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Design Guidelines Injection Moulding Engineering Design Presenter: Laszlo Pataki SABIC-Innovative Plastics
Design Guidelines Injection MouldingEngineering Design
Presenter: Laszlo PatakiSABIC-Innovative Plastics
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Successful injection moulding depends on the good interaction between:
1.Part Design
2.Mould Design
3.Processing Equipment and process control
4.Material selection.
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1, Part Design Aspects
Firstly, part requirements have to be defined.• Mechanical behavior (stiffness, impact) • Thermal behavior ( stiffness, Creep)• Chemical resistance ( material selection)• Cosmetics (surface finish, color, gate location, ribs, weld line)• Mould ability ( wall thickness, flow length, gating …)• Assembly ( screws, welding , bonding…)• Painting
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Part Design aspects
• Design for mould ability• Design for stiffness• Design for impact• Design for appearance• Design for precision.
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1, Design for Mould ability
• Constant wall thickness recommended
• If not possible, transitions should be smooth.
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Design for Mould ability
• Ribs - if needed - max.0.6 x nominal wall at root, min.0.5 degree draft on each side.
• Filling thin ribs can be problematic
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Design for Mould ability
• Bosses for screws same rule as ribs, to increase stiffness boss can be supported with gussets.• Sharp corners rounded off , better release, better strength.
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Design for Mould ability
• Undercuts should be avoided where possible. If needed, use undercuts without sliding cores.
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Design for Mould ability
• Draft angles
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Design for Mould ability
• Ejection Allow for sufficient ejection locations, specially complex shapes with many ribs and pockets can be critical with higher viscous materials.Ribs are best ejected on the rib itself with blade ejectors.Use as large as possible ejector pins, lowest deformations will occur.
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Gating• Flow should be from thick to thin, if not constant wall thickness.• Gate location(s) to be considered to prevent filling issues. Flow curves can be used for first check.
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Design for Mould ability Gate shapesGate size is importantfor shear rate controlFlow simulation usefulfor predicting shear and pressure drop.
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• VentingImportant for part quality.Good venting is always needed where air traps and weld linesare expected , also at the end of flow.Dynamic vents ( using ejectors with facets) are suitable for local air traps, mould parting line should always be vented.Size of venting depending on material viscosity.
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Design for stiffnessPart stiffness determined by:1. Material E module2. Shape of the partStiffness increase • Higher E module• Ribs• Corrugations• Hollow parts
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Design for stiffnessStiffness to weight ratio.
Most efficient material use in corrugated design.Structural analysis can help to check mechanicalbehavior in advance.
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Design for impact• Avoid stress concentrators ( sharp corners, transitions, notches)• Avoid impact load near gates and weld lines• Avoid poor processing conditions (moulded in stress)• Choose the right material ( ductile /brittle transition)• In critical cases perform structural analysis.
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Design for AppearancePossible surface defects• gate marks • sink marks due to ribbing or thick sections• weld lines• air traps.• voids• jetting
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Design for AppearanceSink mark reduction
Gas assist can reduce sink marksUnder ribs
Design feature appliedTo eliminate visible sink mark
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Design for Appearance
Sudden changes in thickness should be avoided
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Design for Appearance
Try to avoid jetting when choosingthe gate location
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Design for Precision
Important factors:• material choice (GF, GB, CF, Amorphous, Crystalline), shrinkage behavior• gating (type and size of gate)• mould design ( cooling, gating)• processing ( temperatures , pressures, orientation)
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Design for Precision
Volumetric Shrinkage Amorphous
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Design for Precision
Volumetric Shrinkage Crystalline
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Design for Precision (shrinkage control)Design related aspects for precision• Wall thickness distribution• gate location, gate size, gate type
Processing related aspects • melt-mould temperature , injection profile
Post moulding effects• Expansion, post shrinkage, moisture absorption
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Design for Precision
• Gating type and size important for orientation• shrinkage differences between flow and cross flow for Crystalline and glass filled materials.
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Design for PrecisionThin long ribs shrink different compared to nominal wallthis can cause warpage.
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