Design of Tooling for Thermoplastics detailed syllabus for Manufacturing Engineering (Manuf) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Manuf students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INJECTION MOULD DESIGN 9
Introduction to Molding process and Moulds – Classification of moulds- Factors considered for Mould Design-Shot Capacity-Plasticizing Rate-Clamping Force- Injection Time – Cooling Time -Number of Cavities -Layout of Cavities. Classification – Cold Runner – Hot Runner – Hand – Semi Automatic – Automatic -Two plate – Three Plate – Moulds for Internal & External Undercuts-Elements of Injection Mould – Parting surface and its types , Core, Cavity , Bolsters ,Guide pillar, Guide bush, Sprue bush, Locating Ring -Standard Mould System – Mould alignment – Mould Assembly – Mould Clamping.
Unit II
DESIGN OF FEED SYSTEMS 9
Sprue – types of sprue – Runner – types of runner – cross section and size of runner -runner layout – balancing of runners – Gates – Gate location and balancing – types of gates – Mould Venting.
Unit III
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Unit IV
DESIGN OF MOULD TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM 9
Introduction – Heat Transfer Fluids- Chillers- Temperature Controllers- Factors affecting the Cooling Cycle -Cooling Efficiency – Mould Cooling Variables -Cooling Calculations -Cooling of Integer type mould plates – Cooling of Insert Bolster assembly -cooling of other mould parts-connections of cooling channels and seals.
Unit V
DESIGN OF OTHER MOULDS & DIES 9
Blow Mould Design: Introduction- Types of blow moulds – Blow ratio – Parison design -Pinch off design – parting line – Mould cooling – Mould alignment- Advantages, Disadvantages and Applications Rotational Mould Design: Introduction- Construction- Advantages, Disadvantages and Applications. Extrusion Die Design: Principles of extrusion – construction of die – die geometry – die swell – die land design – sizing die -Advantages, Disadvantages and Applications. Thermoforming: Principles of thermoforming- Mould Design & Layout- Applications.
Course Outcomes:
Upon the completion of this course the students will be able to
- Apply the basics of Plastics mould design.
- Decide moulds for different processing techniques.
- Apply design aspects related to related to Injection Mould and Blow Mould
- Apply design aspects related to Extrusion and thermoforming Dies.
- Apply design aspects related to rotational moulds
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Glanvill & Denton, Injection Mould Design Fundamentals (Vol. I& II), Sors et al., Plastics Moulds & Dies , Second Edition
- Sanjay K Nayak, Pratap Chandra Padhi and Y.Hidayathullah, Fundamentals of plastics mould design, 2012.
- Gastrow., Injection Moulds 130 Proven Design 2006.
- Dym J.B Injection Mould& Molding, A practical manual, Springer, Second Edition.
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