Abstract This document presents the implementation of the methodology for the evaluation of non-metallic materials, through the modeling, simulation and diagnosis of components manufactured by the high-density polyethylene injection method called structural foam, where a mixture is made between an inert gas and polyethylene of two origins: a part of recycled material and the other part of new material. This type of manufacturing is carried out for the shaping of stowage-type components, for the transport of containers of liquid substances. For the evaluation of the Stowage, a simulation was carried out from a commercial modeling software, Autodesk Inventor, based on the geometry, the mixture of materials, the attachment points and border parameters, the location and type of loads to simulate, and the different ways in which the loaded stowage would be used. After this, mechanical tests were carried out to determine the properties of the materials in their different mixtures and a feedback process of the finite element model was carried out, thus obtaining results with a minimum error factor, and thus issuing a diagnosis, focused on which material mixing ratio was the most suitable, based on the critical points of the stowage, its stress and deformations, and its safety factor. Finally, the existence of imperfections (bubbles), typical of the manufacturing process, which tend to have an incidence as concentrators of intrinsic efforts, and as critical points, is considered.
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Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies