China Plastics ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (7): 115-120.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2022.07.016

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Optimization of multi⁃objective parameters for double color injection⁃molding based on grey relational analysis and entropy weight method

WANG Xiaodong(), WANG Quan(), CHEN Tuo, ZHENG Yue   

  1. National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Oriented Automobile Die&Mold,Tianjin University of Technology and Education,Tianjin 300222,China
  • Received:2021-11-30 Online:2022-07-26 Published:2022-07-20

Abstract:

Taking a double color plastic bowl as an example, a multi?objective optimization analysis was carried out in this paper. The mold temperature, melt temperature, and holding time of the first injection and the second injection were selected as factor variables. The average volume?shrinkage and total warpage rates of the second injection were selected as optimization indexes. The orthogonal experiments with six factors and five levels were designed and simulated by means of the Moldflow software. The signal/noise ratio was processed using the index parameters obtained from the experiment, and the weight of two optimization indexes was calculated using an entropy weight method. Finally, the grey relational degree was obtained, and the transformation from the multi?objective optimization to the single?objective optimization was realized. The optimized process parameters were simulated and analyzed. The maximum average volume?shrinkage rate of the second injection and the maximum total warpage rates were determined to be 15.67 % and 1.964 mm, respectively, which decreased by 7.8 % and 18.4 %, respectively, compared to the analysis results of the original process parameters. This resulted in an improvement in product quality. The experimental results indicated that a combination of orthogonal experiment, grey relational analysis and entropy weight method could effectively optimize the injection?molding process parameters.

Key words: double color injection molding, orthogonal experiment, grey relational analysis, entropy weight method, multi?objective optimization

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