We can evaluate straight injection molding, specialized tooling and processing methods as well as reactive materials.
Filling & Packing Analysis
• Optimize gating
• Optimize runner system
• Predict fill pattern
• Determine clamp tonnage
• Predict temperatures
• Visualize shear rate
• Visualize shear stress
• Determine fiber orientation
• Predict volumetric shrinkage
• Predict sink
• Determine venting
• Avoid air traps
• Locate weld (knit) lines
• Develop optimum ram-speed profile
• Core-shift analysis
Cooling & Conformal Cooling Analysis
• Steady state and transient analysis
• Boundary Element Method (BEM)
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
• Find hot spots
• Calculate time to freeze
• Visualize uneven cooling across core and cavity
• Define required coolant flow rates
• Measure pressure drop in cooling system
• Determine and reduce cycle time
• Optimize cooling layout
Warpage Analysis
• Predict warpage
• Find cause of warpage
• Determine warpage due to orientation effects
• Predict warpage due to differential cooling
• Understand warpage due to differential shrinkage
Additional Processes
- Gas-assist
- Overmolding
- Insert molding
- Co-injection
- MuCell
- Reactive