Analyses of material flow in two and three-plate molds for mold design selection

This study was conducted to compare the flow of plastic material in two and three-plate mold in order to select the best mold design for plastic injection molding process. Battery Charger for Video Camera has been selected as a product to be studied. The study done by considering the suitable gate t...

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Main Author:	Abd. Rahim, Shayfull Zamree
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2006
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling	my-utm-ep.95162018-09-17T03:35:35Z Analyses of material flow in two and three-plate molds for mold design selection 2006-06 Abd. Rahim, Shayfull Zamree TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This study was conducted to compare the flow of plastic material in two and three-plate mold in order to select the best mold design for plastic injection molding process. Battery Charger for Video Camera has been selected as a product to be studied. The study done by considering the suitable gate to locate for the selected part in designing two and three-plate injection molds. Then, the Moldflow Mold Adviser is used to analyze the effect of the material flow to sprue, runner and gate for two and three-plate molds. In the end of this research, Moldflow Mold Adviser helps in order to advise the best position of gate location, equivalent injection time and melting temperature during plastic injection molding process, to show the sink mark, weld line, air trap estimated and skin orientation based on gate location, part design and material used. Besides that, it also advises the warping and cooling quality estimated based on part and cooling channel designed. From the analysis result, three-plate mold is more suitable for this product. So, the Moldflow Mold Adviser is useful to help the designer and manufacturing engineer in designing product, to decide the best gate position and to choose the suitable types of plastic material for the part designed. 2006-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9516/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9516/1/ShayfullZamreeMFKM2006.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1100 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering 1) AC Technology , 1996. C-MOLD Design Guide. New York, USA. 2) Amstead, B.H. , Ostwald, P.F. & Begeman, M.L. 1987. Manufacturing Processes, 8th Edition. John Wiley & Sons. 3) A. Whelan. Injection Moulding Machines. Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Ltd, Essex, England; 1984 4) British Polymer Training Association, Injection Moulding Condition Setting. 5) British Polymer Training Association, Introduction to Injection Moulding. 6) British Polymer Training Association, Introduction to Mould Design. 7) Charles A. Harper. Modern plastics handbook, Penerbitan Mc Graw Hill; 2000 8) Cracknell , P.S. & Dyson, R.W. Handbook of Thermoplastic Injection Mould Design. Blackie Academic & Professional; 1993 9) Glanvill, A.B. & Denton, E.N. Injection Mould Design Fundamentals; 1965 10) Kalpakjian, S. Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 3rd Edition.Addison â€“Wesley Publishing Company; 1995 11) L.Sors and I.Balazs, Design of Plastic Moulds and Dies, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam; 1989 12) Menges, G.Mohren ,P. How To Make Injection Molds ,2nd Edition; 1993 13) R.G.W Pye : Injection mold design. Penerbitan Longman; 4th 1993 14) www.geplastic.com 15) www.moldflow.com
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Abd. Rahim, Shayfull Zamree Analyses of material flow in two and three-plate molds for mold design selection
description	This study was conducted to compare the flow of plastic material in two and three-plate mold in order to select the best mold design for plastic injection molding process. Battery Charger for Video Camera has been selected as a product to be studied. The study done by considering the suitable gate to locate for the selected part in designing two and three-plate injection molds. Then, the Moldflow Mold Adviser is used to analyze the effect of the material flow to sprue, runner and gate for two and three-plate molds. In the end of this research, Moldflow Mold Adviser helps in order to advise the best position of gate location, equivalent injection time and melting temperature during plastic injection molding process, to show the sink mark, weld line, air trap estimated and skin orientation based on gate location, part design and material used. Besides that, it also advises the warping and cooling quality estimated based on part and cooling channel designed. From the analysis result, three-plate mold is more suitable for this product. So, the Moldflow Mold Adviser is useful to help the designer and manufacturing engineer in designing product, to decide the best gate position and to choose the suitable types of plastic material for the part designed.
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author	Abd. Rahim, Shayfull Zamree
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title	Analyses of material flow in two and three-plate molds for mold design selection
title_short	Analyses of material flow in two and three-plate molds for mold design selection
title_full	Analyses of material flow in two and three-plate molds for mold design selection
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