Design for Blow and Thermoforming Moulds
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Design for Blow and Thermoforming Moulds Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Design for Blow and Thermoforming Moulds (subject code 4362301) as prescribed for AI & ML · Semester 6 divides the course into 5 units, covering 24 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 (4362301)Unit 1 Blow mould Materials
- 1.1. Introduction of Blow Moulds
- 1.2. Mould Material Selection Requirements
- 1.3. Types of Mould Materials
- 1.4. List of materials
- 1.5. Advantages & disadvantages of materials
Unit 2 Blow Mould Design Considerations
- 2.1. Injection Blow Mould • Mould Construction, Injection Blow Mould Design, Core rods / Parison Stick Design
- 2.2. Extrusion Blow Mould • Design procedure of Extrusion Blow Mould. • Mould Cavity Design • Method for deciding clamping force • Design consideration for mould parting line • Mould finish and Mould Venting • Cavity surface considerations • Welding edges & flash pockets in pinch-off • Neck insert design considerations GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Diploma Engineering Syllabus (Semester VI) Subject Code : 4362301 Subject Name : Design for Blow and Thermoforming Mould https://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/Page 5 • Radii and corner edge designs • Molded holes and handle design • Shrinkage considerations • Blow and swell ratio • Moulds for undercut products (moving section moulds) • Flash removal methods • Mould cleaning methods
Unit 3 Blow Mould Cooling and Ancillary Elements
- 3.1. Mould Cooling • Significance of mould cooling. • Cooling designs for neck, pinch-off and main body.
- 3.2. Ancillary Elements • Base plates • Alignment pins • Striker plates • Ejection Methods
Unit 4 Thermoforming Mould Materials
- 4.1. Thermoforming Mould Materials • Introduction of Thermoforming Moulds • Mould Material requirements • Types of mould materials for prototype and production tooling
Unit 5 Thermoforming Mould Design Considerations
- 5.1. Vent Holes/Vacuum Holes: Number of vents ,Size, Position and types
- 5.2. Shrinkage and Draft Angle Considerations
- 5.3. Plug Design (For Plug GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Diploma Engineering Syllabus (Semester VI) Subject Code : 4362301 Subject Name : Design for Blow and Thermoforming Mould https://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/Page 6 designs.
- 5.4. Sheet clamping mechanisms
- 5.5. Draw ratios and its importance
- 5.6. Chamfers and radii
- 5.7. Surface treatments
- 5.8. Surface texture
- 5.9. Mould cooling designs
- 5.10. Use of moving elements - collapsing cores, Unscrewing devices, cammed sections and slides
- 5.11. Ejection techniques
- 5.12. Application of Mould Releasing Agents
- 5.13. Moulds for undercuts
- 5.14. Multi-impression Moulds • Factors to be considered for deciding correct impression layout • Method of determining the number of impressions for a given forming platform size and product size • Design and draw thermoforming mould for multi-impressions. Note: The UOs need to be formulated at the ‘Application Level’ and above of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy’ to accelerate the attainment of the COs and the competency. GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Diploma Engineering Syllabus (Semester VI) Subject Code : 4362301 Subject Name : Design for Blow and Thermoforming Mould https://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/Page 7
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