CAEDSMoulddesign

MouldPlateDimensioning
TampereUniversityofTechnologyTuulaHk

Thecavityplatesize

Take40mmextramaterialaroundthepart.Thisspaceisneededbetweenthe

partandtheouteredgesofthecavityplate.Thesamespaceisalsoneedenbe

tweenthepartandtheholesfortheguidingelementsinthecavityplate

corners.

Ifthemouldismanufacturedwithconformalcoolingchannels,themould

platesneedtobelarger.Youneedtoestimatethemouldplatesizebyanalys

ingthecoolingchannelstructureandthedistancefromthecavitywall.

Ifthecavityismachinedtoseparateinserplates,takealso40mmextramate

rialbetweenthepartedgesandtheinsertplateouteredges.Highpressuredie

castingdietypicallyhasseparatecavityandgatinginserts.

Checkthatallejectorscanbeplacedontheejectorset.Theejectorsetplates
arenarrowerthanthemouldsetplates.Itisnotpossibletousethewholecav
ityplatespaceforplacingejectors.Inthecaseoftroubletakealargerstandard
mouldset.
Theplatethicknessisselectedwiththefollowingruleofthumb:50mmmate
rialunderthe100x100mmareainthepart.Incasethereistroubleinplacing
thewaterlines,selectthickerplates.
Therewillalsobesupportingpillarsintheejectorbox.Supportingpillarsare
cheaperthataverythickmouldplate.Andnoteventheverythickcavity
plateinthemovablehalfofthemouldguaranteesthatthewillbenodistor
tionsduringthecavityfilling.
Ifthereareslidingcoresystemsorsomeothermechanicalcomponents,the
platedimensionsmustbeselectedinlinewiththedimensionsofthesecom
ponents.Sometimeseventhewaterlinefittingscansetrestrictions.

Risers
Therisersgivearestrictiontothelongestpossibleejectormovement.Theejec
torsetplatesandbufferplatestakesomespaceintheejectorbox.The
remainingdistance(riserheighthejectorsetthicknessbufferplatethick
ness)istheejectiondistance.
Ifthepartiscupshapedpayattentiontothecupdepth.Ifthepartisre
movedfromthemouldareawitharobotorsomeotherautomaticdevice,the
ejectiondistancecanbeshorter.Ifthepartisremovedbydroppingitthrough
themachine,theejectiondistancemustbelonger.Themachineoperatormust
besurethatthepartdropsreliablyeachtimetheejectiontakesplace.Robot
canmovethepartinhorizontaldirectionandtakeitoutfromtopofthecore.
Thesamerulesareobservablealsoiftheparthasotherdeepshapes(ribsor
bosses)inthemovablemouldhalf.



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