IE 456 Mold and Die Design        (TEPE)                Credits:3                      Major Course (3-0-6)


Prerequisite: -
Tue  9.30 – 12.30        Room 216 (CAD/CAM room, Research building)
 Lecturers:    1) Asst. Prof. Dr. Apiwat Muttamara
            Email mapiwat@engr.tu.ac.th            Tel: 3189   Office Room 423/3
Office Hours: Tue 13:30 – 16:30pm., Fri  13.30 – 16.30 pm.
http://moodle.tu.ac.th/course/view.php?id=1840
Course description
Fundamentals of mold and die designs; introduction to fundamentals of plastics including material selections, mold and die structure, process selection, surface treatments – chemical and heat treatments, coating and hardening, Standard mold and die for various processing types including mold construction.


Week

Topic

1

Introduction  Mold And Die structure

2

CAD for DIE design

3

Die Assembly QUIZI

4

Plastic Materials

5

Tools Materials

6

Surface treatment

7

Case Studies / Mold assembly

 

MIDTERM

8

Basic plastic mold design

9

Plastic Materials/ Mold design

10

Runner & Gate Design(CAE)

11

Cooling system(moldflow)

12

Simulation (QuizII)

13

Case studies (Mold design)

14

Mold Assembly 

15

Case studies (Mold design)II

 

FINAL

Reference Books:
1. Mikell P. Groover, Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials, Processes and Systems, 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001.
2. LANXESS Corporation Part_and_Mold_Design, 2007. https://techcenter.lanxess.com/scp/americas/en/docguard/Part_and_Mold_Design_Guide.pdf?docId=77015


Evaluation:
Midterm 30% 
Homework & Project Assignments  15 %   Quiz 15 %
Final Exam 40% 

 

LINK

Basic plastic mold design

 

Mold E-learning

 

Screw Table

 

Injection Mold Design Guide

 

Mold design Step by Step

 

Clearance and components

 

Mold-Ex

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