Modeling and Optimization of the Injection‐Molding Process: A Review

C Fernandes, AJ Pontes, JC Viana… - Advances in Polymer …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this article is to review the research done in the field of mathematical
modeling and optimization of the injection-molding (IM) process. Various papers related to …

Optimization of injection molding process parameters to improve the mechanical performance of polymer product against impact

Y Xu, QW Zhang, W Zhang, P Zhang - The International Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Injection molding is the most widely used process in manufacturing polymer products. The
warpage induced during injection molding process has an important influence on the …

The effect of injection molding process parameters on mechanical and fracture behavior of polycarbonate polymer

UA Dar, YJ Xu, SM Zakir… - Journal of applied polymer …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the mechanical and failure behavior of injection molded aviation standard
optical grade polycarbonate (PC) was investigated through uniaxial tensile testing. The …

Optimization of injection mold based on fuzzy moldability evaluation

J Cheng, Y Feng, J Tan, W Wei - Journal of materials processing …, 2008 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to develop a fuzzy moldability evaluation approach for the
optimization of injection mold. A variable weight profit vector is proposed, which punishes …

Numerical modeling of the flow of organic fertilizers in land application equipment

H Landry, F Thirion, C Lague, M Roberge - Computers and Electronics in …, 2006 - Elsevier
The knowledge of the flow behaviours of organic fertilizers in land application equipment as
well as the machine–product interactions is very sparse and empirical and can hardly …

Predicting the low-velocity impact behavior of polycarbonate: Influence of thermal history during injection molding

Y Xu, H Lu, T Gao, W Zhang - International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
The influence of the thermal history experienced during injection molding on the low-velocity
impact behavior of polycarbonate (PC) is investigated. An integrated methodology …

Single gate optimization for plastic injection mold

J Li, D Li, Z Guo, H Lv - Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A, 2007 - Springer
This paper deals with a methodology for single gate location optimization for plastic injection
mold. The objective of the gate optimization is to minimize the warpage of injection molded …

Multiple criteria optimization with variability considerations in injection molding

CE Castro, MC Rios, JM Castro… - Polymer Engineering & …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Injection molding (IM) is the most important process for mass‐producing of plastic products.
The difficulty of optimizing an IM process is that the performance measures (PMs) usually …

Setting the processing parameters in injection molding through multiple-criteria optimization: A case study

VG Loera, JM Castro, JM Diaz… - … on Systems, Man …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this correspondence, a case study involving statistical characterization and multiple
criteria optimization on injection molding is presented. This case study is the first application …

Numerical simulation of injection moulding process and the pre-modelling concept

G Courbebaisse - Computational materials science, 2005 - Elsevier
Finite element or finite difference methods are implemented in several flow analysis
programs (eg Moldflow®). These filling programs rest on heavy computations to carry out an …