used as exterior of building or it can be replaced as a tile.

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Injection Molded Microcellular Plastic Gear (I) - Process Design for the Microcellular Plastic Gear - (초미세발포 플라스틱 기어에 관한 연구 (I) - 초미세발포 플라스틱 기어의 공정설계 -)

  • Ha Young Wook;Chong Tae Hyong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.29 no.5 s.236
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    • pp.647-654
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    • 2005
  • This research Proposes a Process design of injection molded microcellular plastic gears for enhancing the fatigue strength/durability and accuracy of the gears applying thermodynamic instability to microcellular foaming process. To develop the injection molded plastic gears by way of microceliular process, it is absolutely necessary the following two process design. The first is microcellular forming process for enhancing the strength/durability of plastic gears. To be microcellular process succeeded, based on the microcellular principle, mechanical apparatus is designed where nucleation and cell growth are to be generated renewably. The second is the counter pressure process which is mainly fur improving the tooth surface roughness and the accuracy of microcellular gears. For the former process, screw, nozzle and gas equipment are newly designed, and for the latter, counter pressure by nitrogen gas is intentionally brought about into mold cavity when injecting plastic gears. Based on the proposed process design, using gear mold, experiments of injection molding show that, in internal space of plastic gears, microcellular nuclear cells less than 5 lim in diameter have been generated homogeneously via electron microscope photos.