Abstract
The effects of the operational conditions on the filling and cooling process in plastic molding are studied. First, a semianalytical model is developed to study the effects of thermal boundary conditions and imposed pressure on the velocity profile and blocking time in the filling stage of the molding process. To do so, a lubrication approximation type model is developed in which the shear viscous heating terms are neglected to simplify the governing equations. Using an equipped mold, molding experiments are conducted to validate the model predictions by using a well-controlled injection molding machine. Comparing the model and experimental results shows a reasonable agreement among them. Second, regarding the cooling process, a modified Avrami equation is used to capture the polymer crystallization in variable cooling rates. The model results show that the cooling time and the final solid fraction decrease by increasing the cooling rate.
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