Design of conformai cooling channels for the mould of a plastic drawer of a refrigerator by analysis of three-dimensional injection moulding

Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, A

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1487-1492

  Ahn, Dong Gyu ^a   Park, Min Woo ^a   Park, Seung Hwa ^b   Kim, Hyung Su ^c  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Daehwa Eng' and Machinery Co   (South Korea)

^c Woosung Precision Industries Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conformai cooling channels; Injection mould; Injection moulding analysis; Product quality; Productivity; Uniform coolings

Indexed keywords

COOLING; MOLDS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFRIGERATORS;

COOLING CHANNELS; CYCLE TIME; INJECTION MOULD; OPTIMAL DESIGN; UNIFORM COOLINGS;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 77958597084     PISSN: 12264873     EISSN: 22885226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3795/KSME-A.2010.34.10.1487     Document Type: Article

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