• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.114-122
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• 2013

This study introduces an optimization methodology for the determination of gate location that ensures the melt flow balance within a part cavity of injection mold. A new sequential direct-search scheme based on the recursive reduction of the designer-specified gate design area is developed, and it is integrated with a commercial flow simulation tool for optimization. To quantify the level of melt flow balance, we employ the maximum difference among the fill times for the melt fronts to reach the boundary elements of part cavity as objective function. The proposed methodology is successfully applied in the case study of melt flow balancing in molding of a bar code scanner model. The result shows that the melt flow balance at the optimized gate positions is significantly improved from that for the initial gate position.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.57-62
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• 2023

As a representative method for mass production, a multi-cavity type mold capable of simultaneously molding products of the same shape can be applied. It has the advantage of improving the productivity from several times to several tens of times, but it may cause disadvantages which is the quality deviation with each cavity. This study, therefore, has tried to increase the cavity filling balance by using a melt flipper and a flow distance control part in the runner part of the mold. Along with this, the design and manufacturing of air vents during injection molding have been verified through experimental methods to achieve a higher level of multi-cavity filling balance and dimensional accuracy.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.144-149
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• 2008

Configuration of filling imbalance which is originated from imbalanced share rate of melt on runner is changed by runner layout, runner shape, material property, injection pressure, injection speed, melt temperature and mold temperature. In this paper, we conducted a study of runner layout and shape that are main factors of filling imbalance. Other factors such as the sharp corner effect and the groove corner effect are recently released were also considered. The results of study are showed that filling rate of between inside and outside cavity was influenced on shape of runner. Especially, this study suggests a new runner system for filling balance by adapting the two effects of unary branch type runner at multi cavity mold and theoretical investigated flow in the sharp corner type runner.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.2595-2606
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• 1995

Buoyancy-assisted melting of an unconstrained ice in an isothermally heated horizontal enclosure was numerically analyzed in a range of wall temperatures encompassing the density inversion point. The problem as posed here involves two physically distinct domains each of which has its own scales and respective heat transfer mode. These two domains join at the junction where the liquid squeezed out of the film region flushes into the lower melt pool. Both of these domains have been treated separately in the literature by a patching technique which invokes several, otherwise unnecessary, assumptions. The present study eliminates successfully such a superfluous procedure by treating the film and lower melt pool regions as a single domain. As a result of this efficient solution procedure, the interaction of the water stream ejected at the junction and the natural convection in the melt pool could be clarified for different wall temperatures. Though limited by two-dimensionality, the present results conformed indirectly the earlier reported transition of the flow pattern, as the wall temperature was increased over the density inversion point. The transient evolution of the melting surface, the time rate of change in melt volume fraction, the local and temporal variation of the heat transfer coefficients are analyzed and presented.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2012

Extrusion is one of the most important operations in the polymer-processing industry. Development of models for extrusion and computer tools offer a route to developing reliable and optimized process designs. The models are based on the analysis of physical phenomena encountered during the process. Balance equations for mass, momentum and energy are fundamental to the problem. A predictive computer model has been developed for the single screw extruders with conventional screws of different geometry. The model takes into account melting zones of the extruder and describes an operation of the extruder system, making it possible to predict mass flow rate of the polymer, pressure and velocity profiles along the extruder screw channel. The simulation parameters are the material and rheological properties of the polymer; the screw pitch, and screw speed.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.52-57
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• 2012

Aspect of filling imbalance that is originated from imbalanced share rate in runner is changed by material property, runner layout that are factors of changing viscosity and by injection pressure, injection speed, melt temperature and mold temperature that are injection conditions. In this paper, we made a study of runner system that is one of factor of filling imbalance and Sharp Conner Effect and Groove Corner Effect that are recently released. The study are showed that filling rate of between inside and outside cavity was influenced on shape of runner. Also, we suggested runner system for filling imbalance by adapting the two effects at multi cavity of unary branch type and theoretical investigated flow in the Shrap Conner runner type.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.367-371
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 극성 monomer인 HEMA와 GMA를 이용하여 PP를 개질한 상용화제를 제조하였고, 이를 이용하여 용융컴파운딩 방법에 의해 PP계 나노복합재료를 제조하였다. 제조한 나노복합재료는 comonomer 도입 유무에 따른 상용화제 효과를 관찰하고자 XRD를 이용하여 분산성을 확인하였고, UTM등을 통하여 기계적 성질을 측정하였다. XRD 분석 결과, comonomer가 도입된 상용화제를 이용하여 제조된 나노복합재료는 Clay의 층간삽입이 개선되어 분산성이 향상됨을 볼 수 있었다. 또한, 기계적 성질 평가 결과 GMA monomer로 개질된 상용화제를 사용하여 제조한 나노복합재료가 굴곡탄성률과 충격강도 측면에서 더 향상된 견과를 보여주었다 Comonomer를 도입하여 제조한 나노복합재료는 comonomer를 도입하지 않은 나노복합재료에 비해서 그라프팅 수율이 향상되었고, 반면에 용융지수가 감소되는 경향을 보였다. 본 연구에서 제조한 comonomer가 도입된 나노복합재료는 monomer와 comonomer의 비율이 1:1인 경우에 가장 향상된 기계적 성질과 분산성을 보임을 확인 할 수 있었다.