Advanced plastic product design and behavior analysis study and troubleshooting methods for molding processes

本次拟联合研究项目旨在进一步探索赞助商公司内部先进塑料产品开发和生产的有效技术。本项目主要集中在以下三个方面：(1)基于特征的CAD/CAE分析，以最大限度地减少塑料材料的使用，以达到客户在特定载荷和运行条件下所要求的功能强度和性能。(2)材料特性参数对塑件设计的影响，以保证所要求的制造质量要求和成本预期。(3)与产品缺陷相关的具体研究和对成型过程的故障分析方法的探索。所有上述研究方面都是针对通用解决方案，但需要通过公司的案例进行验证和验证。其创新之处在于与现代CAD和CAE技术相结合的设计分析、循环数据流和应用集成以及系统集成。研究方法是通过特征开发和成型模拟来进行塑料产品设计的计算机辅助工程分析和可制造性评价，以解决存在的问题和需求。更具体地说，将涵盖以下研究任务：翘曲模拟和故障排除；塑料件在性能、成型工艺优化和成本工程方面的材料选择评估；运行条件下的产品性能评估、失效模式分析、设计改进；以及产品开发周期的压缩。公司的主要好处是为有效和高质量的产品开发和质量提高开发了一个经过充分调查的技术框架；工程“专有技术”和以技术文件形式的知识融合，以及整个项目的人力培训。这些好处基本上会带来直接的效率和利润收益。预计该项目还将产生研究期刊或会议论文，并在公开可用的研究数据库中发表。加拿大工业公司和研究人员可以分享这些成果，用于技术升级或进一步研究。

This proposed joint research project is to further explore an effective technology within the sponsor Company for advanced plastic product development and production. The project is to focus on the following three aspects: (1) Feature-based CAD/CAE analysis to minimize the usage of plastic material in order to achieve the customer required functional strength and performance under specific loading and operating conditions. (2) Material characteristic parameter impacts for the design of plastic parts in order to assure the required manufacturing quality requirements and cost expectations. (3) Specific research related to product faults and investigation of a methodology of troubleshooting analysis for molding processes. All the above research aspects are aiming for generic solutions but to be verified and validated with cases from the Company. The novelty is the design and analysis cyclic data flow and application integration with the modern CAD and CAE technology and system integration. The research approach is to conduct computer aided engineering analysis of plastic product design and manufacturability evaluation via feature development and molding simulation to address the existing issues and needs. More specifically, the following research tasks are to be covered: Warpage simulation and troubleshooting; Material selection evaluation for plastic parts in performance, molding process optimization, and cost engineering; Product performance evaluation under operational conditions, failure model analysis, design enhancement; and Compression of product development cycle time. The key benefits for Company are the development of a well investigated technology framework for effective and high-quality product development and quality enhancement; engineering "know-hows" and the knowledge fusion in the form of technical documents, and manpower training throughout the project. These benefits will essentially lead to direct efficiency and profit gains. The project is also expected to produce research journal or conference papers to be published in the publically available research databases. Canadian industrial companies and researchers can share the results for technological upgrading or further research.