Length: 4 days
A BLOCK - 8am-11am CST
B BLOCK - 12pm-3pm CST
C BLOCK - 4pm-7pm CST

Prerequisites: SOLIDWORKS Essentials and fundamental knowledge of plastic materials, plastic part design, and/or injection mold design.

Description: This training bundle includes SOLIDWORKS Plastics Essentials and SOLIDWORKS Plastics Advanced. 

Plastics: Use specialized simulation software tools to predict the cool, flow, pack, and warp phases of the injection molding process.

Molds: Learn several manual mold creation techniques and how to use the Mold Tools in SOLIDWORKS mechanical design automation software.

Topics covered in the Plastics Essentials course:

1. Basic Flow Analysis
2. Detecting a Short Shot
   
3. Automation Tools
4. Injection Locations
   
5. Materials
   
6. Mesh Manipulation
   
7. Detecting Air Traps
   

Topics covered in the Plastics Advanced course:

1. Gate Blush and Venting Analysis
   
2. Packing and Cooling Times
   
3. Multiple Cavity Molds
   
4. Symmetry Analysis
   
5. Valve Gates and Hot Runners
   
6. Using Inserts
7. Advanced Molding Processes
   
8. Cool and Warp Analysis

Items included with course (to be sent to the shipping address provided):

SOLIDWORKS training manual