• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회B
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• pp.2254-2255
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• 2008

Thermoforming is one of the most versatile and economical process to produce polymer products. The drawback of thermoforming is difficult to control thickness of final products. Temperature distribution affects the thickness distribution of final products, but temperature difference between surface and center of sheet is difficult to decrease because of low thermal conductivity of ABS material. In order to decrease temperature difference between surface and center, heating profile must be expressed as exponential function form. In this study, Finite Difference Method was used to find out the coefficients of optimal heating profiles. Through investigation, the optimal results using Finite Difference Method show that temperature difference between surface and center of sheet can be remarkably minimized with satisfying Temperature of Forming Window.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.651-667
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• 2002

Overview of plastics processing is described and the research trend of the processing is also noted. The main manufacturing processes in the plastics industry are injection molding, blow molding, compression molding, transfer molding, extrusion and thermoforming. The principles of those processes have been discussed and molds for shaping operation have been mentioned. References for each process have also been presented.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.27-35
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• 2022

Thermoforming is a plastic manufacturing process that applies a force to stretch a film of heated thermoplastic material over an engineered mold to create a 3-dimensional shape. After forming, the shaped part can then be trimmed and finished to specification to meet an end-user's requirements. The process and thermoplastic materials are extremely versatile and can be utilized to manufacture parts for a very wide range of applications. In this study, based on K-BKZ nonlinear viscoelastic model, thermoforming process analysis was performed for an interior room-lamp. The predicted thickness was minimum at the corner of a molded film, and maximum at the center of the bottom. By using the Taguchi method of design of experiments, the effects of process conditions on residual stresses were investigated. The dominant factors were the liner thickness and the film heating time. As the thickness of the liner increased, the residual stress decreased. And it was found that the residual stress decreased significantly when the film heating temperature was higher than the glass transition temperature. A thermoforming mold and a trimming mold were manufactured, and the spring back was investigated through experiments. The dominant factors were film heating time, liner thickness, and lower mold temperature. As the film heating time and liner thickness increased, the spring back decreased. In addition, it was found that the spring back decreased as the lower mold temperature increased.

• Composites Research
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 직조섬유복합재료를 이용한 계란판 모양의 시편에 대한 드래이핑 공정과 압축 해석을 비직교성 재료 모델을 이용하여 수행하였다. 비 직교 재료 구성 모델은 Xue 등이 2003년에 발표한 것을 상용 프로그램인 LS-DYNA에서 제공하는 사용자 부프로그램 (user subroutine)을 이용하여 본 연구에 적용하였다. 비 직교 재료 구성 모델에서 빙향성은 변형 기울기 텐서를 이용하여 계산하였고, 각 단계마다 재료 물성 행렬을 갱신하였다. 비 직교 물성 모델은 바이어스 인장 실험 결과와 비교 검증을 한 후에 계란 판 성형에 적용하였다. 계란 판 해석을 위해 본 연구에서는 열 성형 공정 (드래이핑)과 압축 해석을 수행하였다. 압축 해석을 위한 유한요소 모델은 드래이핑 해석으로부터 얻은 유한요소결과를 이용하여 구축하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.816-822
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• 2001

The thermoforming process is widely used in the plastics industry to produce articles for the packaging, automotive, domestic construction and leisure industries. The microcellular foaming process appeared at M.I.T. in 1980s to save a quantity of polymer materials and increase their mechanical properties. The glass transition temperature of polymer materials is one of many important process variables in appling the microcellular foaming process to the conventional thermoforming process. The goal of this research is to evaluate the relation between gas absorption and glass transition temperature in batch process using microcellular foaming process. The weight gain ratio of polymer materials has a conception of gas absorption. Polymers such as acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene(ABS), polystyrene(PS) have been used in this experiment. According to conventional Chows model and Cha-Yoon model, it was estimated with real experimental result to predict a change of glass transition temperature as a function of the weight gain ratio of polymer materials in batch process to gain microcellular foamed plastic products.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.135-141
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• 2021

Objective: To assess the effects of thermoforming on aligner thickness and gap width in six aligner systems with the same nominal thickness. Methods: Six passive upper aligners of different brands were adapted to a single printed cast. Each sample was evaluated with high-resolution micro-computed tomography. To investigate aligner thickness and gap width, two-dimensional (2D) analysis was conducted assessing the effects of the following variables: tooth type (central incisor, canine, and first molar), 2D reference points, and aligner type. Data were analyzed and compared using analysis of variance and Tukey's post-hoc tests (p < 0.05). Results: Tooth type, dental region, and aligner type affected both the gap width and aligner thickness. The aligner thickness remained moderately stable across the arch only in the F22. Conclusions: All thermoformed samples displayed smaller aligner thickness and gap width at anterior teeth and both gingival and coronal centers than at posterior teeth and occlusal surfaces.

