Analysis of thermal cycling efficiency and optimal design of heating/cooling systems for rapid heat cycle injection molding process

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3426-3441

  Guilong, Wang ^a   Guoqun, Zhao ^a   Huiping, Li ^a   Yanjin, Guan ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Floating cavity; Injection molding; Numerical analysis; Rapid heat cycle molding; Rapid heating

Indexed keywords

CAVITY INJECTION; FLOATING CAVITY; FLUID HEATING; HEAT CYCLE; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS; INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS; MOLD CAVITIES; MOLD STRUCTURE; MOLDED PARTS; MOLDING CYCLES; MOLDING PROCESS; MOLDING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION DESIGN; PLASTIC MELTS; PRODUCTION LINE; RAPID-HEATING; SIMULATION RESULT; TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY; THERMAL RESPONSE; THIN WALLS; WATER COOLING;

HEATING; MOLDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTIC PARTS; PLASTICS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 77952743182     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.01.042     Document Type: Article

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