Research Article
Thermomechanical Optimization and Comparison of a Low Thermal Inertia Mold with Rectangular Heating Channels and a Conventional Mold
Table 8
Thermomechanical results for optimal mold designs.
| | | | | Prediction RSM | Verification FEM | Error (%) |
| | Circular optimized | Water | theating (s) | 442.5 | 472 | 3.1 | | ΔT (°C) | 1.94 | 1.89 | 0.6 | | umax (μm) | 3.99 | 4.03 | 8.5 | | Oil | theating (s) | 858 | 799 | 0.8 | | ΔT (°C) | 0.72 | 0.45 | 3.0 | | umax (μm) | 4.24 | 4.51 | 4.6 |
| | Rectangular optimized | Water | theating (s) | 395 | 388 | 1.7 | | ΔT (°C) | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.1 | | umax (μm) | 9.98 | 6.72 | 9.9 | | Oil | theating (s) | 372.4 | 430 | 2.2 | | ΔT (°C) | 0.23 | 0.46 | 1 | | umax (μm) | 10.83 | 8.73 | 9.7 |
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