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Title: | Milled groove square shape conformal cooling channels in injection molding process |
Authors: | Shayfull Zamree, Abd. Rahim Safian bin Sharif, Prof. Dr. Azlan, Mohd Zain, Dr. Rozaimi, Mohd. Saad Ahmad Fairuz, Mansor shayfull@unimap.edu.my safian@utm.my azlanmz@utm.my rozaimi@fkm.utm.my fairuzmansor@unimap.edu.my |
Keywords: | Analysis Cooling Efficiency Injection Manufacturing Milling Mold Plastics Polymer Processing Techniques |
Issue Date: | Aug-2013 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. |
Citation: | Materials and Manufacturing Processes, vol. 28(8), 2013, pages 884-891 |
Abstract: | In designing molds for injection molding process, it is very difficult to achieve efficient cooling with uniform thermal distribution. To overcome these issues, the uses of conformal cooling channels with the uniform distance between the center of the cooling channels and the mold surfaces have more advantages, offering a better thermal distribution and reducing the cooling time. This article presents Milled Grooved Square Shape (MGSS) conformal cooling channels which have a more effective cooling surface area and are more efficient in cooling compared to circular and other types of cooling channels with similar cross-sections. A case study on front panel housing is investigated, and the possibility of fabricating the conformal cooling channels on hard tooling for injection molding process, which is easier to design, fabricate, and assemble compared to other methods, is presented. The performance designs of straight drilled are compared with two types of MGSS conformal cooling channels by using Autodesk Mold flow Insight (AMI) 2012. The results show that the variations of thermal distributions were improved within 12 to 50%, and cooling time was shortened within 6 to 8%. Thus, the capabilities of MGSS conformal cooling channels should not be underestimated by molding industries. |
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URI: | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10426914.2013.763968#.U56YIpSSyyo http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/35575 |
ISSN: | 1042-6914 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Manufacturing Engineering (Articles) Center of Excellence for Geopolymer and Green Technology (CEGEOGTECH) (Articles) School of Materials Engineering (Articles) Shayfull Zamree Abd Rahim, Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. |
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