• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.316-319
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• 2002

Injection mold is a manufacturing process used to produce parts of complicated shape at a low cost. Many factors affect the quality of injection molded part during injection molding process. A study on the optimization of injection mold is progressed by using a simulation software like Moldflow. Filling, packing and cooling phases of injection molding processes are analyzed according to the mold design considering the shrinkage of molded part, the degree of filling rate and the wearing of a mold. Taguchi method is applied to analyze the significance of processing parameters and the dynamic characteristics according to the variation of processing parameters. From the results, the mold temperature and packing pressure influenced strongly the shrinkage of injection molded part.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.1445-1454
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• 2005

In order to minimize warping deformation which is an essential factor in the failure of injection molding parts, this study proposes an optimization design method fer determining design variables of injection molding parts. First, using a commercial package program for injection molding analysis, namely, Computer Aided Plastics Application(CAPA), we investigate the effects of parameters of injection molding process. Next, an optimum design process is established by interfacing CAPA to PQRSM embedded in EMD10S, a design framework developed by the conte. of innovative Design Optimization Technology(iDOT). PQRSM is a very efficient sequential approximate optimization algorithm. Optimum design results demonstrate the effectiveness of the design method suggested in this study by showing that the results of the optimum design is better than those of the initial design. It is believed that the proposed methodology can be applied to other injection molding design applications.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.70-76
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• 2011

This paper presents an optimization procedure for reducing warpage of injection molded part by using a volumetric shrinkage deviation as an objective function. A design of experiments based on orthogonal arrays was used in the optimization procedure, and the entire optimization was performed through a two stage process - a preliminary experimentation and a principal experimentation. Proposed optimization method was applied to the design of a CPU-base part in computer. With the moderate number of experiments, an optimal molding condition for uniform distribution of volumetric shrinkage was obtained, as a result, the warpage of the molded part was significantly reduced.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.443-448
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• 2008

Fiber reinforced injection molded parts are widely used in recent years because of their improved properties of materials such as specific stiffness, specific strength, and specific toughness. The demand for products with high precision is increasing and it is important to minimize the warpage of the products. The warpage of short-fiber reinforced product is caused by anisotropy induced by fiber orientation as well as the residual stresses induced during the molding process. In order to reduce the warpage of the part, it is important to achieve successful mold design, processing control, and part design. In the present study, the design of gating system, molding condition, and part structure were carried out and verified with numerical analysis using a commercial CAE code Moldflow. The numbers and locations of gates were iteratively determined, and the molding conditions which can decrease the warpage of the part were investigated. Finally, slight structural modification of the part was conducted to reduce the locally concentrated warpage.

• 한국정보시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보시스템학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 발표논문집:차세대 전상거래 시대의 비즈니스전략
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• pp.327-339
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• 2001

사출금형 공정계획이란 금형설계를 완료한 후에 설계된 금형을 경제적, 효율적으로 생산하기 위하여 수행해야 할 제조공정에 대한 계획이다. 이러한 공정계획은 전문가의 경험에 의존함은 물론 많은 시간이 소요된다. 그리고 사출금형 공정계획은 현장경험을 토대로 완전 수작업에 의존하고 있으므로 공정계획전문가의 경험과 숙련 등에 따른 변동, 공정설계용 데이터의 부정확 등에 의한 공정계획 그 자체가 갖고 있는 부정확도에 따라 많은 문제점이 있다. 이러한 문제점과 함께 공정계획 전문가의 부족현상, CAD/CAM시스템의 보급 및 생산형태의 다품종소량화 현상에 따라 공정계획의 자동화가 필요하게 되었다. 본 논문에서는 사출금형 공정계획을 자동화하기 위해 사례기반추론(Case Based Reasoning)을 이용하였다. 사출금형의 공정계획은 성형품의 종류에 따라 다양하고 복잡하기 때문에 지식으로서 접근하는데는 한계가 있었다 그래서 본 논문에서는 전문가들의 경험지식을 이용한 사례기반추론을 이용한 공정계획시스템인 IIMPPS(Intelligent Injection Mold Process Planning System)를 개발하였다. 사례기반추론 공정계획 시스템을 개발하기 위해 과거 공정계획을 적합한 사례로서 표현 및 구성하고, 적절한 공정계획을 수립하기 위한 사례의 검색 및 조정방법을 제안하였다. 본 시스템은 차후에 가상생산 에이전트(최형림 등, 2000) 중에서 공정계획 에이전트의 엔진으로서 역할을 수행할 것이다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.105-112
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• 2010

