Condition monitoring and process control of injection molding. Injection molding has been widely used in automotive industry and improvement of the productivity and quality of the products is very important for the injection molding production to be internationally competitive. The aim of this project is to develop a condition monitoring and process control system to monitor the key parameters of the injection molding processes, to optimise the design and process conditions, and consequently, to ....Condition monitoring and process control of injection molding. Injection molding has been widely used in automotive industry and improvement of the productivity and quality of the products is very important for the injection molding production to be internationally competitive. The aim of this project is to develop a condition monitoring and process control system to monitor the key parameters of the injection molding processes, to optimise the design and process conditions, and consequently, to more actively control the processes. This will lead to an more reliable process, improved productivity and production of higher quality of moldings.Read moreRead less
An Integrated Framework for Optimisation and Control of Key Product Properties in Emulsion Polymerisation. Emulsion polymerization is of major industrial importance. In addition to process efficiency, the use of water as the reactor medium provides environmental benefits. This proposal is aimed at building an integrated framework to analyse, model, control and optimise emulsion polymerisation systems in order to understand, design and operate such complex systems to obtain desired polymer produc ....An Integrated Framework for Optimisation and Control of Key Product Properties in Emulsion Polymerisation. Emulsion polymerization is of major industrial importance. In addition to process efficiency, the use of water as the reactor medium provides environmental benefits. This proposal is aimed at building an integrated framework to analyse, model, control and optimise emulsion polymerisation systems in order to understand, design and operate such complex systems to obtain desired polymer product characteristics. Complex kinetic, transport and evolution equations will be analysed and solved for predicting and controlling key product properties. This project will provide not only a significant advance in fundamental knowledge of polymerisation systems but will also enable production of cost-effective ?designer polymers? for a wide-range of applications.Read moreRead less