Moldex 3D

eDesign from Moldex3D enables costs of plastic part development and correction to be reduced, design (including weight, material and deformation) to be optimised as early as possible, and time for casting and bringing the product to market to be minimised.

eDesign feature highlights:

• Market-leading solution for 3D analysis of thin or thick parts, allowing presentation of a wide variety of thicknesses that are hard to define in neutral fibre or feature complex geometries.
• Complete analysis solution for simulating the traditional injection moulding process, multi-material, inserts and integrated circuit encapsulation.
• Extensive materials database with more than 6000 references available.
• Parallel computation, compatible with the main multiprocessor and clustered computing platforms.
• Powerful meshing generation engine, enabling a 3D meshing to be performed automatically with data transfer in STL, Rhino 3D model, IGES and STEP formats.
• Simulation data can be exported to ANSYS, ABAQUS, MSC-NASTRAN, NE-NASTRAN, LS-DYNA, MARC and DIGIMAT software, including fibre orientation and residual constraints, so as to evaluate the impact of the injection process on the structural performance of the part.
• Leading solution for fibre orientation analysis, critical for validating part rigidity.
• Fast ROI compared to well-known plastics injection simulation solutions.

eDesign is intended for designers and producers of plastic parts and moulds for performing rapid verifications and in-depth analyses, so as to be able to verify the production feasibility of a plastic part.

eDesign has four main functional areas:

• Flow: Observe the fill in stages, the speed, predict shear lines, air bubbles, pressure and temperature.
• Pack: Define pressure and temperature, density, quantity of material.
• Warp: Predict shear constraints, shrinkage and warping.
• Cool: Adjust the mould and define the best distribution temperature and pressure as well as the flow time, plus the flow system and cooling circuit.