Open AccessSimulation of Thermal Transport in a Nanocomposite Blow Mold
Author(s) -
M. K. Alam,
Peter Klein,
Deepak Garg
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
volume 3: combustion, fire and reacting flow; heat transfer in multiphase systems; heat transfer in transport phenomena in manufacturing and materials processing; heat and mass transfer in biotechnology; low temperature heat transfer; environmental heat transfer; heat transfer education; visualization of heat transfer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1115/ht2009-88265
Subject(s) - mold , materials science , nanocomposite , fabrication , molding (decorative) , composite number , composite material , transfer molding , thermal , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , meteorology
In this study, the thermal transport issues for a nanocomposite material used in the blow molding process are addressed in the fabrication of the composite mold. For low production cycles, there is a significant interest in using lower cost composite molds to replace the expensive traditional metal molds used for making polymer parts by the blow molding process. A critical issue in using a polymer matrix composite as an alternative to a metal mold is the large difference in the thermal transport property. The composite mold design must integrate enhanced cooling so that the product can cool sufficiently within each cycle time. Nanocomposites that use carbon nanofiber offer improvements in thermal and mechanical properties; therefore they are potential candidates for making molds for polymer products. This paper describes the design of the cooling system for a nanocomposite blow mold using numerical simulations; and the processing steps by which the design is incorporated in the fabrication of the mold.Copyright © 2009 by ASME
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