Product Description

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

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:

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

Detecting a Short Shot

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

Automation Tools

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

Injection Locations and Sink Marks

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

Materials

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

Mesh Manipulation

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

Detecting Air Traps

• Air Traps
• Venting

Gate Blush

• Runner Elements
• Shear Stress
• Reducing Gate Blush

Packing and Cooling Times

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

Multiple Cavity Molds

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

Symmetry Analysis

• Case Study 1: Runner Design
• Symmetrical Runner
• Case Study 2: Symmetry Face
• Symmetry Face
• Exercise 13: Half Symmetry

Valve Gates and Hot Runners

• Hot Runners
• Valve Gates
• Control Valve

Reaction Injection Molding

• Reaction Injection Molding

Using Inserts

• Cavities and Inserts
• Materials for Inserts

Multi Shot Mold

• Multi Shot Mold
• Domain Order

Gas Assistance Molding

• Gas Assist
• Material Selection

Cooling Analysis

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

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