Plastics play an instrumental role in today’s high-tech and consumer product manufacturing industries, right from smartphones and medical devices to automotive components and many more, offering durability, lightweight properties and cost-effectiveness. Their versatility makes them indispensable in current product design and manufacturing processes.
When we narrow down to plastic parts efficient production processes, injection molding stands out as the most widely adopted and suitable process. It favours large-scale production with consistent quality, intricate designs and minimal material waste. Other techniques, such as thermoforming and 3D printing, offer flexibility for prototyping and low-volume production.
In today’s competitive market, plastic part design & injection molding require utmost precision & efficiency. SOLIDWORKS Plastics Simulation application working alongside SOLIDWORKS offers the design engineer with the capabilities to predict the fill, pack, cool & eject stages of the injection molding process and analyse the results. In addition, we easily adapt the model changes and optimize the plastic flow behaviour, thereby ensuring high-quality products and reducing costly rework.
We would like to take you through the Best Practices with respect to SOLIDWORKS Plastics covering the following topics:
- Mastering Runner Balancing in Multi-Cavity Molds
- Customizing Material Database by importing/creating a model
- Optimizing cycle time using advanced analysis of the cooling system study
- Reduce process time while simulating family/multi-cavity molds using cyclic/symmetry conditions.
- Analysing the gate fill contribution when using Multiple Injection Points
