Improvement of moldability for ultra thin-wall molding with micro-patterns

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Abstract

The rapid thermal response(RTR) molding is a novel process developed to false the temperature of mold surface rapidly in the injection stage and then cool rapidly to the ejection temperature by air or water. The objectives of this paper are to investigate the effect of mold temperature, pressure and thickness of micro pattern molding and to provide a optimization of RTR injection molding for micro pattern from Moldflow simulation. Optimal minimum temperature and pressure was found without shortcut according to thickness. Filling percentage was influenced by glass transition temperature with the kinds of resin. Optimal temperature is slightly higher than glass transition temperature irrespectively of pressure, thickness, the kinds of resin in the micro pattern molding.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)556-561
Number of pages6
JournalTransactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, A
Volume31
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2007

Keywords

  • Flow simulation
  • Injection molding
  • Micro pattern
  • Mold heating
  • Thin wall molding

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