注水参数对水辅助注射成型充填过程影响的数值模拟

建立水辅助注射成型二维、瞬态、非定常流动模型,采用黏度幂律模型,在k ω湍流模型下,充分考虑注射水的湍流特性以及熔体前沿的喷注效应,采用有限体积法（VOF）对充填过程中的注水速度、注水温度和注水延迟时间等注水控制参数的影响进行数值模拟。结果表明,注水速度的增加会增加水在熔体中的穿透长度,并且会减小残余壁厚;注水温度对水的穿透长度和残余壁厚的影响均不显著;随着注水延迟时间的增长,水的穿透长度和残余壁厚均有增加的趋势。     

方管短玻璃纤维增强聚丙烯高压水穿透行为研究

采用方形截面管件,以短玻璃纤维增强聚丙烯为原料,通过溢流法水辅助注射成型实验探究了熔体注射温度、注水延迟时间和注水压力等工艺参数对制件宏观现象的影响机理,并分析了高压水在方形管道中的穿透行为。结果表明,当熔体温度升高时,方管的直角边和斜边残余壁厚都呈减小趋势,但温度过高时会出现管件收缩现象,管件截面中空面积增大且截面形状与高压水的穿透前沿形状一致,偏圆形,但截面的圆率逐渐减小;当注水压力增加时,管件残余壁厚减小,截面中空面积增大,其截面形状随着注水压力的增加逐渐与型腔结构一致,偏方形;当注水延迟时间增加时,管件残余壁厚增大,中空截面减小且管件截面形状也与高压水前穿透前沿一致,偏圆形,但相较另外两个参数,注水延迟时间对方管件的影响程度更小,因而对截面的圆率影响不大。     

不同水针口径下的水辅助注射成型数值模拟

使用流体力学软件,对使用溢流法的三维120 °~150 °弯曲圆管件进行了水辅助注射成型可视化研究。分别改变水针口径尺寸、注水延迟时间、注水压力与熔体温度,分析其对制件内部水穿透行为的影响。结果表明,水针口直径为7 mm时,能显著增加制件的内部穿透长度并得到残余壁厚更薄的制件;受水针结构影响,注水延迟时间为1 s、注水压力为8 MPa、熔体温度为250 ℃时,水穿透长度最优能增长400 %,壁厚减少20 %;在注水延迟时间为1 s、注水压力为10 MPa、熔体温度为230 ℃时,穿透长度最大达到298 mm;注水延迟时间为1 s、注水压力为8 MPa、熔体温度为250 ℃时,比熔体温度为210 ℃和230 ℃的实验组受水针影响严重;缩短注水延迟时间、增加注水压力、升高熔体温度都能有效增大制件的中空率,成型出更薄的管件,但是水针对水辅助注射成型的影响不容忽视,其微小变化能极大地改变成型制件的内部型腔,有效提高水穿透行为的效率。     

工艺参数对溢流法水辅注塑残余壁厚的影响

残余壁厚是影响短纤维增强复合材料水辅助注射成型塑件力学性能的重要指标,与工艺参数存在非线性关系。对溢流法水辅助注射成型进行了数值模拟,中心复合设计方法进行实验设计并获取了残余壁厚的样本数据,采用线性回归方法建立残余壁厚与工艺参数间的响应面多元二次代理模型,通过方差分析研究了残余壁厚对熔体温度、模具温度、延迟时间、注水压力及注水温度的敏感性,并分析参数交互作用对残余壁厚的影响。研究结果表明,注水压力、延迟时间及注水温度是影响残余壁厚的主要参数;随着注水压力的增大,残余壁厚值逐渐减小,但是,随着延迟时间的延长和注水温度的升高,残余壁厚值逐渐增大。     

