Mold Simulation

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Mold Simulation: Get Best Results With Good Materials Data

Want the best results from your flow analysis software? Of course you do. But you stand a better chance for success if you pay particular attention to the material data used by the software.

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Brand-New Test Method Relates Material, Mold & Machine

It's the first material characterization method developed specifically for evaluating the injection moldability of a plastic melt.

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Tier 1 Automotive Molder Uses Team Approach to Mold Simulation

SRG Global calls in outside assistance to solve a tricky technical problem.

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New Way to Characterize Moldability Of Resins & Part/Tool Designs

Experienced injection molders have long known that a resin’s melt flow index (MFI), measured under very low-shear conditions, provides very little information about how it will process under many orders of magnitude higher shear in an actual mold.

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Tooling at NPE: A Hot-Runner Bonanza in Orlando

Most of the emphasis is on valve gating and on doing more in less space. Other highlights include standardized mold components, some impressive feats of moldmaking creativity, and advances in mold simulation.

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Benchmarking Simulation Software: How One Molder Did It

Injection mold simulation has become a standard tool for molders and mold designers.

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Do Flow Simulation 'in the Cloud'

Autodesk Inc., San Rafael, Calif., has just made available a new version of its Moldflow Insight software that takes time-consuming meshing and analysis functions off your desktop and performs them at a remote data center accessed via the Internet.

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Do Flow Simulation ‘in the Cloud’

Autodesk Inc., San Rafael, Calif., has just made available a new version of its Moldflow Insight software that takes time-consuming meshing and analysis functions off your desktop and performs them at a remote data center accessed via the Internet.

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Optimize Plug Shape for Thermoforming

Software will adjust the shape to provide more uniform material thickness in the formed part

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Mold Filling Simulation: What, When, Why, How

Mold-filling analysis is the right direction to go, but if you want to arrive at your destination—good parts and an efficient process—you’ll need to pay attention to all the details and select an experienced professional to do the analysis.

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Plastics Size Reduction