A plastic plate with surface micro features was injection molded to investigate the effect of pressure rise of melt on the replication of the micro structures. Prism pattern, which is used in many optical applications...A plastic plate with surface micro features was injection molded to investigate the effect of pressure rise of melt on the replication of the micro structures. Prism pattern, which is used in many optical applications, was selected as a model pattern. The prism pattern is 50 μm in pitch and 108° in the vertical angle. The overall size of the plate was 335 minx213 mm and the thickness of the plate varied linearly from 2.6 mm to 0.7 ram. The prism pattern was firstly machined on the nickel plated core block using micro diamond tool and this machined pattern core was installed in a mold for injection molding of prism patterned plate. Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) was used as a molding material. The pressure and temperature of the melt in the cavity were measured at different positions in the cavity and the replication of the pattern was also measured at the same positions. The results show that the pressure or temperature profile through the process depends on the shape and the size of the plate. The replication is affected by the temperature and pressure profiles at the early stage of filling, which is right after the melt reaches the position to be measured.展开更多
This paper presents a modeling and control of molten metal's pressure in pressing process using an innovative iron casting developed by our group. In this method, molten metal is directly poured into a lower mold, an...This paper presents a modeling and control of molten metal's pressure in pressing process using an innovative iron casting developed by our group. In this method, molten metal is directly poured into a lower mold, and then pressed to fill cavity by an upper mold being lowered down. For complex liquid flow during pressing, the liquid's pressure changing inside vertical path with various contraction and expansion geometries is newly modeled via the unstationary Bernoulli equation. The mathematical model is derived for a control design of pressing. To conduct the pressing velocity design algorithm, an unknown parameter of proposed model considering viscous flow is identified by using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) with heat flow calculation. Control performance using a multi-switching velocity pattern is confirmed as an effective control design using the pressure model, because the pressure fluctuation has discontinuous variation points. Substituting detailed information for mold shape, poured volume and initial temperature into a developed control input generator, an optimum pressing velocity design and a robust design for defect-free production are proposed by the design algorithm based on the construction of an inverse system comprised of the sequential switching from higher to lower speed. Consequently, the effectiveness of the pressing control with reasonable pressure suppression has been demonstrated through CFD.展开更多
基金Project supported by Development of Large Surface Micro-Machining System Technology of Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Korea
文摘A plastic plate with surface micro features was injection molded to investigate the effect of pressure rise of melt on the replication of the micro structures. Prism pattern, which is used in many optical applications, was selected as a model pattern. The prism pattern is 50 μm in pitch and 108° in the vertical angle. The overall size of the plate was 335 minx213 mm and the thickness of the plate varied linearly from 2.6 mm to 0.7 ram. The prism pattern was firstly machined on the nickel plated core block using micro diamond tool and this machined pattern core was installed in a mold for injection molding of prism patterned plate. Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) was used as a molding material. The pressure and temperature of the melt in the cavity were measured at different positions in the cavity and the replication of the pattern was also measured at the same positions. The results show that the pressure or temperature profile through the process depends on the shape and the size of the plate. The replication is affected by the temperature and pressure profiles at the early stage of filling, which is right after the melt reaches the position to be measured.
文摘This paper presents a modeling and control of molten metal's pressure in pressing process using an innovative iron casting developed by our group. In this method, molten metal is directly poured into a lower mold, and then pressed to fill cavity by an upper mold being lowered down. For complex liquid flow during pressing, the liquid's pressure changing inside vertical path with various contraction and expansion geometries is newly modeled via the unstationary Bernoulli equation. The mathematical model is derived for a control design of pressing. To conduct the pressing velocity design algorithm, an unknown parameter of proposed model considering viscous flow is identified by using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) with heat flow calculation. Control performance using a multi-switching velocity pattern is confirmed as an effective control design using the pressure model, because the pressure fluctuation has discontinuous variation points. Substituting detailed information for mold shape, poured volume and initial temperature into a developed control input generator, an optimum pressing velocity design and a robust design for defect-free production are proposed by the design algorithm based on the construction of an inverse system comprised of the sequential switching from higher to lower speed. Consequently, the effectiveness of the pressing control with reasonable pressure suppression has been demonstrated through CFD.