CAE Applications in a Thermoforming Mould Design

A. R., Marjuki and Farah Amira, Mohd Ghazali and N. M., Ismail and S., Sulaiman and Ismail, Mohd Khairuddin and Anwar, P. P. Abdul Majeed and Abdul Aziz, Jaafar and F., Mustapha and Shahnor, Basri (2016) CAE Applications in a Thermoforming Mould Design. In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering: 2nd International Manufacturing Engineering Conference and 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Manufacturing Systems (iMEC-APCOMS 2015), 12–14 November 2015 , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. pp. 1-10., 114 (012012).

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Abstract

Preparation of honeycomb layer is a critical step for successful fabrications of thermoformed based sandwiched structures. This paper deals with an initial investigation on the rapid manufacturing process of corrugated sheet with 120o dihedral angles. Time history of local displacements and thickness, assuming viscous dominated material model for a 1mm thick thermoformable material, was computed by using ANSYS R Polyflow solver. The quality of formed surfaces was evaluated for selection of mould geometry and assessment of two common variants of thermoforming process. Inadequate mesh refinement of a membrane elements produces satisfactorily detailing and incomplete forming. A perfectly uniform material distribution was predicted using drape forming process. However, the geometrical properties of vacuum formed part are poorly distributed and difficult to control with increasing inflation volumes. Details of the discrepancies and the contributions of the CAE tool to complement traditional trial and error methodology in the process and design development are discussed.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Uncontrolled Keywords: hermoforming; CAE
Subjects: T Technology > TS Manufactures
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering
Depositing User: Mrs. Neng Sury Sulaiman
Date Deposited: 27 Nov 2015 01:02
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2018 02:08
URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6295
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