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

Prerequisites: Access to SOLIDWORKS 2021 or newer. Access to SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium 2021 or newer.  Have completed SOLIDWORKS Essentials course or have similar experience with SOLIDWORKS and basic mechanical engineering concepts. Fundamental knowledge of plastic part and mold design; experience with the Windows® operating system.

Description: This course teaches you how to use specialized simulation software tools to predict the cool, fill, pack, and warp phases of the injection molding process. This course covers all the features and functions of SOLIDWORKS Plastics Standard, SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional, and SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium.

Topics covered in the Plastics Premium Bundle course:

1. Basic Flow Analysis

   • Stages in the Process  
   • Injection Process
   • Element Types  
   • Boundary Conditions  
   • Injection Location  
   • Create Mesh  
   • The PlasticsManager Tree  
   • Material  
   • Running A Flow Analysis  
   • Batch Manager  
   • Flow Results  
     
     

2. Detecting a Short Shot

   • Stages in the Process
   • Fill Settings
   • Flow Front Central Temperature
   • Configurations
     
     

3. Automation Tools

   • Stages in the Process
   • Duplicate Study
   • Copying Settings
   • Batch Manager
     
     

4. Injection Locations and Sink Marks

   • Stages in the Process
   • Injection Location Rules
   • Sink Marks
     
     

5. Materials

   • Material Properties
   • Stages in the Process
   • User-Defined Database
   • Resin Properties
   • Temperature Properties
   • Heat Transfer Properties
   • Viscosity
   • PVT Sata
   • Mechanical Properties
     
     

6. Mesh Manipulation

   • Stages in the Process
   • Local Mesh Refinement
   • Edit/Review Mesh
   • Element Issues
   • Leader Lines
   • Edit Study
   • Solid Mesh
   • Solid Mesh Size
     
     

7. Detecting Air Traps

   • Air Traps
   • Venting
     
     

8. Gate Blush

   • Runner Elements
   • Shear Stress
   • Reducing Gate Blush
     
     

9. Packing and Cooling Times

   • Flow/Pack Switch
   • Pack Analysis
   • Pack Results
   • X-Y Plot
   • Clipping Plane Mode
   • Isosurface Mode
   • Cooling Times
     
     

10. Multiple Cavity Molds

    • Mold Layouts
    • Runner System
    • Runner Channel Design
    • Clamping Force
    • Runner Wizard Channel Design
    • Family Mold Layout
    • Using Runner-Balancing
      
      

11. Symmetry Analysis

    • Case Study1: Runner Design
    • Symmetrical Runner
    • Case Study2: Symmetry Face
    • Symmetry Face
    • Exercise 13: Half Symmetry
      
      

12. Valve Gates and Hot Runners

    • Hot Runners
    • Valve Gates
    • Control Valve
      
      

13. Reaction Injection Molding

    • Reaction Injection Molding
      
      

14. Using Inserts

    • Cavities and Inserts
    • Materials for Inserts
      
      

15. Multi Shot Mold

    • Multi Shot Mold
    • Domain Order
      
      

16. Gas Assistance Molding

    • Gas Assist
    • Material Selection
      
      

17. Cooling Analysis

    • Cooling Channels and Mold Bodies
    • Baffle
    • Bubbler
    • Cooling Simulations
    • Coolant
    • Mold
    • Cool Settings
    • Cool Analysis
    • Cool Results
      
      

18. Warpage Analysis

    • Shrinkage
    • Warpage
    • Warp Settings
    • Warp Results
    • Reducing and Fixing Warped Parts

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

SOLIDWORKS training manual