聚合物热黏弹塑性变形微热压成型机理的数值模拟研究

研究了聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯（PMMA）超疏性阵列圆柱微结构特征功能表面的微热压成型技术,通过模拟研究了成型工艺参数对成型过程的影响规律,揭示了其热黏弹塑性变形充填流动机理,明晰了关键调控参数。结果表明,基片材料的弹性模量、成型温度和压力是影响充填成型的关键调控参数,成型压力和变形应力与成型温度呈负关联关系,而充填高度与成型温度呈正关联关系;提高成型温度至高于基片材料的玻璃化转变温度（Tg）,使基片处于黏弹性高弹态,易使基片快速产生明显的热黏弹塑性变形,且可使成型压力和变形应力趋于最小值,这有利于基片避免断裂损伤并加速充模流动。     

The effect of processing conditions on the microstructure of embossed polyethylene films

Film embossing is a mechanical process in which a flat film is transformed into an embossed product. During the process, thermal and stress fields are applied Lo the polymer, causing changes in the microstructure and physical dimensions of the material. The engineering analysis of the process requires the study of various aspects relating to the characterization of the microstructure before and after embossing, A variety of techniques were employed to characterize the properties and microstructure of the embossed film in relation to: crystallinity, orientation, mechanical properties, and dimensions of the embossed films. The thermal treatment of the polymer film was shown to be the most significant factor in the process. By controlling the thermal treatment of the film, it is possible to manipulate the properties and dimensions of the embossed film. The important aspects: influencing thermal treatment include the radiation heater temperature, preheat roll temperature, line velocity, and film thickness. The initial film orientation and embossing pressure have a minor effect on the final properties of the embossed film. The main effect of the embossing pressure is on the bulk thickness of the embossed film.     

Spatial gas effect on the deformation behavior of embossed glass microstructures in hot embossing

Glass hot embossing is a well-established and cost-effective manufacturing method for glass microstructures. However, the spatial volume affects deformation behaviors in closed mold cavities, which determines the final shape of the embossed glass. To investigate the spatial gas effect on the glass deformation mechanism during hot embossing, we used the focused ion beam (FIB) to fabricate blind micro-hole array structures with different depths as embossing templates. The experimental results demonstrated that the spatial volume of the mold cavity has a great influence on the energy of gas expansion, thus affecting the deformation height of glass microstructures during hot embossing. The deeper the cavity depth, the bigger the surface tension, resulting in larger surface concave deformation. Due to the surface tension of gas expansion, the deformation height of the edge zone is higher than that of the center zone at a higher embossing temperature until the heated glass is completely compressed into the mold cavity. Additionally, at lower embossing temperatures (520 °C), the heated glass has a large deformation resistance and elastic recovery. The more deformation volume escape from the shallower mold cavity because of the spatial effect, thus the deformation height decreases as the cavity depth reduces. The work provides a better understanding of manufacturing glass microstructures in hot embossing.     

Replication of Microstructures by Roll-to-Roll UV-Curing Embossing

The characteristics of pattern replication and releasing in a roll-to-roll ultraviolet- (UV) curing embossing process were investigated. The roll embossing system was designed for large-area continuous embossing, with employment of a fast curing resin, a heat damage protector, and a surface energy reducing coating. A 60° V-groove pattern with a groove period of 30 µm was embossed. It was found that the replication quality was profoundly influenced by the pattern geometry, the pattern direction, and the mold surface energy. In particular, the pattern direction significantly affected the edge sharpness and the surface topography of replicated features. In the parallel groove mode, a significant amount of tearing and sliding occurred, whereas in the transverse groove mode, biting marks were observed on the side wall of the V-groove. A simple mechanical model was used to explain the difference in pattern releasing with different pattern layouts. The replication quality was found to be significantly improved with the application of a fluorinated coating on the roll mold.     

流延法生产塑料薄膜传热过程数值模拟

对流延法生产塑料薄膜的传热过程进行了数值模拟,得到了流延辊内壁温度分布及塑料薄膜温度随时间变化曲线。在进行流延辊辊体设计时,可以忽略辐射及空气对流的冷却作用而按照稳态问题进行计算;流延法生产塑料薄膜的冷却速率决定于空气夹层厚度及辊面温度,并指出了提高塑料薄膜质量及提高塑料薄膜生产速率的方法。     

The effect of flow on cavity surface temperatures in thermoset and thermoplastic injection molding

In the Injection molding process, nonuniform heat transfer between the polymer and the mold caused by flow during the cavity filling stage can lead to spatial variations in the cavity surface temperature. This can result in an increase in cycle time or poor part quality. An investigation of the flow-induced, nonuniform, cavity surface temperature is reported here. A flow model for a thin, rectangular, end-gated cavity and a model for the steady-state temperature distribution in a simple mold are developed. These are applied to some thermosetting and thermoplastic systems. For both filled and unfilled thermosets, it is found that a simple plug flow model gives a good approximation for the heat transfer during flow. For thermoplastics, however, the full flow solution must be used. For the cases considered in this study, the steady-state temperature variation along the cavity surface is less for the thermoplastics than for the thermosets.     

