Mahesh S. Shinde^1,*, Kishor M. Ashtankar¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.54, No.3, pp. 287-306, 2018, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2018.054.287

Abstract Cooling system improvement is important in injection molding to get better quality and productivity. The aim of this paper was to compare the different shapes of the conformal cooling channels (CCC) with constant surface area and CCC with constant volume in injection molding using Mold-flow Insight 2016 software. Also the CCC results were compared with conventional cooling channels. Four different shapes of the CCC such as circular, elliptical, rectangular and semi-circular were proposed. The locations of the cooling channels were also kept constant. The results in terms of cooling time, cycle time reduction and improvement in quality of the product… More >

Mahesh S. Shinde^1,*, Kishor M. Ashtankar²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.53, No.3, pp. 207-217, 2017, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2017.053.223

Abstract This paper presents simulation study on Milled Grooved conformal cooling channels (MGCCC) in injection molding. MGCCC has a more effective cooling surface area which helps to provide efficient cooling as compared to conventional cooling. A case study of Encloser part is investigated for cycle time reduction and quality improvement. The performance designs of straight drilled are compared with MGCCC by using Autodesk Moldflow Insight (AMI) 2016. The results show total 32.1% reduction of cooling time and 9.86% reduction of warpage in case of MGCCC as compared to conventional cooling. More >