The CAE method for the injection molding process is now used in the plastic industry for the purpose of predicting warp problems. But the accuracy of this is not good enough for the mold designer. We have proposed a theoretical method to predict anisotropic property distribution for the thermal expansion coefficient in the thickness direction. It was found that there is a good relation between the thermal expansion and the molecular orientations, and also between the thermal expansion coefficient and the energy of shear rate.
It is important to know the growing process of the solidified layer during the injection molding, to obtain the accurate flow mode as key information for CAE technology.
In this paper, visualization experiments were conducted on the effects of molding conditions on solidified layer growth. The results made the following points clear.
1) The effects of resin temperature and mold temperature on solidified layer growth are low.
2) Solidified layer growth changes depending on resin flow velocity in cavity during the injection molding.
3) Growth rate of solidified layer is affected by shear heat resulting from distribution of resin flow velocity. Therefore it is important to predict the shear heat for predicting the growth rate of the solidified layer.
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