sensors, controls and automation
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Sensors, Controls and Automation. Peter Kennedy Chief Technology Officer Moldflow Corporation. Business of Injection Molding. Problems found at process end. Assembly & Distribution. Part Design. Mold Design. Mold Build. Production. Multifaceted complex business model & physics. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
NSF/DOE/APC Future of Modeling in Composites Molding Processes Workshop June 9-10, 2004
Sensors, Controls and Automation
Peter KennedyChief Technology Officer
Moldflow Corporation
NSF/DOE/APC Future of Modeling in Composites Molding Processes Workshop June 9-10, 2004
Business of Injection Molding
Part Design Mold Design ProductionMold Build
Multifaceted complex business model & physics
Problems found at process end
Assembly&
Distribution
NSF/DOE/APC Future of Modeling in Composites Molding Processes Workshop June 9-10, 2004
Moldflow Product Families
Design Optimization
Solutions
NSF/DOE/APC Future of Modeling in Composites Molding Processes Workshop June 9-10, 2004
Moldflow Product Families
ManufacturingSolutions
NSF/DOE/APC Future of Modeling in Composites Molding Processes Workshop June 9-10, 2004
Process Optimization and Production Monitoring System
• Systematic process to set up and optimize injection molding machine
• Process monitoring and correction
• Production monitoring of discrete data
• Resource scheduling• SPC & SQC• Web-based reports• ERP integration
NSF/DOE/APC Future of Modeling in Composites Molding Processes Workshop June 9-10, 2004
Systematic Process Set Up and Optimization
• Monitor machine– Pressure sensor
• In-cavity• At barrel• Hydraulic
– Ram Displacement– Machine data
• Set up and Optimize then Monitor– Uses simplified simulation algorithms
NSF/DOE/APC Future of Modeling in Composites Molding Processes Workshop June 9-10, 2004
Opportunities• Apply set up technology to composites
– RTM– Long glass fiber
• Plastication• Gate and mold design
• Develop numerical simulation models for processing and final properties– Use to define control systems for processors
• New Sensors for Composites– e.g. ultrasound, impedance http://www.signaturecontrol.com/)