CFD-based predictive control of melt temperature in plastic injection molding

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 884-903

  Gerber, A G ^a   Dubay, R ^a   Healy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Melt temperature profile; Model predictive control; Plastic injection molding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INJECTION MOLDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

MELT TEMPERATURE; OPEN-LOOP TESTING; PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING;

PLASTICS MOLDING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INJECTION MOLDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PLASTICS MOLDING; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EID: 33745149361     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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