Easily and Accurately Optimize Your Plastics Part Design and Manufacturability with SOLIDWORKS Plastics
Mahendra K H
October 7, 2023
Designers and manufacturers have increasingly turned towards plastic materials to
SOLIDWORKS PLASTICS
SOLIDWORKS Plastics Solutions Enable to Predict Defects and Avoid Costly Mold Rework
SOLIDWORKS Plastics Solutions – Injection Mold Simulation Software
SOLIDWORKS Plastics is an add-in simulation software for the SOLIDWORKS CAD, where designers can analyze & predict the manufacturing defects of plastic parts and injection molds during the designing process. Through this SOLIDWORKS Plastic Simulation software engineers can know the manufacturing issues and performance insights. As the engineers detect the defects using SOLIDWORKS Plastics in the early stage of design this will reduce the cost of production and improve the quality of the product.
SOLIDWORKS Plastics brings easy-to-use injection molding simulation directly to simulate plastic parts and injection molds. Plastic part designers will receive constant feedback on wall thickness, gate locations, materials, and geometry details of the parts which can improve the manufacturability of plastic parts. SOLIDWORKS Plastics uses Finite Volume and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) methods to simulate Plastic Flow and warping analysis respectively.
SOLIDWORKS Plastics brings easy-to-use injection molding simulation directly to simulate plastic parts and injection molds. Plastic part designers will receive constant feedback on wall thickness, gate locations, materials, and geometry details of the parts which can improve the manufacturability of plastic parts. SOLIDWORKS Plastics uses Finite Volume and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) methods to simulate Plastic Flow and warping analysis respectively.
SOLIDWORKS Plastics Solutions Features
Easy to learn and use
SOLIDWORKS Plastics is simple and easy to use and learn which helps to optimize plastic parts and injection mold designs.
Large Material database
SOLIDWORKS Plastics material database contains thousands of commercial plastics that are customizable and help in material selection in the design process.
Avoid costly mold rework
A flawless mold will work effectively without any rework by detecting the manufacture defects while designing itself.
Cycle time estimation
Through analyzing the mold system with SOLIDWORKS Plastics you will optimize the size of the injection molding machine, reduce a scrap of plastic material to estimate cycle time.
CAD – Integration
It will function in a fully embedded SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD environment to optimize product designs and improve manufacturability.
Design team communication
Web-based HTML reports make it easy to communicate simulation insights and design recommendations to all the members in the design team to manufacture teams.
Optimize feed system design
Use SOLIDWORKS Plastics Solutions to optimize sprues, runners, and gate systems to determine the best mold layout.
Cooling Line Analysis
Mold tool engineers can analyze all the cooling lines in the mold layout to reduce cycle time.
Which SOLIDWORKS Plastics Package Suites for You?
Optimize your plastic part and injection mold part designs with the suite of SOLIDWORK Plastic Solutions
SOLIDWORKS Plastics Standard
SOLIDWORKS Plastics Standard is an intuitive simulation software to simulate plastic parts and optimize plastic parts design. SOLIDWORKS Plastics Standard is CAD-integrated, easy to learn & use and facilitates team communication to all members of the design to manufacturing teams.
SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional
SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional is built on SOLIDWORKS Plastics Standard and it is an intuitive simulation software to simulate mold designs and optimize them effectively. This SOLIDWORKS Plastics Simulation package enables to analyze single, multicavity, and family mold systems to optimize feed system design.
SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium
SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium is built on the capabilities of SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional and includes functionalities to analyze cooling line layouts and minimize cycle times. SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium is a comprehensive software for the overall simulation of Plastic parts and mold injection layouts.
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SOLIDWORKS Plastics FAQs
- Avoid Hidden Costs:
SOLIDWORKS Plastics products can be used to optimize part wall thickness, gate locations, runner system size, and layout to ensure the mold works right the first time, reducing or eliminating the need for rework. - Reduce Manufacturing Defects and Scrap:
SOLIDWORKS Plastics makes it easy to analyze design iterations at the earliest stages of product development—when the cost of change is lowest and the impact on manufacturability is greatest. This improves part quality and minimizes scrap rates. - Reduce Time-to-Market Delays:
SOLIDWORKS Plastics helps to predict and avoid potential manufacturing defects before any mold tooling is cut, virtually eliminating the need for time consuming and costly mold rework and ensuring project deadlines and ship dates are met, and projects are within budget. - Avoid Inefficient “Islands of Automation”:
SOLIDWORKS Plastics provides automated report generation tools that facilitate the sharing and interpretation of simulation results, allowing increased collaboration among development teams at different sites.
SOLDIWORKS Plastics makes use of a process called the finite volume method to simulate fluid flow and heat transfer in the fill, pack and cooling stages of an analysis. It then makes use of a process called the finite element method to analyze warping. These two methods for solving problems are also used in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation and SOLIDWORKS Simulation but to solve different types of engineering problems.
In the simulation process, the cavity is first modelled in SOLIDWORKS. Most models are far too complicated to determine flow patterns through. Therefore, the model is represented by many simple shapes which when put together, represent the original cavity. These simple shapes are idealized so that flow can be calculated through them. This collection of shapes is called mesh and each shape is call an element.
There are three packages of SOLIDWORKS Plastics; Standard, Professional and Premium. Each package is designed to simulate various aspects of the injection molding process.
In the simulation process, the cavity is first modelled in SOLIDWORKS. Most models are far too complicated to determine flow patterns through. Therefore, the model is represented by many simple shapes which when put together, represent the original cavity. These simple shapes are idealized so that flow can be calculated through them. This collection of shapes is called mesh and each shape is call an element.
There are three packages of SOLIDWORKS Plastics; Standard, Professional and Premium. Each package is designed to simulate various aspects of the injection molding process.
SOLIDWORKS Plastics can be installed by running the SOLIDWORKS installation Manager setup file and then by adding SOLIDWORKS Plastics license key to choose plastic product for installation. Once installation is completed, you must activate the SOLIDWORKS Plastics Add-In by following steps: –
- In SOLIDWORKS session, Click Tools > Add-Ins.
- Under SOLIDWORKS Add-ins, select SOLIDWORKS Plastics.
- Select the Start-up box next to SOLIDWORKS Plastics to ensure that it loads the next time you start SOLIDWORKS.
SOLIDWORKS Plastic Products as an integrated solution will help all sizes of companies to innovate and grow their business. You can contact at 9590506408 for best price details, offers, and best quote. You can request for Quote directly here https://ckonnect.in/solidworks/get-a-quote/
No. SOLIDWORKS Plastics does not come with SOLIDWORKS Premium product. SOLIDWORKS Plastic product is a separate module which comes in three packages: – SOLIDWORKS Plastic Standard, SOLIDWORKS Plastic Professional and SOLIDWORKS plastics premium.
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