A MULTI-STEP APPROACH FOR ANALYZING THE NUMBER OF POLYMER INJECTION MOLDING GATE SPOTS AND THEIR POSITION IN T-RTM TECHNOLOGY

Authors

  • Blagovest Bankov Department of „Armament and Technology for Design“, National Military University “Vasil Levski” (BG)
  • Todor Todorov FIT, Laboratory “CAD/CAM/CAE in Industry”, Technical University (BG)
  • Yavor Sofronov FIT, Laboratory “CAD/CAM/CAE in Industry”, Technical University (BG)
  • Ivan Ivanov FIT, Laboratory “CAD/CAM/CAE in Industry”, Technical University (BG)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17770/etr2024vol3.8142

Keywords:

Injection Molding, Moldex3D, Polymer, T-RTM

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to present a multi-step approach for building a virtual analysis supporting the determination of the number and position of the injection molding gate spots in Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) and the relatively new Thermoplastic Resin Transfer Molding (T-RTM) technologies. The methodology provides an opportunity to determine the behavior of the fluid flow based on the location of the inlets, as well as potential problems and defects.


Supporting Agencies
This work is performed by the support of project “Research of the opportunities of developing “active” safety goggles with UV-light face mask implementing functions for fast sanitizing breathing air – ACTIVE PRO UV” - КП-06-Н47/9.

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2024-06-22

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Vol. 3 (2024): Environment. Technology. Resources. Proceedings of the 15th International Scientific and Practical Conference. Volume 3

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B. Bankov, T. Todorov, Y. Sofronov, and I. Ivanov, “A MULTI-STEP APPROACH FOR ANALYZING THE NUMBER OF POLYMER INJECTION MOLDING GATE SPOTS AND THEIR POSITION IN T-RTM TECHNOLOGY”, ETR, vol. 3, pp. 20–23, Jun. 2024, doi: 10.17770/etr2024vol3.8142.