PA4212 Product Design Laboratory Syllabus:

PA4212 Product Design Laboratory Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

 To learn the use of Computer Aided Design in Plastic products and mould designing.
 To analysis the flow behavior and temperature control of plastics materials while processing using mold flow software.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

I. Plastics Product Design using CAD
1. 2D and 3D modeling using CAD.
2. Product drawing practice.
II. Mold Design using CAD/CAM
3. Design of two plates Injection Mould.
4. Design of three plate Injection Mould
5. Design of split type Injection Mould.
6. Design of Compression Mould.
7. Design of Blow Mould.
8. Design of Extrusion Die.
9. Design for Industrial Components.
III. Mold flow Analysis using CAE
10. Optimization of Mould design and Process parameters using Mold flow Software

TOTAL: 60 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

At the end of the course, students will be able to
 Design and develop the Plastic products and moulds using CAD/ CAM/CAE software.
 Design and develop extrusion dies
 Predict the flow behavior and temperature control of the materials in the designed mould.

REFERENCES

1. 1. R.G.W.Pye, Injection Mould Design, SPE Publication.
2. P.S.Cracknell and R.W.Dyson, Hand Book of thermoplastics injection mould design, Chapman & Hall, 1993.
3. Herbert Rees, Mould Engineering, Hanser publishers, Munich, Vienna N.Y. 1994.
4. Technical Directory on Design and Tooling for plastics, CIPET, Guindy, Chennai.
5. Design calculations for Compression moulds, Machinery publications, Yellow series, U.K.
6. Mould Flow Manual & Part – Adviser Manual – MOULD FLOW.
7. LaszcoSors and ImreBlazs, Design of Plastic Moulds and Dies, Elsevier, Amsterdam – Oxford – Tokyo – NY, 1989.
8. Jay Shoemaker “Moldflow Design Guide: A Resource for Plastics Engineers”, Volume 10, Hanser, 2006