Design and optimisation of conformal cooling channels in injection moulding tools

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 164-165, Issue , 2005, Pages 1294-1300

  Dimla, D E ^a   Camilotto, M ^b   Miani, F ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Injection moulding; Tool design optimisation

Indexed keywords

BLOW MOLDING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COOLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; INJECTION MOLDING; MOLDS; PLASTIC PARTS; QUALITY CONTROL; TOOLS;

CONTOUR-LIKE CHANNELS; MOULDING CYCLE; SURFACE FINISH; TOOL DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; CONFORMAL COOLING CHANNELS; COOLING CHANNELS; COST-EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; INJECTION MOULDING TOOLS; MOLTEN POLYMERS; SURFACE FINISHES; TOOL DESIGNS;

INJECTION MOLDING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 17844393126     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2005.02.162     Document Type: Article

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