工艺参数对聚丙烯/聚酰胺6共混材料WAIM管件性能及微观形态的影响

基于自行搭建的水辅助注射成型(WAIM)实验平台对聚丙烯/聚酰胺6（PP/PA6）共混材料进行WAIM实验,探究工艺参数对PP/PA6共混材料的WAIM管件的残余壁厚、表观质量及力学性能的影响,并进行了微观形态观测。结果表明,随着熔体温度、模具温度和注水压力的增加,塑件残余壁厚逐渐减小;随着注水延迟时间的增加,塑件残余壁厚逐渐增大;随着模具温度、注水延迟时间的增加,管件拉伸强度逐步增大;随着熔体温度、注水压力的增大,管件拉伸强度逐步减小;工艺参数通过温度场的变化影响熔体的成核和晶体长大从而影响结晶度,结晶度越高,管件的拉伸强度越高。     

水辅助注塑制品水穿透长度和残留壁厚的研究

介绍了自主研发的水辅助注塑设备以及一款经过大量实验后得到的新型喷嘴,并通过单因素实验法研究了短射法成型聚丙烯弯管时工艺参数对制品水穿透长度和沿水道的残留壁厚的影响。结果表明,熔体注射量对水穿透长度影响最大,当其增加13．5％时水穿透长度减小了153mm；沿水道上制品注水后充填部分比注水前充填部分的残留壁厚减小约0．5～1．0 mm；提高注水压力与增加注水延迟时间时注水后填充部分的残留壁厚略有减小。     

工艺参数对水辅注塑弯管壁厚的影响

利用华南理工大学自主研发的注水系统和水辅注塑弯管模具,研究了熔体温度、模具温度、注水延迟时间、熔体注射量、注水压力、注水温度、熔体注射速率和熔体注射压力等8个水辅成型主要工艺参数对聚丙烯制品壁厚偏差率的影响,并分析了影响机理。结果表明,部分工艺参数对于制品弯曲段的壁厚偏差率有影响;增加注水延迟时间,降低注水压力和模具温度,短射填充区的制品壁厚的偏差率有所减小;提高熔体温度,壁厚偏差率的波动幅度增大。     

工艺参数对聚丙烯/聚酰胺6共混物水辅助共注塑管件壁厚及性能的影响

基于自行搭建的水辅助共注塑实验平台,通过正交实验制备了系列水辅助共注塑管件,探究工艺参数对各层壁厚、拉伸性能及各相结晶的影响。结果表明,外层壁厚随着外层熔体温度、注水压力、内层熔体注射压力、模具温度增大而逐渐减小,随着熔体注射切换延迟时间、注水延迟时间增大而逐渐增大;内层壁厚随着注水延迟时间、内层熔体注射压力增大而逐渐增大,随着注水压力、模具温度增大而逐渐减小;管件拉伸强度随着外层熔体温度增大而逐渐减小,随着熔体注射切换延迟时间、注水延迟时间增大而逐渐增大;工艺参数会影响到成型壁厚及冷却进程,进而影响各相结晶度,最终影响管件性能。     

短玻纤增强PP溢流法水辅注塑水穿透行为影响分析

通过对短玻纤增强聚丙烯溢流法水辅注塑过程进行数值模拟,研究了注水压力、型腔截面形状,以及玻纤含量对水穿透行为的影响。结果表明,注水压力为4 MPa时,各个型腔截面形状的水穿透形状都趋于圆形;随着注水压力升高,边残余壁厚及角残余壁厚则随之减小,且角残余壁厚减小量更大,水穿透率随之增大,但水穿透率增值会呈现减小趋势;当注水压力增大至10 MPa时,水穿透形状都趋于型腔截面形状;水穿透率随型腔截面形状的圆率减小而减小;在注水压力较低(4,6 MPa)时,水穿透率随玻纤含量升高而降低,而在注水压力较高(8,10 MPa)时,趋势相反,此外,随着短玻纤含量的增加,水穿透率受水压的影响越大。这些发现可为实际生产的工艺调节提供参考。     

工艺参数对水辅助熔体充模流动的影响

基于水辅助注塑仿真模具,采用示踪技术,对不同注水延迟时间、注水压力、熔体温度和熔体填充量下的水辅助充模的熔体流痕进行了考察,研究了工艺参数对熔体流动的影响.实验结果表明:随着注水延迟时间的增加,一次穿透中的回流区域呈向水道边靠近的趋势,随水流动的熔体减少,受强剪切作用的熔体区域在水道边变窄.熔体温度低,模壁附近的高黏度...     

