Injection mold simulation reduces tool start-up, sizing times

摘要

Cincinnati, OH—Are these custom designs suitable for the injection-molding process? This is a question Plastic Moldings Corp. (PMC) engineers face almost everyday. To help answer it, PMC turns to mold simulation software products from C-MOLD (Louisville, KY) to evaluate mold performance and part quality. The 70-year-old company manufactures custom injection molds for thermoset/thermo-plastic parts. "Typically, engineers design for function. But most aren't experienced in considering how the parts will react in a mold," says Tim Noel, simulation analysis, CAD designer, and process engineer for PMC.