Modelling and Simulation of MuCell
Moldex 3D
MuCell®
cell morphology
process parameters
simulation
weight reduction
Journal
Polymers
ISSN: 2073-4360
Titre abrégé: Polymers (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101545357
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 Oct 2022
08 Oct 2022
Historique:
received:
03
08
2022
revised:
30
09
2022
accepted:
06
10
2022
entrez:
14
10
2022
pubmed:
15
10
2022
medline:
15
10
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Microcellular injection moulding is an important injection moulding technique to create foaming plastic parts. However, there are no consistent conclusions on the impact of processing parameters on the cell morphology of microcellular injection moulded parts. This paper investigates the influence of the main processing parameters, such as melt temperature, mould temperature, injection pressure, flow rate, shot volume and gas dosage amount, on the average cell size and weight reduction of a talc-reinforced polypropylene square part (165 mm × 165 mm × 3.2 mm), using the commercial software Moldex 3D. The effect of each parameter is investigated considering a range of values and the simulation results were compared with published experimental results. The differences between numerical and experimental trends are discussed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36236163
pii: polym14194215
doi: 10.3390/polym14194215
pmc: PMC9572263
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Subventions
Organisme : Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) Doctoral Prize Fellowship
ID : EP/R513131/1
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