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Finite element analysis of casting processes considering molten-metal flow and solidification (용탕유동과 응고를 고려한 주조공정의 유한요소해석)

  • Yoon, Suck-Il;Kim, Yong Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.110-122
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    • 1996
  • Finite element analysis tool was developed to analyze the casting process. Generally, casting process consists of mold filling and solidification. Both filling and solidication process were simulated simultaneously to investigate the effects of process variables and to predict the defect. At filling process, thermal coupling was especially considered to investigate thermal history of material during the filling stage. And thermal condition at the final stage of filling is used as the initial conditions in a solidification process for the exact simullation of the actual casting processes. At mold filling process, Lagragian-type finite element method with automatic remeshing scheme was used to find the material flow. A perturbation method with artificial viscosity is adopted to avoid numerical instability in low viscous fluid. At solidification process, enthalpy-based finite element method was used to solove the heat transfer problem with phase change. And elastic stress analysis has been performed to predict the thermal residual stress. Through the FE analysis, solidification time, position of solidus line, liquidus line and thermal residual stress are found. Through the study, the importance of combined analysis has been emphasized. Finite element tools developed in this study will be used process design of casting process and may be basic structure for total CAE system of castings which will be constructed afterward.

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A study on the effect of clearance on shear surfac shape during shaving processing of high strength steel plate (SPFH590) using CAE (CAE를 활용한 고강도강판(SPFH590)의 셰이빙 가공 시 클리어런스가 전단면 형상에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Si-Myung Sung
    • Design & Manufacturing
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.23-28
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    • 2024
  • The automobile industry is a wide range of related industries, including parts manufacturing and vehicle assembly, press processing is an essential element in making automobiles. Press processing is a processing method for metal sheets that has relatively high dimensional and shape precision and is suitable for mass production. It refers to processing by attaching a special tool, a mold, to a press machine. Recently, the automobile industry is attempting to reduce the weight of automobiles in order to reduce carbon emissions due to global warming, and the use of high-strength steel sheets, which are lighter than general structural steel sheets, is a natural trend. Shear processing is required to use high-strength steel, and the shape of the shear surface created by shear processing has a significant impact on the quality of the automobile. Therefore, various methods are being attempted to improve the share surface during shear processing. Among them, shaving processing is a method of shearing the primary shearing area again, and it is difficult to obtain an accurate answer because complex deformation occurs in the microscopic shear area. Therefore, in this study, the effect of machining allowance on shaving processing was analyzed using the finite element method using high-strength steel plate (SPFH590), and the differences were compared and examined through actual experiments under the same conditions.

Expert Design Evaluation System for injection Molding

  • Kim, Sang-Gook;Huh, Yong-Jeong
    • International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.62-75
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    • 2001
  • The design and manufacture of injection molded polymeric parts with desired properties is a costly process dominated by empiricism including repeated modification of actual tooling. This paper presents and expert design evaluation system which can predict the mechanical performance of a molded product and diagnose the design before the actual mold is machined. The knowledge-based system synergistically combines a rule-based expert system with CAE programs. An iterative boundary pressure reflection method(IBPR) is developed to automate the cavity filling simulation program and to predict thermo-mechanical properties of a molded part precisely. Mathematical models of weldline and frozen-in molecular orientation are established to determine the spatial variation of microstructural anisotropies of a molded part from the result of cavity filling simulation. The strength ellipse is devised as and index which represents th spatial distribution of the microstructural anisotropies of a molded part, Heuristic knowledge of injection molding, flow simulation, and mechanical performance prediction is formalized as rules of an expert consultation system. The expert system interprets the analytical results of the process simulation, predicts the performance, evaluates the design and generates recommendations for optimal design alternative.

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A Study on The Reduction of Cycle Time in Injection Molding Process of The Monitor Backcover (Monitor backcover의 사출시간 단축에 관한 연구)

  • Kim J. K.;Kim J. S.;Yoon K. H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.269-272
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    • 2004
  • The present study used a diagrammatic analysis of 6 sigma quality control and Taguchi method for injection molding process of monitor back-cover, evaluated the influence on the cycle time with part design, mold design, molding process and standardization activity involving design & molding, adopted analysis of sensitivity and effective factors of the part design and molding process conditions for productivity, identified main design molding factors, as critical ones influencing on the quality and productivity, of which is summarized as design guidance. The main contribution factors for cycle time can be sequentially enumerated as follows; hot spot, part thickness, coolant inlet temperature, melt temperature cooling line layout, etc.. As a first step critical factors of the design process of current monitor housing were investigated. And the optimal and better critical factors found in the first step were applied to a new product proving our process was correct. Moldflow software was used for injection molding simulation, and Minitab software for the statistical analysis. Finally, the productivity was increased by about 33 percents for our specific case.

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Robust Design of Gate Locations and Process Parameters for Minimizing Injection Pressure of an Automotive Dashboard (자동차 대시보드의 사출압력 최소화를 위한 게이트 위치와 공정조건의 강건설계)

  • Kim, Kwang-Ho;Park, Jong-Cheon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.73-81
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, multiple gate locations and process conditions under concern are automatically optimized by considering robustness to minimize the injection pressure required to mold an automotive dashboard. Computer simulation-based experiments using orthogonal arrays(OA) and a design-range reduction algorithm are consolidated into an iterative search scheme, which is then used as a tool for the optimization process. The robustness of a design is evaluated using an OA-based simulation of process fluctuations due to noise as well as the signal-to-noise ratio. The optimal design solution for the automotive dashboard shows that the robustness of the injection pressure is significantly improved when compared to the initial design. As a result, both the die clamping force and the pressure distribution in the part cavity are also much improved in terms of their robustness.

