Injection Molding CAE

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3 DAY LECTURE/WORKSHOP
OFFERED TWICE:
March 15-17, 2010 (CRS# 00.756-002)
June 7-9, 2010 (CRS# 00.756-011)

TUITION: $1045

OVERVIEW
A remarkable development in the injection molding process is the application of computer simulation to part and mold design, material selection, and process control. Before computer simulation became available, the large number of interactive process variables limited the engineer’s ability to predict accurately the outcome of a particular set of design parameters, material selections, and processing conditions. Furthermore, the limitations of plastics that are imposed by inappropriate design and processing often result in poor performance, over-design, high costs, and missed project milestones. The seminar provides comprehensive information about the basic of CAE for injection molding that helps engineers and designers to quickly check the manufacturability of injection molded plastic part design. With an intelligent meshing engine and an up-to-date numerical solver, users can work directly through solid CAD models to true 3D simulations and save mass working-hours in mesh preparation. CAE helps users develop successful products to meet the rising standards of global industrial markets.

This seminar is targeted to engineers involved in injection molding or involved with molding materials, equipment, design, or products. This seminar provides comprehensive information about the injection molding process, and covers both the underlying engineering principles as well as their applications in the injection-molding environment. Classroom lectures discuss the principles of the process and provide practical analyses that yield results and can be applied in the manufacturing environment. CAE workshops supplement the classroom material to provide experience with actual CAE operation and practical simulation techniques. In addition, current available injection molding CAE software MOLDEX3D is introduced. Injection molding trials that show the relationship between processing variables and part quality are conducted. Workshop emphasis is on practical setup procedures that optimize the injection molding cycle and product through engineering analysis by CAE. Trouble shooting techniques and solutions to practical injection molding problems are also addressed.
 
Each attendee will be provided with a time-limited license for one month (extra time maybe extended on request) of the complete set of software. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own model (or CAD model) and laptop computer to install the software to analyze the real samples and design.

CONTENT

1.      Overview of the Plastics Injection Molding Process
    1)      Applications and common problems
    2)      Injection molding process and its features
    3)      Major factors for injection molding process
2.      Development Methodology
    1)      Traditional (trial-and-error) method
    2)      CAE method
3.      Key Issues for CAE in Injection Molding
4.      Overview of Moldex3D
    1)      Overview of Moldex3D/eDesign
        a)      Functionality highlights
        b)      Moldex3D/eDesign benefits
    2)      Overview of Moldex3D/Solid
        a)      Theory and mathematical methods
        b)      Moldex3D/Solid-Flow/Pack/Cool/Warp/Mesh
        c)      Applications
        d)      Special technologies in Moldex3D/Solid
             i)      Parallel computing
             ii)     MCM
             iii)    RIM
             iv)    I2
             v)      ScrewPlus
     3)      Overview of Moldex3D/Shell
        a)      Theory and mathematical methods
        b)      Moldex3D/Shell-Flow/Pack/Cool/Warp/Mesh
        c)      Applications
        d)      Special technologies in Moldex3D/Shell
             i)        Parallel computing
             ii)      MCM
             iii)    RIM
             iv)    I2
             v)      ScrewPlus
5.      General Procedures for CAE simulation
    1)      General Procedures for Injection Molding Simulation in Solid/eDesign
        a)      Pre-processing
        b)      Perform numerical simulation
        c)      Post-processing
    2)      General Procedures for Injection Molding Simulation in Moldex3D/Solid
        a)      Pre-processing
              i)       Meshing model in Moldex3D-Mesh
              ii)      Preparing all other parameters in Moldex3D/Solid
                 (1)   Material data
                 (2)   Process condition
                 (3)   Computational parameters
        b)      Perform numerical computation  
                 (1)   Analyze Flow/Pack/Cool/Warp and many others in Moldex3D/Solid
        c)       Post-processing
                 (1)   Apply field plot, XY-curve, and animation tools to examine results in Moldex3D/Solid
    3)      General Procedures for Injection Molding Simulation in Moldex3D/Shell
        a)      Pre-processing
             i)       Meshing model in Moldex3D-Mesh
             ii)      Preparing all other parameters in Moldex3D/Shell
                 (1)   Material data
                 (2)   Process condition
                 (3)   Computational parameters
        b)      Perform numerical computation  
                 (1)   Analyze Flow/Pack/Cool/Warp and many others in Moldex3D/Shell
        c)       Post-processing
                 (1)   Apply field plot, XY-curve, and animation tools to examine results in Moldex3D/Shell

6.      Step-by-Step Demonstration of a Complicated Case
7.      Various Applications of CAE for Injection Molding
    1)      Electronics
    2)      Automobiles
    3)      Medicals.
    4)      Commodities
    5)      Optics

8.      Summary

INSTRUCTOR
Francis Lai