A CASE STUDY OF SIMULATING VARIOUS NUMBER OF GATE POSITIONS AND THEIR IMPACT THROUGH T-RTM TECHNOLOGY

Authors

  • Blagovest Bankov Department of „Armament and Technology for Design“, National Military University “Vasil Levski” (BG)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17770/etr2024vol3.8141

Keywords:

Injection Molding, Moldex3D, Polymer, T-RTM

Abstract

The study presented aims to investigate the influence from different gate positioning on the final product in T-RTM technology. The research is done using the specialized Moldex3D software. The studies conducted found that the symmetrical arrangement of injection ports and the approach to progressive injection with reduced pressure on the secondary gates result in significantly better deformation outcomes, with values close to 95% better compared to the deformation results in the approach with simultaneously open ports.


 

Supporting Agencies
This work is performed by the support of project “Research of the opportunities of developing “active” safety goggles with UV-light face mask implementing functions for fast sanitizing breathing air – ACTIVE PRO UV” - КП-06-Н47/9.

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2024-06-22

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Vol. 3 (2024): Environment. Technology. Resources. Proceedings of the 15th International Scientific and Practical Conference. Volume 3

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Engineering Sciences and Production Technologies

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B. Bankov, “A CASE STUDY OF SIMULATING VARIOUS NUMBER OF GATE POSITIONS AND THEIR IMPACT THROUGH T-RTM TECHNOLOGY”, ETR, vol. 3, pp. 15–19, Jun. 2024, doi: 10.17770/etr2024vol3.8141.