A Study on the Structural Design of Linear Motor System (리니어모터 시스템 구조설계에 관한 연구)

  • Eun I.E.;Lee C.M.;Hwang Y.K.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.1059-1063
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    • 2005
  • Development of a feed drive-system with high speed, positioning accuracy and thrust has been an important issue in modern automation systems and machine tools. Linear motors can be used as an efficient system to achieve such technical demands. By eliminating mechanical transmission mechanisms such as ball screw or rack-pinion, much higher speeds and greater acceleration can be achieved without backlash or excessive friction. However, due to great power loss and magnetic attraction of the linear motors heating and deflection problems occur. Therefore, it is necessary to design strong structure, cooling device with high efficiency and light weight construction in designing stage of linear motors. This paper presents an investigation into a structural design of linear motor system. In this research, a new concept of moving table with high stiffness and of cooling plate is also introduced. Structure analyses are performed by using a commercial code ANSYS in order to evaluate the design safety.

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Numerical Analysis on the Ventilation System Improvement in Air Shot Blast Room (Air Shot Blast 작업실 내부 환기 시스템 개선에 관한 수치해석)

  • Chin, Do-Hun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.861-868
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study is to design an effective atmospheric environment system through the design of the dust collection in the air shot room being operated in a domestic shipyard. The ventilation system in the current air shot room mostly uses a dust collecting filter to filter internal particles and releases them in the atmosphere. A conventional design was made too much. In order to prevent an error and draw an optimal design, Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tried to be applied only to air shot room. In the advanced design technique, computer simulation was conducted to secure basic design data. In order to find the basic design of the ventilation system and the flow field in the air shot room at propeller mold workplace of a shipyard, the CFD was conducted. In the case of Model-1 as a conventional workplace, where air flows in the inlet due to the subatmospheric pressure generated by inhalation of an air blower and flows out to the outlet, a discharge flow rate was somewhat low, and there was the holdup zone in the room. In the case of Model-2 as an improved model, the ventilation system was improved in the Push-Pull type, and the holdup of the internal flow field was improved.

Design Optimization of an Automotive Injection Molded Part for Minimizing Injection Pressure and Preventing Weldlines (사출압력 최소화와 웰드라인 방지를 위한 자동차용 사출성형 부품의 최적설계)

  • Park, Chang-Hyun;Pyo, Byung-Gi;Choi, Dong-Hoon;Koo, Man-Seo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.66-72
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    • 2011
  • Injection pressure is an important factor in filling procedure for injection molded parts. In addition, weldlines should be avoided to successfully produce injection molded parts. In this study, we optimally obtained injection molding process parameters that minimize injection pressure. Then, we determined the thickness of the part to avoid weldlines. To solve the optimization problem proposed, we employed MAPS-3D (Mold Analysis and Plastics Solution-3 Dimension), a commercial CAE tool for injection molding analysis, and PIAnO (Process Integration, Automation, and Optimization) as a commercial PIDO (Process Integration and Design Optimization) tool. We integrated MAPS-3D into PIAnO, automated the analysis and design procedure, and performed optimization by employing PQRSM (Progressive Quadratic Response Surface Method) equipped in PIAnO. We successfully obtained optimization results, which demonstrates the effectiveness of our design method.

Effects of Risering Design and Chemical Composition on Formation of Shrinkage Cavity in Gray Cast Iron (회주철의 수축결함생성에 미치는 주조방안 및 화학조성의 영향)

  • Yu, Sung-Kon
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.297-302
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    • 2003
  • The effects of risering design and alloying element on the formation of defects such as external depression, primary and secondary shrinkage cavity in gray cast iron were investigated. Two types of risering design for the cylindrically step-wise specimen, No. 1(progressive solidification) and No. 2(directional solidification) risering designs, were prepared and five different alloy compositions were casted. In the No. 1 risering design, external depression or primary shrinkage cavity due to liquid contraction was observed in all the specimens from ISO 150 to ISO 350. The primary shrinkage cavity was located right under the top surface or connected to the top surface, and was characterized by smooth surface. Its size increased with an increase in ISO number. However, neither secondary shrinkage cavity nor swollen surface was observed in all the castings. In the No.2 risering design, neither primary shrinkage cavity nor secondary shrinkage cavity was observed in all the specimens due to proper risering design. A swollen surface was also not observed in all the castings with the application of pep-set mold.

Study of Furniture Design Utilizing 3D Printers Joris Laarman (요리스 라만(Joris Laarman)의 3D프린터를 활용한 가구디자인에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Hyun Jung
    • Journal of the Korea Furniture Society
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.128-136
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    • 2016
  • Digital designs that appear in the three-dimensional virtual space by the digital type are designed as there is not an image created with an organic artificially generated (Creation) and representation (Modifying), developed by the specific environment given. The advanced digital design will produce a result with an algorithm according to a mathematical operation and the environment and has the nature of generating the real world, changes, development and affinity (Genetic Process). The digital design process is largely defined by a set of processes that are consistently designed to integrate form of creation, reproduction, proceeds in three steps, while the manufacture and assembly as a form of maintenance as possible the intended form of control data from the concept of building. By Joris Laarman 3D printer design is a simulation created by the digital process by the various algorithms and design achieved through the development of 3D printers, such as new materials and MX3D. From the mold production of a complex whole by using a robot and other digital production tool extracts a variety of forms.