Numerical Development and Validation of a Polyethylene Component Injection Mold| Chapter 6 | Techniques and Innovation in Engineering Research Vol. 7

 Foam needle molding is a variant of the unoriginal injection decoration that uses a chemical blasting agent (CBA), to produce a absorbent core. The always-increasing client demands for quality and cheap have led to the necessity of best possible status in injected parts. In view of this, mold designers are utilizing Finite Element Method (FEM) models to optimize the process. This work aims to design a mold for needle of a large give up chemical tumbling agent. In the mold design, 3D imitation software is used to call possible questions that would exist in the mold and to present the benefits of injecting with the tumbling power. The injected component is a abundant-dimensions extreme-density polyethylene (HDPE) cot. The mold was fabricated and the first parts had few problems of accent in the area of the hydraulic pins, that led to a change of the adjustment of these parts. However, the project was successfully achieved and it is currently functional.

Author(s) Details:

R. C. N. Barbosa,
Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.

R. D. S. G. Campilho,
Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal and  INEGI – Pólo FEUP, Porto, Portugal.

F. J. G. Silva,
Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal and INEGI – Pólo FEUP, Porto, Portugal.

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