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Integratedsimulationoftheinjectionmoldingprocesswithstereolithographymolds
AbstractFunctionalpartsareneededfordesignverificationtesting,fieldtrials,customerevaluation,andproductionplanning.Byeliminatingmultiplesteps,thecreationoftheinjectionmolddirectlybyarapidprototyping(RP)processholdsthebestpromiseofreducingthetimeandcostneededtomoldlow-volumequantitiesofparts.ThepotentialofthisintegrationofinjectionmoldingwithRPhasbeendemonstratedmanytimes.WhatismissingisthefundamentalunderstandingofhowthemodificationstothemoldmaterialandRPmanufacturingprocessimpactboththemolddesignandtheinjectionmoldingprocess.Inaddition,numericalsimulationtechniqueshavenowbecomehelpfultoolsofmolddesignersandprocessengineersfortraditionalinjectionmolding.Butallcurrentsimulationpackagesforconventionalinjectionmoldingarenolongerapplicabletothisnewtypeofinjectionmolds,mainlybecausethepropertyofthemoldmaterialchangesgreatly.Inthispaper,anintegratedapproachtoaccomplishanumericalsimulationofinjectionmoldingintorapid-prototypedmoldsisestablishedandacorrespondingsimulationsystemisdeveloped.Comparisonswithexperimentalresultsareemployedforverification,whichshowthatthepresentschemeiswellsuitedtohandleRPfabricatedstereolithography(SL)molds.
KeywordsInjectionmoldingNumericalsimulationRapidprototyping
1Introduction
Ininjectionmolding,thepolymermeltathightemperatureisinjectedintothemoldunderhighpressure[1].Thus,themoldmaterialneedstohavethermalandmechanicalpropertiescapableofwithstandingthetemperaturesandpressuresofthemoldingcycle.Thefocusofmanystudieshasbeentocreatethe
injectionmolddirectlybyarapidprototyping(RP)process.Byeliminatingmultiplesteps,thismethodoftoolingholdsthebestpromiseofreducingthetimeandcostneededtocreatelow-volumequantitiesofpartsinaproductionmaterial.ThepotentialofintegratinginjectionmoldingwithRPtechnologieshasbeendemonstratedmanytimes.ThepropertiesofRPmoldsareverydifferentfromthoseoftraditionalmetalmolds.Thekeydifferencesarethepropertiesofthermalconductivityandelasticmodulus(rigidity).Forexample,thepolymersusedinRP-fabricatedstereolithography(SL)moldshaveathermalconductivitythatislessthanonethousandththatofanaluminumtool.InusingRPtechnologiestocreatemolds,theentiremolddesignandinjection-moldingprocessparametersneedtobemodifiedandoptimizedfromtraditionalmethodologiesduetothecompletelydifferenttoolmaterial.However,thereisstillnotafundamentalunderstandingofhowthemodificationstothemoldtoolingmethodandmaterialimpactboththemolddesignandtheinjectionmoldingprocessparameters.Onecannotobtainreasonableresultsbysimplychangingafewmaterialpropertiesincurrentmodels.Also,usingtraditionalapproacheswhenmakingactualpartsmaybegeneratingsub-optimalresults.Sothereisadireneedtostudytheinteractionbetweentherapidtooling(RT)processandmaterialandinjectionmolding,soastoestablishthemolddesigncriteriaandtechniquesforanRT-orientedinjectionmoldingprocess.
Inaddition,computersimulationisaneffectiveapproachforpredictingthequalityofmoldedparts.Commerciallyavailablesimulationpackagesofthetraditionalinjectionmoldingprocesshavenowbecomeroutinetoolsofthemolddesignerandprocessengineer[2].Unfortunately,currentsimulationprogramsforconventionalinjectionmoldingarenolongerapplicabletoRPmolds,becauseofthedramaticallydissimilartoolmaterial.Forinstance,inusingtheexistingsimulationsoftwarewithaluminumandSLmoldsandcomparingwithexperimentalresults,thoughthesimulationvaluesofpartdistortionarereasonableforthealuminummold,resultsareunacceptable,withtheerrorexceeding50%.Thedistortionduringinjectionmoldingisduetoshrinkageandwarpageoftheplasticpart,aswellasthemold.Forordinarilymolds,themainfactoristheshrinkageandwarpageoftheplasticpart,whichismodeledaccuratelyincurrentsimulations.ButforRPmolds,thedistortionofthemoldhaspotentiallymoreinfluence,whichhavebeenneglectedincurrentmodels.Forinstance,[3]usedasimplethree-stepsimulationprocesstoconsiderthemolddistortion,whichhadtoomuchdeviation.
Inthispaper,basedontheaboveanalysis,anewsimulationsystemforRPmoldsisdeveloped.Theproposedsystemfocusesonpredictingpartdistortion,whichisdominatingdefectinRP-moldedparts.ThedevelopedsimulationcanbeappliedasanevaluationtoolforRPmolddesignandprocessoptimization.Oursimulationsystemisverifiedbyanexperimentalexample.
