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Rasmus Aagaard Hertz1, Ole Therkelsen1, Søren Kristiansen2
1R&D Moulding, LEGO System A/S, Åstvej 1, 7190 Billund, Denmark.
Abstract:
A 1D model describing the dynamics of an injection moulding machine and the injection process is presented. The model describes an injection cylinder actuated by a dual-pump electro-hydraulic speed-variable drive and the filling, holding and cooling phases of the injection moulding process utilising amorphous polymers. The model is suggested as the foundation for the design of model-based pressure controllers of, e.g., the nozzle pressure. The focus is on using material, mould and machine properties to construct the model, making it possible to analyse and design the dynamic system prior to manufacturing hardware or conducting experiments. Both the presented model and the developed controller show good agreement with experimental results. The proposed method is general in nature and enables the design, analysis and evaluation of the machine, material and mould dynamics for controller design based solely on the physical properties of the system.
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