Weldlines are generated during the injection molding process when two or more melt flows are brought into contact. The weldlines are unavoidable in the cases of presence of holes or inserts, multi-gated delivery systems, significant thickness change, etc. At the welded contact region, a 'V'-shaped notch is formed on the surface of the molded part. This 'V'-notch deteriorates not only surface appearance but also mechanical strength of the molded part. To eliminate or reduce weldlines so as to improve the weldline strength, the mold temperature at the corresponding weld locations should be maintained higher than the glass transition temperature of the resin material. The present study implements high-frequency induction heating in order to rapidly raise mold surface temperature without a significant increase in cycle time. This induction heating enables to local mold heating so as to eliminate or reduce weldlines in an injection-molded plastic part. The effect of induction heating conditions on the weldline strength and surface appearance of an injection-molded part is investigated.

• 한국공작기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국공작기계학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.76-81
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• 2004

Injection molding is the most widely used process fir the industrial forming of plastic articles. During an injection molding process of composites, the fiber-matrix separation and fiber orientation are caused by the flow of molten polymer/fiber mixture. As a result. the product tends to be nonhomogeneous and anisotropic. Hence, it is very important to clarify the relations between separation orientation and injection molding conditions. So far, there is no research on the measurement of fiber orientation using image processing. In this study, the effects of fiber content ratio and molding condition on the fiber orientation-angle distributions are studied experientially. Using the image processing method, the fiber orientation distribution of welding pars in injection-molded products is assessed. And the effects of fiber content and injection mold shapes on the fiber orientation in case of fiber reinforced polymeric composites are studied experimentally.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.1171-1177
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• 2010

본 논문은 직교배열실험에 기반한 'Pick-the-Winner'법과 설계공간축소법에 기초하여 사출성형 제품의 휨을 잡음(noise)의 존재 하에서도 최소화할 수 있는 강건설계 절차를 제시한다. 강건설계는 현실적 요구를 반영하여 두 단계의 이원적 최적화 과정, 즉 제품 형상에 대한 강건설계와 공정조건에 대한 강건설계로 이루어진다. 제안한 강건설계 절차를 사각형 박막 제품의 설계에 적용한 결과, 본 강건설계법이 현실적 효용성이 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.131-137
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• 2017

In this study, we evaluated the surface roughness of mold and injected parts manufactured by polycarbonate (PC) injection molding. The mold surface was polished to produce six differentiated roughnesses with 12 areas using stones (#800, #1200), sandpapers (#800, #1200), and diamond compounds (#8000, #14000). Injected parts were created using 20mm/s injection speed, 80 bar holding pressure for 5 seconds, and $70^{\circ}C$ cooling water. Injected parts surface roughness (Sa) was measured randomly in 10 of 30 using an interferometer (NewView8000, zygo, USA). In the same way, mold surface was measured randomly 10 times on 12 polished areas. Surface roughness of molds and injected parts were compared, and a regression equation to predict mold surface roughness was proposed for specific injection molding parameters.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2005

Injection molding is the most widely used process for the industrial forming of plastic articles. During an injection molding process of composites, the fiber-matrix separation and fiber orientation are caused by the flow of molten polymer/fiber mixture. As a result, the product tends to be nonhomogeneous and anisotropic. Hence, it is very important to clarify the relations between separation orientation and injection molding conditions. So far, there is no research on the measurement of fiber orientation using image processing. In this study, the effects of fiber content ratio and molding condition on the fiber orientation-angle distributions are studied experimentally. Using the image processing method, the fiber orientation distribution of welding parts in injection-molded products is assessed. And the effects of fiber content and injection mold shapes on the fiber orientation in case of fiber reinforced polymeric composites are studied experimentally.