Optimization of a Commercial Injection-Moulded component by Using DOE and Simulation
Injection moulding is an important industry, providing a significant percentage of the demand for plastic products throughout the world. The process consists of many variables which directly or indirectly influence the part quality and cycle time. The first step in optimizing the process parameters is identifying the most significant variables affecting the desired output. For this purpose, various Design of Experiments methods (DOE) have been developed to investigate the effect of the experimental variables on the output and predict the required settings to achieve the optimal value of the output. In this study we investigate the application of DOE for a commercial injection moulded component which suffers from a long cycle time and high shrinkage. The Taguchi method has been used to analyze the effect of four input variables on the two output variables: cycle time and shrinkage. The component has been simulated in the Moldflow software to validate the predicted output and optimized settings of the variables from the DOE. A comparison of the simulation result and the predicted value from the DOE illustrated good accordance. The calculated optimal setting with the Taguchi method reduced the cycle time from the 40s to about 23s and met the shrinkage criteria for this commercial part.
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