Blow Molds and Extrusion Dies
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The official GTU curriculum for Blow Molds and Extrusion Dies (subject code ME02084111) as prescribed for PE · Semester 2 divides the course into 6 units, covering 18 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME02084111)Unit 1 Blow Moulds
- Various types of Blow moulds like Injection
- Extrusion and Stretch Applications of each Design calculations of Extrusion blow moulds: tolerances
- etc. Design calculations of Injection blow moulds Design calculations of stretch blow moulds Rheological studies of extrusion
- injection and stretch blow GUJARATTECHNOLOGICALUNIVERSITY Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Plastic Engineering Subject Code: ME02084111 Subject Name: Plastic Mould and Product Design moulding processes Use of Rheological findings in design of moulds
Unit 2 Manufacture of Blow Moulds
- Conventional toolroom machines like Lathe
- grinding, etc
- CNC machines and their role in blow mould manufacture
Unit 3 Design of Extrusion Dies
- Basic considerations and general rules useful in Die Design Balancing the Die by adjusting land length Balancing by Channel Height Other balancing methods Importance of power law index
Unit 4 FILM and SHEET Dies
- Flow adjustment
- flow channel geometry in sheet dies
- Calculations for horseshoe dies
Unit 5 Design of Pipe and Tube Dies with calculations; Design of Crosshead
- Definitions of various draw ratios
- Land length
- Taper angles
- Design of Spiral Mandrel Dies
- The Spiral Mandrel Geometry
- Effect of Die Geometry on flow Distribution
Unit 6 Coextrusion Dies
- flow characteristics