Maximize Production Times: Optimize Temperatures in Injection Mold Tooling

Overview

This presentation will show how mold dies that are designed using concurrent CFD can help the tooling produce more products by optimizing the die design.

Injection mold tooling is subject to stringent design criteria:

1. They need to have the shortest cycle time possible in order to maximize parts manufacture.
2. The quality of the molded material can be highly affected by temperature gradients present in the tooling.
3. Other constraints such as the pressure drop in the cooling fluid duct also need to be minimized for cost reasons.

To illustrate this, this presentation will show how, using Concurrent CFD, non-uniform heat transfer areas can be identified on the molded material and how the design can be modified to obtain a higher uniformity while keeping the cycle time short.

What You Will Learn

• Perform fluid flow and heat transfer analysis inside CAD
• Visualize temperature and flow distributions in a virtual 3D environment
• Understand the impact of design changes and how it can affect temperature
• Efficient ways to share results with design teams and customers

Who Should View

• Mold Designers
• Design Engineers
• Mechanical Engineers
• Product Design Managers
• Mold Manufactures