Continuous infrared‐assisted double‐sided roll‐to‐roll embossing of flexible polymer substrates

This article reports a novel infrared (IR)‐assisted roll‐to‐roll embossing method, which enables the replication of microfeatures onto the surfaces of flexible polymer substrates. An IR‐assisted roll‐to‐roll embossing facility was designed and built in our laboratory especially for this study. Metallic rollers bearing micropatterns of two different feature sizes, namely 150 and 20 μm in depth, were employed. The former one was prepared by microelectric discharge machining the roller, whereas the latter was fabricated by electroplating a thin layer of nickel on the surface of the roller, followed by a diamond turning process to create the microstructures. The embossing facility was used to replicate the microstructure onto polyethylene terephthalate and polycarbonate films in the experiments. During roller embossing, the IR radiation shed on the rollers, and the energy was converted into heat to melt the polymer substrates and to replicate the microstructures. The influence of various processing parameters on the replicability of microfeatures was investigated. Under the proper processing conditions, double‐sided flexible polymer substrates with microstructures could be successfully fabricated. The proposed method shows great potential for fabrication of micro‐optical components due to its simplicity and versatility. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2012. © 2012 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Filling of a complex-shaped mold with a viscoelastic polymer. Part II: Comparison with experimental data

An experimental program has been carried out on a reciprocating screw injection molding machine in order to establish the validity of a proposed mathematical model for the filling stage of injection molding. A cavity of complex shape with an insert and variable thickness was constructed and used in these experiments. Good agreement between predicted (through computer simulation) and observed (through short-shot experiments and transducer response) results is obtained for free surface shapes and free surface locations with time. The theoretical pressure predictions are in fairly good agreement with experiments, with the maximum deviations occurring towards the end of filling and for longer filling times. This points towards the possibility that wall solidification during filling interacts with the flow processes across the gap of the cavity and makes necessary a more detailed characterization of the heat transfer at the melt/mold interface.     

蒸发温度对水平正反齿压花齿型肋管池沸腾换热的影响

随着节能减排的大力推广,管外沸腾强化传热技术得到了广泛的研究和发展。设计建立了水平双侧强化管管外沸腾试验系统,以R134a为循环工质试验研究了不同热通量工况下,蒸发温度对正反齿压花齿型三维肋管池沸腾换热特性影响,并结合试验结果分析探讨了其理论描述方法。结果表明:蒸发传热系数随蒸发温度变化趋势线的斜率随热通量呈现非线性变化;在同一蒸发温度下,管表面传热系数均随热通量单调递增,但增长率随热通量增加而逐步降低;回归分析获得不同热通量下蒸发温度对正反齿压花齿型蒸发管表面传热系数影响的统一表达式;等热通量工况强化传热因子在热通量超过10kW·m^-2后升至2以上,在热通量接近20kW·m^-2时达到极大值2.588,但在热通量接近5kW·m^-2时接近1;蒸发温度及其与热通量合同对正反齿压花齿型蒸发管表面传热系数的作用机理与理论描述方法有待进一步深入研究。     

Fabrication of high modulus films by solid state rolling

Solid state rolling of semicrystalline polymers represents a high speed process for producing oriented, high modulus films, tapes, and sheets. The important process variables include roll temperature, thickness of initial sheet, roll speed, take-up tension, roll diameter, and initial morphological state of the polymer. Roll temperature controls both the extent of maximum deformation and the rate of rolling. A minimum temperature exists for each polymer below which the orientation process is sharply limited. This condition is similar to the limitation present in the hydrostatic extrusion process, in which the alpha crystallization temperature limits the orientation process. Roll speeds as high as 20 m/min have been realized. It is apparent that film thickness and thickness reduction ratio have a strong effect on the ultimate rolling rate. The process, as currently practiced, is adiabatic, and therefore, heat transfer limited. The take-up tension influences the extant of orientation in the amorphous phse of of the polymer. This in turn affects its thermal and chemical stability. The effect of roll diameter is to limit the extent of thickness reduction by causing roll-film slippage when the roll dianmeter to thickness reduction ratio is below some as yet undetermined value. The initial morphological state of the polymer affects the amount of crystalline deformation possible, the surface texture of the rolled film, and the tear resistant of the oriented film.     

