Length: 4 days - 9:00am to 1:00pm PST

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

Description: 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 this course:

1. Basic Flow Analysis
2. Detecting Air Traps
3. Detecting Short Shots
4. The Model Manager
5. Gate Locations and Sink Marks
6. Multiple Cavity Molds
7. Runner-Balancing
8. Gate Freeze
9. Optimizing Cooling Time
10. Using Inserts
11. Mesh Repairs

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

SOLIDWORKS training manual