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This study investigated an influence of the temperature field on thickness distribution of thermoformed products using complex and high-aspect-ratio mold. The optimum temperature field was obtained to achieve a more uniform thickness distribution in the thermoformed products by using finite element simulation. The material properties of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) polymer sheet were obtained by two rheological measurement tests. The linear viscoelastic properties, such as the storage modulus and loss modulus, were measured by a small amplitude oscillatory shear (SAOS) test for wide ranges of frequency and temperature. The discrete relaxation time and discrete relaxation modulus were obtained by nonlinear regression. The fitting parameters C1 and C2 for the WLF model were obtained by curve fitting. The nonlinear viscoelastic property, such as stress relaxation modulus, was measured by a step strain test. The damping function and fitting parameter α of Wagner-Demarmels (WD) model were determined by curve fitting. Then, the Kaye–Bernstein-Kearsley-Zapas (K-BKZ) constitutive equation was utilized to the thermoforming simulation in order to investigate the material behavior of the polymer sheet. The numerical results showed that a more uniform thickness distribution could be achieved with the optimum temperature field of the sheet. The thinnest part of the products was improved by more than 30%.
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Cha, J., Kim, M., Park, D. et al. Experimental determination of the viscoelastic parameters of K-BKZ model and the influence of temperature field on the thickness distribution of ABS thermoforming. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 103, 985–995 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-019-03408-8
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