Enhanced polymer filling and uniform shrinkage of polymer and mold in a hot embossing process

Low filling efficiency and large thermal stress are two important problems that limit the wide use of hot embossing especially in fabricating high aspect ratio patterns. Two types of flow barriers, the first being an accessorial slot on the mold (SFB), the other was a block on the hot embossing machine (BFB), were designed to enhance polymer filling and their performances were simulated with the finite element method. The numerical simulation results show that two kinds of flow barriers can also accelerate the polymer filling speed and improve filling efficiency. The BFB has a better promoting effect and can be easily used as a quasi close‐die embossing process. The shrinkage of the polymer and mold is made uniform with a designed polymer grip holder to minimize the thermal stress. The polymer was clipped at a temperature in a cooling step and its deformation was fixed; thus, the shrinkage of the polymer can be equal to the mold at a special temperature. An improved hot embossing machine was designed and the hot embossing process was modified to satisfy these requirements. At last successful fabrication of the light guide plate verified the improvements. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2013. © 2012 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Effect of thickness and viscoelastic properties of roll cover on deformable roll coating flows

Roll coating is distinguished by the use of one or more gaps between rotating cylinders to meter a continuous liquid layer and to apply it to a flexible substrate. Of the two rolls that make a forward-roll coating gap, one is often covered by a layer of deformable elastomer. Liquid carried into the gap develops high enough pressure to deform the resilient roll cover. The complete understanding of the coupling between the liquid flow and roll cover deformation is vital to the optimization of this widely used and simple coating method. Most of the earlier works on deformable roll coating analyzed the action with both the lubrication approximation and the full Navier-Stokes solution of the liquid flow, and one-dimensional elastic models of the roll cover deformation. The effect of the roll cover thickness was not explored and can explain some of the discrepancy observed from the available theoretical predictions and experimental measurements from different researchers. Moreover, rubber and rubber-like materials used as roll covers do not behave purely elastically. Their responses depend to a great extent on the stress history and the temperature of the roll cover. In this work, the flow between a rigid and a deformable rotating roll was examined by solving the complete Navier-Stokes system coupled with a plane-strain elastic and viscoelastic model of the roll cover deformation. The stress at each location of the roll cover was evaluated by an integral of the deformation along the material path of the point being analyzed. The equation system was solved by the Galerkin/finite element method. Results show how thickness of the roll cover and its viscoelastic properties affect the performance of deformable roll nips.     

Effects of surface roughness on microinjection molding

Injection molding is one of the most common processes for cost‐effective mass production of microplastic parts. When the dimensions of the part, and thus the cavity of the mold, are small, microscale factors which are normally neglected in the analysis of conventional injection molding may play an important role. This investigation addresses the effects of mold surface roughness on the injection of polymer melt, which is a non‐Newtonian fluid, during the filling stage of microinjection molding. The surface roughness effect on the volume of the mold cavity is discussed. A simple, but effective model, to describe the conductivity and the specific heat of the surface roughness is proposed. Subsequently, by employing the finite volume method and the level set method, a numerical procedure incorporating the proposed surface roughness model to describe the flow behavior of the polymer melt in the cavity is implemented. Finally, simulation on the melt flow injected into a microdisk cavity is performed using the proposed model and the results are found to be in good agreement with experiment. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 47:2012–2019, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Study on squeezing flow during nonisothermal embossing of polymer microstructures

A numerical simulation of the hot embossing process with nonisothermal embossing conditions was carried out to observe the flow pattern of poly (methyl methacrylate) into microcavities. The microcavity was isomorphically downsized. The ratio of the cavity width over the cavity thickness was maintained constant at 8:1 throughout the analysis, while the cavity thickness varied from 200 μm to 0.5 μm. It was found that as the microcavity was downsized, the filling mechanism varied. For larger cavity thicknesses (e.g., 100 μm), the polymer flow climbed along the wall of the heated die and was then compressed downward and squeezed outward. In contrast, for a smaller cavity thickness (e.g., 5 μm), the flow was uniform and the wall‐climbing flow was absent. This size effect was correlated with the uniformity (UNF) of the temperature distribution of the polymer substrate during the embossing process. For larger cavity thicknesses, the high temperature zone was localized in the vicinity of the die wall, and consequently localized wall‐climbing flow occurred. The size effect in nonisothermal embossing was also studied experimentally, and localized flow was observed for larger cavities but not for smaller cavities. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 45:652–660, 2005. © 2005 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Through‐thickness embossing process for fabrication of three‐dimensional thermoplastic parts

