TY - JOUR
T1 - Numerical and experimental study of blow and blow for perfume bottles to predict glass thickness and blank mold influence
AU - Biosca, Adrià
AU - Borrós, Salvador
AU - Pedret Clemente, Vicenç
AU - Hyre, Matthew R.
AU - García Granada, Andrés Amador
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge Matthew Hyre and Emhart Glass that provided useful experimental data and guidance on ANSYS Polyflow and glass forming simulations; Fundació LaCaixa for its financial support and ACCIÓ to partially fund this project with European Regional Development Funds under the Nuclis project RD16-1-0015.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The American Ceramic Society and Wiley Periodicals, Inc
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Glass forming to produce perfume bottles with specific thickness distribution profiles is based on trial and error and requires several tests in production line. These tests are expensive and time-consuming, which increases time to market. The use of a numerical model aims to reduce the number of prototypes by performing virtual tests of the mold equipment and the process conditions. This article presents results of numerical simulations of the blow and blow forming process to predict glass thickness distribution. Correlation of the simulation results of the glass temperature with experimental infrared measurements on the glass skin and experimental validation of glass forming simulations and influence of the blank mold cavity in the thickness distributions of perfume bottles are provided. Finally validation of the results of axisymmetrical and three-dimensional models for axisymmetric bottles defining a useful technique to use the right blank mold for desired thickness distribution while reducing the trial and error testing.
AB - Glass forming to produce perfume bottles with specific thickness distribution profiles is based on trial and error and requires several tests in production line. These tests are expensive and time-consuming, which increases time to market. The use of a numerical model aims to reduce the number of prototypes by performing virtual tests of the mold equipment and the process conditions. This article presents results of numerical simulations of the blow and blow forming process to predict glass thickness distribution. Correlation of the simulation results of the glass temperature with experimental infrared measurements on the glass skin and experimental validation of glass forming simulations and influence of the blank mold cavity in the thickness distributions of perfume bottles are provided. Finally validation of the results of axisymmetrical and three-dimensional models for axisymmetric bottles defining a useful technique to use the right blank mold for desired thickness distribution while reducing the trial and error testing.
KW - axisymmetrical and 3D models
KW - blow and blow forming process
KW - glass thickness prediction
KW - numerical and experimental study
KW - perfume bottle
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U2 - 10.1111/ijag.13208
DO - 10.1111/ijag.13208
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065409441
SN - 2041-1286
VL - 10
SP - 569
EP - 583
JO - International Journal of Applied Glass Science
JF - International Journal of Applied Glass Science
IS - 4
ER -