Study of soft-sensing technique for temperature distribution during polymer sheet heating process

Temperature distribution during polymer sheet reheat phase in thermoforming is the focus of the research, which directly affects the quality of the final products. There are 3 ways of heat transfer that affect temperature distribution during the sheet heat process, which are conduction, convection, and radiation. The work aims to find the analogy of electrical and thermal parameters for electro-thermal model including the three impacts, and also to use the method of finite element analysis to get the simulation result of temperature distribution.