The standard embossing process is limited to the fabrication of surface structures on relatively large polymer substrates. To overcome this limitation, a hybrid punching and embossing process was investigated for through‐thickness embossing of three‐dimensional parts. The embossing tool included a punching head and to‐be‐ replicated features in the socket behind the punching head. The built‐in punching head facilitated a through‐thickness action and provided a closed‐die environment for embossing pressure buildup. The method was used to emboss multichannel millimeter waveguides which requires uniform edges and accurate dimensions. With a tool temperature of 140°C, an embossing time of 3 min and a total cycle time of 7 min, discrete 4‐channel waveguides were successfully embossed from a room‐temperature ABS substrate. A computer model was established to study the flow behavior during through‐thickness embossing. It was found that nonisothermal embossing conditions help confine the polymer in the cavity and reduce the outflow into the surrounding region, thus achieving complete fill of the cavity. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 47:2075–2084, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers     

ANALYTICAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL BODIES EXPOSED TO A CONSTANT SURFACE HEAT FLUX

For many decades, solutions for transient temperature distributions in multidimensional objects were determined by combining as a product the solutions of one-dimensional objects necessary to delimit the contour of these multidimensional objects. These product solutions are usually restricted to two types of boundary conditions: a constant wall temperature and a constant heat transfer coefficient

This paper considers the case of an object exposed to a constant surface heat flux. It is shown that when the surface of multidimensional object is submitted to a constant heat flux density, its temperature distribution can be obtained by the simple addition of one-dimensional temperature distributions. Only three one-dimensional solutions are necessary to solve all possible multidimensional problems. These are the solutions for a semi-infinite slab, an infinite plate and an infinite cylinder. The equations describing the temperature profile within each of these one-dimensional objects are presented as well as their graphical representations in a generalized form for rapid determination of temperatures.     

Compressibility of porous TiO2 nanoparticle coating on paperboard

Compressibility of liquid flame spray-deposited porous TiO₂ nanoparticle coating was studied on paperboard samples using a traditional calendering technique in which the paperboard is compressed between a metal and polymer roll. Surface superhydrophobicity is lost due to a smoothening effect when the number of successive calendering cycles is increased. Field emission scanning electron microscope surface and cross‒sectional images support the atomic force microscope roughness analysis that shows a significant compressibility of the deposited TiO₂ nanoparticle coating with decrease in the surface roughness and nanoscale porosity under external pressure.

PACS

61.46.-w; 68.08.Bc; 81.07.-b     

Heat transfer from a horizontal smooth tube to a laminar falling film

For the case in which the liquid, freely falling between two adjacent horizontal tubes, forms a liquid sheet, Rogers (1981) gave an analysis of the heat transfer from the tube to the liquid. The flow within the film was assumed to be laminar. Some of the results obtained by Rogers are extended and discussed in the present paper. In particular, a simple relation is given for the angle θ_d, at which the thermal boundary layer intersects the film surface. This relation provides an easy means for calculation of the heat transfer coefficient and for determination of the range of parameters in which Rogers' analysis is applicable.     

TRANSIENT FILM CONDENSATION ON FINITE HORIZONTAL PLATE

An analytical study of the transient film condensation on a finite horizontal plate is carried out. The flow across the edges of the horizontal surface is determined by a simple model based on the gravitational force exerted on the fluid. The transient heat transfer to the plate and the growth of the condensate film thickness are determined for various boundary conditions of practical interest. For short times, the semi-infinite solution is considered and it is shown that the solution merges into that for a finite plate thickness as time elapses. The temperature variation across the plate is considered in the analysis of the transient conduction problem and numerical results are obtained to determine the effect of the imposed boundary conditions and the various governing parameters. The results obtained are found to be strongly dependent on the boundary condition at the plate surface. The variation, with time, of the heat transfer to the plate, of the film thickness and of the plate temperature are determined.     

Fluid absorption during forward roll coating of porous webs

Forward roll coating is a common process to deposit thin liquid films onto a continuous web. When the web is porous, some amount of the fluid is forced into the web in the nip. This removal of fluid, along with the deformation of the backing material, influences transfer in the nip as well as operational issues such as misting and coating defects. While much has been reported on forward roll coating for non-porous webs, little has been done when the web is porous.A laboratory roll coating device is used to characterize the pressure profile, the rubber deformation, and the film thickness as the fluid is in contact with a porous web. A pressure transducer is used to record the pressure profile in the nip. The film thickness on the steel roll surface and the gap between the rolls are measured with capacitance probes. Silicone oils, with three different viscosities, are used as test fluids. Three different papers are used in these tests. A model is proposed to describe the pressure profile, rubber deformation, and absorption in a forward roll coating device. The differential equations are solved to describe the nip behavior. A simplified model is also proposed, using an average nip pressure and Darcy's law, to predict penetration in the nip. The proposed models compare well with the experimental results and predict the dependence on viscosity, nip load, and paper permeability. The experimental results with low viscosity fluids show some speed dependence that is not captured by the model, but the high viscosity fluid behavior agrees well with model predictions.