• Composites Research
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.175-180
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• 2017

탄소섬유 강화 복합재료는 가볍고, 우수한 물성을 가지고 있기 때문에 그 수요는 급격하게 증가되고 있다. 그에 따라, 탄소섬유 강화 복합재료의 기지로 재활용이 가능한 열가소성 수지를 사용한 복합재료 연구를 많이 진행하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 재활용 PET를 이용하여 재활용 복합재료에 대한 활용성 평가를 하였다. PET는 음료수 병으로 활용되는 폐기물을 수집하여 PET 필름을 제조하는 과정을 거쳤으며, PET 필름을 제조하기 위한 성형 온도와 시간의 차이에 따른 기계적 물성을 비교하여 최적의 성형온도와 시간을 분석하였다. 이를 바탕으로 재활용 PET 필름과 탄소섬유 매트를 이용하여 CF/PET 복합재료를 최적으로 성형하기 위한 변수를 관찰하였다. 성형 조건에 따른 기계적 물성을 굴곡시험으로 확인하였고, PET 필름이 탄소섬유 매트 내에 함침 되는 정도를 단면 사진으로, 그리고 계면 성질을 층간전단강도로 평가하였다. 궁극적으로 최적의 기계적 물성을 가지는 CF/PET 복합재료를 성형하기 위한 성형 조건이 $270^{\circ}C$와 5분임을 확인했다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.124-131
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• 2003

As the new model development lead time becoming shorter and the market requirements becoming more strict, automobile manufacturer begins to utilize 3-dimensional CAD system based techniques such as DMU (Digital Mock-up), Rf (Rapid Prototyping), VE (Virtual Engineering) to meet the market trends. But, no satisfactory utilities have been developed yet, to represent emotional properties such as embossment on the surface of interior parts, touch originated from material characteristics in virtual environment, so it is inevitable to manufacture prototype parts to verify actual feeling which passengers feel in automobile. This paper suggests a methodology to enhance the human sensitivity via embodying embossment on the surface of prototype car interior trim without deterioration of dimensional accuracy using RIM (Reaction Injection Molding) and thermoforming method.

• 한국금형공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국금형공학회 2008년도 하계 학술대회
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• pp.69-73
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 고분자 플라스틱 부품의 친환경 외장성형공법인 Insert Film 사출성형공법중 첫 번째 공정인 진공성형공정에서 진공금형의 표면온도 균일화 기술에 대해 연구를 수행하였다. 진공금형의 온도분포 균일화를 위한 금형설계 및 설계된 금형에 대한 온도분포 평가를 위한 ANSYS를 이용한 유한요소열해석을 수행하였으며, 이때 정상상태 및 과도상태를 함께 평가하였다. 설계 결과를 바탕으로 금형을 제작하였으며, 생산성을 고려하여 4캐비티로 제작된 금형에 대해 금형표면의 온도분포 평가실험을 수행하였다. 또한 금형내 캐비티 온도센서 및 제어시스템을 설치하여 진공금형표면 온도분포가 항상 일정하게 유지될 수 있도록 금형시스템을 개발하였다. 결과적으로 일정한 온도범위의 금형표면온도제어가 가능하였다.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.20-25
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• 2013

In various manufacturing industries, an in-mold decoration (IMD) process for plastic objects is widely utilized because a film forming and an injection molding processes run simultaneously. In the present study, the deformation of polymer film and filling of resin in the IMD process were numerically investigated to evaluate the quality of the plastic object formed by the IMD process, which consists of thermoforming and injection molding processes. To obtain the initial shape of the polymer film during the injection molding process, the deformation of the polymer film in the thermoforming process was pre-formed using the vacuum conditions to attach the film to a cavity. Since the properties and deformation of polymer film are greatly affected by the behavior of polymer resin being injected into a mold cavity, numerical simulations for the injection molding and film forming were performed with one-way coupling method. The results showed that the injected resin could lead to the tearing of the polymer film in local regions near the corners. In order to verify the proposed numerical methodology, the numerical results of the deformation patterns printed on the initial polymer film were compared with the experimental data. The proposed methodology to couple film forming analysis with injection molding analysis can be used to predict the deformation of film in IMD process.