CHAPTER 3 | PART DESIGN GUIDELINES Wall Thickness (mm) C o o li n g T im e ( S e c ) 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 1 2 3 4 ABS PC Nylon 6/6 Figure 2 - Designing for Wall Thickness Changes Bad Better Recommended Recommended Poor High Stress Ideal Figure 3 - Internal and External Radius Guidelines .5W Min Inside Rad + W Poor High Volume FIGURE 1 - Wall thickness vs. cooling time of various plastics FIGURE 2 - Designing for wall thickness changes FIGURE 3 - Internal and external radius guidelines Design Guide 9 RIB DESIGN GUIDELINES The minimum distance ribs should be spaced is three times the nominal wall thickness (3W). Hoop stress can be determined using the following equations (figures 15–18).1 • V = Length of Boss (figure 14) = .400 • I = Interference Fit (figure 15) • W = Geometry Factor (figure 16) • H = Hoop Stress (figure 17) • E = Material Modulus • μ = Frictional force between materials • lEngage = length of engagement between the shaft and the hub Press Fit Example Problem Figure 14 is an example of a press fit problem. FIGURE 32 - Bubbler (left) & Ba�e (Right) FIGURE 34 - Bubbler (left) & Baffle (right) Part FIGURE 35 - Series cooling line layout 25% - 75% Wall Thickness 10˚(soft materials) - 30˚(brittle materials) 110˚(brittle materials)- 140˚(soft materials) FIGURE 33 - Tunnel gate 18 Gravi-Tech Cooling Line Guidelines The rules for cooling line layouts are to keep the depth and pitch ratios constant throughout.

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