Moldflow® software helps reduce manufacturing defects through plastic injection moulding simulation. Access tools for injection mould design, plastic part design and mould processing.
Features
Plastic Injection Moulding Features
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Mesh to solve with one click
Improve your productivity by meshing and analysing your model in one step. (video: 1.30 min.)
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Fusion 360 for CAD preparation
Moldflow includes Fusion 360 in-product push to help with quick CAD simplification and repair. (video: 3.06 min.)
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Collaborate using Shared Views
Collaborate using cloud-connected devices to share results, comment and design recommendations. (video: 2.12 min.)
More features
Moldflow Adviser
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Runner balancing
Runner balance analysis guides users in sizing multi-cavity runners for even pressure and fill time. (video: 2.29 min.)
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Mould cooling circuits
Automate cooling channel creation with a wizard, import from CAD curves or manually draw circuits. (video: 2.09 min.)
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Defect visualisation
Analyse part warpage and evaluate potential design flaws to improve part quality. (video: 2.14 min.)
Moldflow Insight
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New
Flexible solving
Use the Simulation Compute Manager (SCM) to solve analyses locally, on a server or on the cloud.
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New
Chemical Foam Moulding
Simulate foaming of thermoplastic and thermoset materials (including polyurethane).
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Control valve gate opening/closing
Include controlled and sequential valve gates within simulations, along with hot runner layouts. (video: 1.22 min.)
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Predict shrinkage and warpage
Visualise part quality concerns to identify causes of warpage and apply shrink compensation factors. (video: 3.17 min.)
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Part and process optimisation
Use automated design of experiments and parametric analysis to locate the best process and design. (video: 1.37 min.)
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Total coolant flow history
Run a coolant flow analysis to review coolant properties as it flows from the pump to the mould. (video: 2.56 min.)
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Database of 10,000+ materials
Built-in database with information on thousands of tested thermoplastic and thermoset materials.
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Mould and insert material assignment
Pre-loaded materials increase accuracy with assigning part and mould insert materials and mould block materials.
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Orthotropic part inserts
Simulate continuous fibre inserts made from composite materials or wood and analyse any overmoulded part defects.
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Mould cooling
Create or import advanced cooling layouts, such as conformal cooling and analyse transient heat calculations.
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Overmoulding
Evaluate insert overmoulding, two-shot overmoulding and compression overmoulding sequences.
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Compression and injection compression
Simulate a charge or injected shot of material entering a cavity, followed by mould closing and compressing.
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Multi-barrel injection moulding
Analyse and evaluate the use of multiple injection moulding barrels to fill injection moulded parts.
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Gas-assisted injection moulding
Model gas channels and entry points to predict optimal timing and amount of gas needed to fill the part.
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Microcellular injection moulding
Analyse microcellular injection moulding with constant density and fit classical nucleation models.
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Automatic pack/hold control
Automatically determine the magnitude and duration of the packing pressure profile.
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Bi-injection and co-injection moulding
Inject two materials into one cavity and determine the relative distribution and location of materials.
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Microchip encapsulation
Predict wire sweep and paddle shift with tools for designing the encapsulation package, tool, lead frame and wires.
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Automation through API
Application Programming Interface (API) automation tools let you quickly create customised scripts.
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Clean, customisable user interface
Easy-to-understand user interface moves the user through setup, analysis and result interpretation.
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Visual and text-based results
Review visual or text-based results such as fibre orientation, surface defect path traceability and birefringence.
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Result export flexibility
Export results through automated reports, hard data via scripts, warped geometry CAD export and FEA formats.
