What is moldflow analysis? Mold flow analysis (or MFA) uses software to create a simulation of plastic flow, allowing manufacturers to enhance the design of their mold through a flow analysis of injection molds and create a better product. By conducting mold flow analysis, manufacturers can get a glimpse into how the material they are [...]
Integrated CAD/CAM software that combines CAD, CAM, electrode design and CMM programming capabilities in one system can save you time and effort in the following five ways: Eliminate extra and costly data translation steps between applications that are operating on the same 3-D model. Some systems offer a complete set of fully integrated applications for [...]
Applying scientific injection molding principles to parts upfront in the manufacturing process will help to ensure an optimized part and a robust mold design. The inputs will inform the mold design and build, and allow for optimal processing conditions and part conformance. Here are three simple strategies of scientific injection molding. Simulation Before you design [...]
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A well-maintained (and designed) mold is the key to producing consistent, high-quality injection molded parts. Uniform cooling of the entire cavity (and uniform cooling from cavity to cavity in multi-cavity tools) will produce the highest quality parts and the fastest cycle times. Ensuring mold quality requires well-designed molds and higher precision, both of which will [...]
Changes in the industry have been dramatic, and many of those changes can be traced back to the advent of advanced simulation software to model the flow of resin within the complex runners, gates and cavities of modern high productivity molds. it’s simple have never had formal education in plastics fundamentals, because that couldn't be [...]
The mold or die refers to the tooling used to produce plastic parts in molding. Traditionally injection molds have been expensive to manufacture and were only used in high-volume production applications where thousands of parts were produced. […]
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This is an expertise profession that describes the tooling required and applied to produce plastic parts. Though plastic mold designer is thought to be one of the easier programs in designing field, it has quite a number of challenges. For people who wish to be plastic mold designers, creativity is one of the core requirement. [...]