气辅注射成型工艺参数对气体穿透行为的影响

考察了气辅注射成型工艺参数(延迟时间、气体压力、熔体温度、预注射量)对气体穿透行为的影响。研究表明,延迟时间越短、熔体温度越高,残余壁厚越小。另外,预注射量、延迟时间和熔体温度对穿透长度的影响最为显著,即预注射量越大、延迟时间越短、熔体温度越低,穿透长度越长。结合此前研究者的数值模拟结果可以看出,残余壁厚率与通过数值方法得到的结果是较为一致的.     

Formation mechanism of high-pressure water penetration induced fiber orientation in overflow water-assisted injection molded short glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene

Recently, there has been growing interest in water-assisted injection molding (WAIM) not only for its advantages over gas-assisted molding (GAIM) and conventional injection molding (CIM), but also for its great potential advantages in industrial applications. To understand the formation mechanism of water penetration induced fiber orientation in overflow water-assisted injection molding (OWAIM) parts of short glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene (SGF/PP), in this work, the external fields and water penetration process within the mold cavity were investigated by experiments and numerical simulations. The results showed that the difference of fiber orientation distribution in thickness direction between WAIM moldings and CIM moldings was mainly ascribed to the great external fields generated by water penetration. Besides, fiber orientation depended on the position both across the part thickness and along the flow direction. Especially in the radial direction, fiber orientation varied considerably. The results also showed that the melt temperature is the principal parameter affecting the fiber orientation along the flow direction, and a higher melt temperature significantly facilitated more fibers to be oriented along the flow direction, which is quite different from the results as previously reported in short-shot water-assisted injection molding (SSWAIM). A higher water pressure, shorter water injection delay time, and higher melt temperature significantly induced more fibers to be orderly oriented in OWAIM moldings, which may improve their mechanical performances and broaden their application scope.     

Process‐induced phase and crystal morphologies in water‐assisted injection molded polypropylene/polymeric β‐nucleating agent blend parts

By adding a polymeric β‐nucleating agent (acrylonitrile–styrene copolymer, SAN), in situ microfibril reinforced isotactic polypropylene (iPP)/SAN blend parts with high contents of β‐form crystals and transcrystals were molded via water‐assisted injection molding (WAIM). Thanks to the unique stress and temperature fields occurring during the WAIM, SAN microfibers formed across the whole residual wall of iPP/SAN blend parts with relatively large thickness. Numerical simulations on high‐pressure water penetration and cooling stages of the WAIM were carried out to reveal the stress and temperature fields. Comprehensive analysis of both experimental and simulated results showed that not only the shear flow field but also elongational flow field occurring during the WAIM was responsible for the formation of SAN microfibers and unique crystal morphology distribution in the WAIM iPP/SAN blend part. Moreover, during the WAIM, the high cooling rate also played an important role in the formation of both phase and crystal morphologies. The preferential formation of transcrystals in the inner layer of WAIM iPP/SAN blend part could be ascribed to the strong elongation, rather than the strong shear. It was believed that the quantification of stress and temperature fields of the WAIM via numerical simulation could provide a guidence for molding high‐performance products. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 55:1698–1705, 2015. © 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Numerical simulation on residual wall thickness of tubes with dimensional transitions and curved sections in water‐assisted injection molding

Residual wall thickness is an important indicator which aims at measuring the quality of water‐assisted injection molding (WAIM) parts. The changes of residual wall thickness around dimensional transitions and curved sections are particularly significant. Free interface of the water/melt two‐phase was tracked by volume of fluid (VOF) method. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method was used to simulate the residual wall thickness, and the results corresponded with that of experiments. The results showed that the penetration of water at the long straight sections was steady, and the distribution of the residual wall thickness was uniform. However, there was melt accumulation phenomenon at the dimensional transitions, and the distribution of the residual wall thickness wasn't uniform. Adding fillet at the dimensional transitions could improve the uniformity of the residual wall thickness distribution, and effectively reduce water fingering. Additionally, at the curved sections, the residual wall thickness of the outer wall was always greater than that of the inner wall, and the fluctuations of the residual wall thickness difference were small. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013