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

这项拟议的联合研究项目是为了在赞助公司内部进一步探索一种有效的技术，用于先进塑料产品的开发和生产。项目重点关注以下三个方面：(1)基于特征的CAD/CAE分析，最大限度地减少塑料材料的使用，以达到客户要求的特定载荷和操作条件下的功能强度和性能。(2)材料特性参数对塑件设计的影响，以保证所需的制造质量要求和成本预期。(3)针对产品故障进行具体研究，研究成型工艺故障分析方法。以上研究方面均以通用解决方案为目标，但需要通过公司案例进行验证和验证。新颖之处在于与现代CAD、CAE技术和系统集成相结合，设计分析循环数据流和应用。研究方法是通过特征开发和成型仿真对塑料产品设计和可制造性评价进行计算机辅助工程分析，以解决存在的问题和需求。更具体地说，包括以下研究任务：翘曲模拟和故障排除；对塑料件的性能、成型工艺优化和成本工程进行材料选择评估；产品在运行条件下的性能评估，失效模型分析，设计改进；压缩产品开发周期时间。公司的主要利益是开发了一个经过充分调查的技术框架，用于有效和高质量的产品开发和质量提高；工程“专门知识”和知识以技术文档的形式融合，并在整个项目中进行人力培训。这些好处将从根本上导致直接的效率和利润增长。预计该项目还将编写研究期刊或会议论文，在可公开获得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技术升级或进一步研究的成果。

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.