Plastic Product & Mould Design Lab

After completion of the course student will be able to:

1. CO1Design Injection Moulds using CAD softwareK3
2. CO2Design Compression Moulds using CAD softwareK3
3. CO3Design Transfer & Blow moulds using CAD softwareK3
4. CO4Develop the moulds using CAM/CAE softwareK3
5. CO5Analyse mould flow and optimize the designs I. Mould Design using CAD a) Injection Mould design: Design calculations for No. of cavities, Selection of injection moulding machine, shot capacity, plasticizing rate, Clamping force and 2 D / 3 D Modeling for Two plate, Three Plate and split Moulds b) Compression Mould Design: Design calculations for No. of cavities, Flash thickness allowances, Design of loading chamber, Bulk factor, Pressure pad, Heaters and 2 D / 3 D Modeling for Compression Mould. c) Transfer Mould Design: Design calculations for Pot, Bulk factor, Heaters and 2 D / 3 D Modeling for Pot and Plunger transfer Moulds. d) Blow Mould Design: Design calculations for Clamping force, pinch‐off, Head die design, Parison dimensions and 2 D /3 D Modeling for Blow Mould. II. CAM Programming Programming and Machining of mould elements (Core, Cavity, Gide Pillar and Guide Bush) using CNC Turning Center and CNC Machining Center. III: Mould flow Analysis a) Design Optimization of Plastic Part, Mould and Process parameters optimization using Moldflow Software b) Modeling, Mesh Creation, Mesh Checking, Surface repair, Creating Feed system and cooling system. c) Analysis: Gate location, Moulding window Fill, Flow, Cool, Pack, Warp, Shrinkage, StressK4