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- Title
Determination of injection molding process window based on form accuracy of lens using response surface methodology.
- Authors
Tsai, Kuo-Ming; Tang, Bin-Hong
- Abstract
The purpose of this study is to establish a process window of injection molding process for the optimal form accuracy of spherical lenses. First, the significant factors influencing lens form accuracy are identified by Taguchi parameter design. These key factors are used to perform full factorial experiments and to establish the response surface model. Next, the concave response surface of form accuracy is obtained by Central Composite Design via sequential searching. The curve fitting is then used to obtain the injection molding process window for given spherical lens form accuracy. As a result, the injection molding process window is elliptical, the best form accuracy is 0.3758 μm at the elliptical center when the mold temperature is 85 °C, the cooling time is 9.6 s, and the packing time is 1.9 s. The average error is 7.92 % based on experimental verifications for three mold temperatures. In addition, a lens with a form accuracy of 0.5 μm is taken as an example to validate the injection molding process window. The results show that the average error between the experimental data and the prediction values is 10.58 %. Therefore, the proposed method for constructing a process window is reasonably accurate.
- Subjects
INJECTION molding; RESPONSE surfaces (Statistics); LENSES; TAGUCHI methods; FACTORIAL experiment designs; COOLING
- Publication
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2014, Vol 75, Issue 5-8, p947
- ISSN
0268-3768
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00170-014-6185-9