AlthoughmanymaterialsareavailableforuseinRPtechnologies,weconcentrateonusingstereolithography(SL),theoriginalRPtechnology,tocreatepolymermolds.TheSLprocessusesphotopolymerandlaserenergytobuildapartlayerbylayer.UsingSLtakesadvantageofboththecommercialdominanceofSLintheRPindustryandthesubsequentexpertisebasethathasbeendevelopedforcreatingaccurate,high-qualityparts.Untilrecently,SLwasprimarilyusedtocreatephysicalmodelsforvisualinspectionandform-fitstudieswithverylimitedfunctionalapplications.However,thenewergenerationstereolithographicphotopolymershaveimproveddimensional,mechanicalandthermalpropertiesmakingitpossibletousethemforactualfunctionalmolds.
2Integratedsimulationofthemoldingprocess
2.1Methodology
InordertosimulatetheuseofanSLmoldintheinjectionmoldingprocess,aniterativemethodisproposed.Differentsoftwaremoduleshavebeendevelopedandusedtoaccomplishthistask.ThemainassumptionisthattemperatureandloadboundaryconditionscausesignificantdistortionsintheSLmold.Thesimulationstepsareasfollows:
1Thepartgeometryismodeledasasolidmodel,whichistranslatedtoafilereadablebytheflowanalysispackage.
2Simulatethemold-fillingprocessofthemeltintoaphotopolymermold,whichwilloutputtheresultingtemperatureandpressureprofiles.
3Structuralanalysisisthenperformedonthephotopolymermoldmodelusingthethermalandloadboundaryconditionsobtainedfromthepreviousstep,whichcalculatesthedistortionthatthemoldundergoduringtheinjectionprocess.
4Ifthedistortionofthemoldconverges,movetothenextstep.Otherwise,thedistortedmoldcavityisthenmodeled(changesinthedimensionsofthecavityafterdistortion),andreturnstothesecondsteptosimulatethemeltinjectionintothedistortedmold.
5Theshrinkageandwarpagesimulationoftheinjectionmoldedpartisthenapplied,whichcalculatesthefinaldistortionsofthemoldedpart.
Inabovesimulationflow,therearethreebasicsimulationmodules.
2.2Fillingsimulationofthemelt
2.2.1Mathematicalmodeling
InordertosimulatetheuseofanSLmoldintheinjectionmoldingprocess,aniterativemethodisproposed.Differentsoftwaremoduleshavebeendevelopedandusedtoaccomplishthistask.ThemainassumptionisthattemperatureandloadboundaryconditionscausesignificantdistortionsintheSLmold.Thesimulationstepsareasfollows:
1.Thepartgeometryismodeledasasolidmodel,whichistranslatedtoafilereadablebytheflowanalysispackage.
2.Simulatethemold-fillingprocessofthemeltintoaphotopolymermold,whichwilloutputtheresultingtemperatureandpressureprofiles.
3.Structuralanalysisisthenperformedonthephotopolymermoldmodelusingthethermalandloadboundaryconditionsobtainedfromthepreviousstep,whichcalculatesthedistortionthatthemoldundergoduringtheinjectionprocess.
4.Ifthedistortionofthemoldconverges,movetothenextstep.Otherwise,thedistortedmoldcavityisthenmodeled(changesinthedimensionsofthecavityafterdistortion),andreturnstothesecondsteptosimulatethemeltinjectionintothedistortedmold.
5.Theshrinkageandwarpagesimulationoftheinjectionmoldedpartisthenapplied,whichcalculatesthefinaldistortionsofthemoldedpart.
Inabovesimulationflow,therearethreebasicsimulationmodules.
2.2Fillingsimulationofthemelt
2.2.1Mathematicalmodeling
Computersimulationtechniqueshavehadsuccessinpredictingfillingbehaviorinextremelycomplicatedgeometries.However,mostofthecurrentnumericalimplementationisbasedonahybridfinite-element/finite-differencesolutionwiththemiddleplanemodel.TheapplicationprocessofsimulationpackagesbasedonthismodelisillustratedinFig.2-1.However,unlikethesurface/solidmodelinmold-designCADsystems,theso-calledmiddle-plane(asshowninFig.2-1b)isanimaginaryarbitraryplanargeometryatthemiddleofthecavityinthegap-wisedirection,whichshouldbringaboutgreatinconvenienceinapplications.Forexample,surfacemodelsarecommonlyusedincurrentRPsystems(generallySTLfileformat),sosecondarymodelingisunavoidablewhenusingsimulationpackagesbecausethemodelsintheRPandsimulationsystemsaredifferent.Consideringthesedefects,thesurfacemodelofthecavityisintroducedasdatumplanesinthesimulation,insteadofthemiddle-plane.
Accordingtothepreviousinvestigations[4–6],fillinggoverningequationsfortheflowandtemperaturefieldcanbewrittenas:
wherex,yaretheplanarcoordinatesinthemiddle-plane,andzisthegap-wisecoordinate;u,v,warethevelocitycomponentsinthex,y,zdirections;u,varetheaveragewhole-gapthicknesses;andη,ρ,CP(T),K(T)representviscosity,density,specificheatandthermalconductiv