CAD/CAM/CAE TECHNOLOGY IN INJECTION MOLD DESIGN

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ABSTRACT

The paper presents the concept of using the CAD/CAM/CAE technology to design the injection mold. Now, there are many dedicated software which leads users through a logical step by step approach to create polymeric injection molds. The softwares offer dramatic time saving potential by removing much of the repetition prevalent in mold tooling design and freeing up our time for more important tasks. Mold Design furnishes standard component libraries, an extensive choice of industry standard mold bases, automated generation of all required components and associative electrode design, reduces time to market, improves quality and lower cost.

Keywords: CAD/CAM/CAE technology, polymeric material, mold injection.

1. INTRODUCTION

Professional mold designers now have everything they need to completely design an entire mold assembly, core and cavity, mold base in one package. Software like NX, Pro/Engineer, Catia, Solid Edge, Solid Works, Inventor combines all the features of Tool Design and Expert Mold Base, offering a powerful combination of capabilities for specialized mold assembly creation.

These softwares can create even the most complex single and multiple-cavity molds. A process driven workflow guides the user through each step. Automated parting surface creation and automated splitting make it easy for even the occasional user to create complex tooling quickly.

They are parametric, solid modeler. It allows you to build fully detailed, parametric designs, plus all the associated drawings and bills of materials. This is very helpful when dealing with an assembly, because if the modification is made to a single part, the modification is carried through the assembly. The purpose of mold assembly is to show how the parts fit together in the assembly and to suggest the function of the entire unit. Also, it is questionable how well these objectives are met [1].

Pressure to reduce costs and improve quality are driving the growth in the use of digital simulation throughout the Product Lifecycle Management. By moving analysis to an earlier stage in the design cycle, you can be sure designs are optimized, reducing costly prototypes and testing.

2. INJECTION MOLD DESIGN

The dedicated Mold Tooling application provides a powerful automated workflow that makes it fast and easy to design plastic injection molds. Standard component libraries and capabilities support the design of multicore, multi-cavity plastic injection molds of unlimited...