Evaluation of Cadmould Software to Simulate the Filling Phase of a Natural Rubber Compound in Injection Moulding Process

Abstract:

The possibility of using Cadmould software to simulate the filling behaviour of a natural rubber compound during an injection moulding process was investigated. For the simulation process, the determination of required material input data involving the rheological and cure kinetics data of the designed rubber compound were conducted. It was discovered that the acquired data were able to function as reliable material input data as they were comparable with related data available in the Cadmould software materials database. Verification of the simulated filling profiles by experimental short shots specimens showed that the Cadmould Rubber Package was able to predict the realistic filling behaviour of the formulated natural rubber compound inside the mould cavity when the measured material data were utilized. Whereas, the usage of available material database from the software failed to model the mould filling progression of the intended natural rubber compound.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 747)
• Pages: 571-574
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.747.571
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Zulkifli Mohamad Ariff, T.H. Khang
• Keywords: Cadmould Software, Cure Kinetics, Natural Rubber (NR), Rheological Data, Simulation

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