Ask The Moldflow Experts
Immune to Molding Problems? - Live Demo of Moldflow Software
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Immune to Molding Problems? - Live Demo of Moldflow Software
January 25th, 2022 | 12:30 PM CST
From a financial perspective it’s easy to justify the purchase of Moldflow software as Moldflow simply offers a greater return on investment than trial & error. That’s a fact! How is this accomplished? By solving molding problems in simulation. This month we will show how easy Moldflow is to use in solving common molding problems, and why you should bring Moldflow software in-house as part of your design process.
This webinar discussed
- How Moldflow solves molding problems to save time & money in your product development cycle
- Justifying purchasing software
- When and why you’ll need to outsource Moldflow analysis
ATME - Take Away
Don't Bring Me Problems...
...bring me Solutions!
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Filling
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Packing
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Cooling
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Warpage
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Specialty Processes
Predict
Identify
Solve
Problem #1 – Filling Thin Walls/Air Traps
Types of Problems:
- Air Traps
- Moldability
- Flow Balance
- Knit Lines
- SVG
Compression Solution
Start position thicker (1.2 mm) to fill without backfilling
Movable core compresses material to 0.2-mm membrane
Total time = 0.6 sec.
Problem #5 - Clamp Force
Types of Problems:
- Clamp Force
- Shrinkage Variation
- Sink Marks
Problem #9 - Cycle Time Improvement
Types of Problems:
- Cooling Uniformity
- Cooling Inserts
- Conformal Cooling
- Circuiting
Problem #14 - Multiple Fix (Fiber Orientation)
- Perpendicularity of L-shape
- Actual = (0.005, 0.004, 0.005)
- Well within 0.010” tolerance
- Perpendicularity of boss (0.0025”)
- Actual = (0.0011, 0.0013, 0.0012)
- Well within 0.0025” tolerance
Buy Software, Outsource, or Both?
Buying Software
- Institutionalizes Moldflow
- Everyone should have some level
- Control the results
- Control the timeline
- Control simulation costs
- Want a long-term investment
- Can play more what-if
- What about ease of use and ROI
- Getting up to speed is easy
- CAE Services trains and mentors
- ROI for software purchase is relatively fast
Outsourcing
- Insight product only
- In-depth results required
- Immediate access while considering software
- Want to know if the software is accurate/useful
- Don’t have the personnel/expertise
- Even if you have software
- On-the-job training
- Learn complex techniques from experts
- Overflow capacity
