Abstract
Injection molding is the most common type of plastic production process. As the time goes, the production needs to develop and explore advance techniques to keep up to with the demand from the market for a faster and greater product. The quality and time of production for plastic injection molding can be improved by better cooling channel design. Faster cooling of the molding part means a shorter process cycle time. This study aims to evaluate the different cooling channel design for the mold. A case study of automotive cup holder was used in this study. Cooling channels were designed and verified by the used of Moldflow Insight simulation to achieve the best injection molding performance and effective design. Three cooling channels were proposed and analyzed the molding performance in term of time for ejection temperature, average part temperature, volumetric shrinkage, and deformation. The results shown that conformal cooling channel design give the best result compares to others. This type of cooling channel provides faster cooling, lowest part temperature as well as product quality.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Mukras SMS (2020) Experimental-based optimization of injection molding process parameters for short product cycle time. Adv Polym. Technol
Yadegari M, Masoumi H, Gheisari M (2016) Optimization of cooling channels in plastic injection molding. Int J Appl Eng Res 11(8):5777–5780
Powell JA (2000) Part and mold design thermoplastic. Bayer Mater Sci 2(2):137–145
Khan M, Afaq SK, Khan NU, Ahmad S (2014) Cycle time reduction in injection molding process by selection of robust cooling channel design. ISRN Mech Eng 2014
Senkerik V, Stanek M, Manas M, Manas D, Skrobak A, Navratil J (2012) Gate location and cooling system optimization. Int J Math Comput Simul 6(6):558–565
Prasetiyo AB, Fauzun F (2018) Numerical study of effect of cooling channel configuration and size on the product cooling effectiveness in the plastic injection molding. MATEC Web Conf 197:8–11
Park HS, Dang XP (2010) Optimization of conformal cooling channels with array of baffles for plastic injection mold. Int J Precis Eng Manuf 11(6):879–890
Schmidt F et al (2011) Efficient mold cooling optimization by using model reduction. Int J Mater Form 4(1):73–82 Springer Verlag
Hassan H, Regnier N, Le Bot C, Defaye G (2010) 3D study of cooling system effect on the heat transfer during polymer injection molding. Int J Therm Sci 49(1):161–169
Venkatesh G, Ravi Kumar Y (2017) Thermal analysis for conformal cooling channel. Mater Today Proc 4(2):2592–2598
Panneerselvam V, Turan FM (2019) Optimization of process parameters of injection moldings for plastic pallets manufacturing industry. J Mod Manuf Syst Technol 02:75–83
Erzurumlu T, Ozcelik B (2006) Minimization of warpage and sink index in injection-molded thermoplastic parts using Taguchi optimization method. Mater Des 27(10):853–861
Kharche AP (2018) Design enrichment for plastic injection mold using flow analysis. Int J Eng Res Technol 7(05):604–608
Jahan SA, El-Mounayri H (2016) Optimal conformal cooling channels in 3D printed dies for plastic injection molding. Procedia Manuf 5:888–900
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this paper
Cite this paper
Hisham, M., Mohd Saman, A. (2022). Evaluation of Cooling Channels Design for Plastic Injection Mold. In: Abdul Sani, A.S., et al. Enabling Industry 4.0 through Advances in Manufacturing and Materials. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2890-1_60
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2890-1_60
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-19-2889-5
Online ISBN: 978-981-19-2890-1
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials ScienceChemistry and Material Science (R0)