Acta Mechanica Slovaca 2016, 20(1):42-51 | DOI: 10.21496/ams.2016.007

Numerical Modeling of Cooling Conditions of Thermoplastic Injection-Molded Parts

Tomasz Jachowicz1,*, Volodymyr Moravskyi2
1 Lublin University of Technology, Department of Polymer Processing, 36 Nadbystrzycka St., 20-618 Lublin, Poland
2 Lviv Polytechnic National University, Department of Chemical Technology of Plastics, 12, S. Bandera str., 79013 Lviv, Ukraine

The basic information characterizes the process of plastic injection molding and questions connected with computer simulation and numerical modeling of the phenomena setting during the injection molding were presented in the article. The results of the numeric simulation of the injection process of the molded part were obtained and analyzed for several models of injection mold cooling systems with different construction. Numerical simulation was conducted in the aim of the optimization of the conditions of the cooling of molded part in dependence from chosen factors connected with the parameters of the injection process and the dimension accuracy.

Keywords: injection molding process, injection molded part, injection molding parameters, computer simulation, numerical modeling

Published: March 31, 2016  Show citation

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Jachowicz, T., & Moravskyi, V. (2016). Numerical Modeling of Cooling Conditions of Thermoplastic Injection-Molded Parts. Acta Mechanica Slovaca, 20(1), 42-51. doi: 10.21496/ams.2016.007
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