Injection molding warpage optimization based on a mode-pursuing sampling method

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 767-774

  Zhang, Y ^a   Deng, Y M ^a   Sun, B S ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Global optimization; Injection molding; Mode pursuing sampling; Warpage defect

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE CRITERION; DESIGN VARIABLES; DIFFERENT PROCESS; ENTIRE SEARCHES; EXISTING METHOD; INJECTION MOLDED PLASTIC; INJECTION MOLDING SIMULATION; INJECTION TIME; MELT TEMPERATURE; MODE-PURSUING SAMPLING; MODE-PURSUING SAMPLING METHOD; MOLD TEMPERATURES; MOLDED PARTS; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; OPTIMAL PROCESS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SAMPLE POINT; SURROGATE MODEL; WARPAGE DEFECT; WARPAGE OPTIMIZATION; WARPAGES;

DEFECTS; FUEL ADDITIVES; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; INJECTION MOLDING; MAGNETOPLASMA; PLASTIC MOLDS; PLASTIC PARTS;

OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFECT; INJECTION MOLDING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349829321     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550902824663     Document Type: Article

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