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Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
Published in: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 3/2014

01-03-2014 | INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION

A multidisciplinary framework to support the design of injection mold tools

Authors: Irene Ferreira, J. A. Cabral, Pedro Saraiva, M. C. Oliveira

Published in: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization | Issue 3/2014

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Abstract

The design of injection mold tools is a complex process for which market pressures demand ever-shorter development time and higher quality level. Thus, it is considered imperative to adopt new methods and tools to support the design process, in order to achieve a more effective mold design solution. Based on this assumption, a multidisciplinary framework was developed, centered on Design for Six Sigma methodology and reinforced with a set of highly valued techniques, namely: the European Customer Satisfaction, the Axiomatic Design and the Multidisciplinary Design Optimization. As a result, a platform was built to support the design of any mold tool without undercuts, which tackles the design of an injection mold as a fully integrated multidisciplinary optimization problem, oriented by customer preferences and their impositions. A set of specific analysis sub-modules is integrated through an overseeing optimization code system, responsible for the numerical simulation of the injection process. This platform was validated through the comparison with an existing mold, whose results attained highlight the great potential of the proposed framework to achieve mold design improvement. In particular, the value of mold solutions generated led to a global improvement on mold performance by 5 %.
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Footnotes
1
It is important to note that the complete model developed by Ferreira et al. (2010a) encompasses others latent variables that contribute to customer satisfaction explanation, such as Image of the company, Customer’s expectations, Quality of mold manufacturing, Perceived value and Quality of service.
 
2
IGES acronym for Initial Graphics Exchange Specification.
 
3
API is the standard programming language for MOLDFLOW.
 
4
Python is the standard programming language for ABAQUS.
 
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Metadata
Title
A multidisciplinary framework to support the design of injection mold tools
Authors
Irene Ferreira
J. A. Cabral
Pedro Saraiva
M. C. Oliveira
Publication date
01-03-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 1615-147X
Electronic ISSN: 1615-1488
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-013-0990-x

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