Vatchara Luyluk.. Study on effects of process variables and gas channel geometry in gas-assisted injection molding. Master's Degree(Mechanical Engineering (International Program)). King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. Central Library. : King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, 2007.
Study on effects of process variables and gas channel geometry in gas-assisted injection molding
Abstract:
Nowadays the gas-assisted injection molding technology in the plastic industry
is not widely used due to the higher cost, problem in adjustment of injection
parameter, complication of design, and the construction of gas-assisted injection
molding. Additionally, there is not enough information, organization or experts to
providing the knowledge to the industry. This research uses the Computer Aided
Engineering (CAE) technology for design and construction of gas-assisted injection
molding as well as analysis of data. The polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) are
used as samples. The gas pin method is selected to use for filling up the gas to the
part therefore the 4 variable in gas-assisted injection molding such as gas pressure,
delay time, melt temperature and shot size are studied to find the effects on the gas
penetration length and residual wall thickness (RWT). Moreover the 4 cross-sectional
types; rib with circular spandrel fillet, rectangular rib, rib with 45° fillet and rib with
circular fillet are studied as well. Furthermore, this research also does the experiment
with the same parameters as study in CAE for only the rib with circular spandrel
fillet type. Finally, the results of experiment and CAE are compared. From the study,
the delay time and shot size affected the gas penetration length while the gas pressure
and shot size affected the RWT which the strength and quality of parts could be
affected by RWT. Moreover, results predicted by CAE and experiment on the rib
with circular spandrel fillet type were almost the same. For the study of different
4 cross-sectional types, the appropriated design cross-sectional type such as adding
fillet or chamfer resulted better quality control than original one.