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Industrial Design to Hand Mould in SOLIDWORKS

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I have completed my Post Diploma in plastic mold design. There I studied about plastic like mold, how many types of mold are present, how we manufacture plastics and many more. When I got a job as a technical executive in SOLIDWORKS you won’t believe that SOLIDWORKS proved that it is one of the easiest, fastest and convenient software for designing.We can easily extract core and cavity, we can analysis plastics easily and many more. Now I will show you how it is useful in SOLIDWORKS. Before that, I would like to share briefly  about, mold, hand mold, and how it will be helpful for the designer to execute in  SOLIDWORKS MOULD:- Mould means a combination of two mold halves i.e. Core and Cavity…Core means it is the internal part of the mold and Cavity means it is the external part of the mold. Let’s Know about Hand Mould – In injection moulding, hand molds are the simple mold which is used in less quantity. There is no supply of heat, cooling, or ejection. Heating plates are essential in every cycle time of hand mold to heat the molds and after every cycle time, we have to remove the mold to get the product. As a result, it enhances the cycle time, its limit is for short run and mold cost is low. Almost hand mold has a single cavity but we can make multi-cavity by making the mold small in construction. To make part simple it is usually of 2 plate mold or 3 plate mold. For short form of the mold it can be made from aluminium brass and for the requirement of more parts, then they are made from conventional steels. SOLIDWORKS gives a great advantage with design and validation of parts and tools in one system. Designers can demonstrate that parts can be molded successfully, along with the checking for draft, thickness, and undercuts to ensure the correct geometry for molding. Mould Design Capabilities in SOLIDWORKS Standard:- Complete plastic part and advanced surfacing design tools Geometry Import, Repair, and Healing tools Draft Analysis, Undercut Analysis, and Thickness Analysis tools Parting line tools Parting surface tools Automated “fill surface” capability for easy shutoff surface creation Core and cavity splitting tools SOLIDWORKS 3D mold bases available online and directly from major mold suppliers SOLIDWORKS configurations to create customizable configurations of molds and mold components Compare Part tools to visually see in 3D what geometry was added or removed when design changes occur Production quality mold drawing creation tools Seamless integrations with several industries leading CAM products allowing NC tool paths to automatically update with part design and tooling changes.

Geometry Pattern

Use of ‘Vary Sketch’ and ‘Geometry Pattern’ in linear patterning of features

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Geometry Pattern and Vary Sketch Patterning of features is the best way to reuse geometries of features. Pattern instances are the accurate replica of the seed geometry except for variable patterns command. the complete step-by-step procedure is given below to utilize these features. Vary your design with Vary Sketch When we require some replicas of any feature and size of those designs, which vary with some reference/parameters but the shape remains same, then we have a tremendous option called ‘Vary Sketch’. This gives us patterns like this, For applying above effects in your design first you should know that you can select a linear edge, line, axis, dimension, planar faces and surfaces, conical faces and surfaces, circular edges, and reference planes etc for Direction options. Step-1 To use vary sketch option, always select one of the seed reference dimension as Direction along which seed feature is required to pattern, Step-2 Then select seed feature in Feature and Faces option, Geometry Pattern Step-3 Then select Vary Sketch in Options, Step-4 Then press OK Now you can see how the instances vary with the related reference. Create linear patterns of the same size when a seed is referenced by irregular surfaces by using ‘Geometry Pattern’ When you want to create the linear pattern, in which you make seed which is already referenced by a surface like this, you can go for geometry pattern. In that case, pattern instances of seed will follow the reference relationship like this, In this case, if you require all pattern instances in the same size then you can select geometry Pattern command by which all instances follow actual geometry of seed, By selecting Geometry pattern as above you can obtain desired surface geometry.

SOLIDWORKS Plastic

Sole Guide about PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDS

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It’s time to update your skills for fastest growing Plastic industries. Here is a complete guide to learning everything about Plastic injection moulding. What is Plastic injection moulding? Plastic injection moulding is the process of producing plastic components & products of desired shape & size by injecting plastic granular or powder at a high pressure. Industries having plastic injection molding application- Plastic injection moulding is frequently using in industries producing plastic products of same shape & size in mass. It is a highly efficient technique to enhance industrial productivity in short time span. You can understand it’s area of application by looking plastic products in your surroundings at a glance. Construction of Mold- the mould specification based on the shape and size of the Plate. Core & Cavity plays the major role in injection moulding. Core as an internal geometry of the component and cavity as an external geometry of the component. While designing a mould we required complete specification of a product (as a shape and size) which can specify by 2D or 3D drawing and while manufacturing we require final shape and size of a plate which is base on the standard Mould base size. Machining of a mould executes on a conventional and CNC machine and after that polishing and trial or testing (T1, T2, T3) of a mould for production in injection moulding machine. Types of Injection Moulds- There is a variety of injection moulding process. Two-plate mould: Two plate mould (standard mould base) having one opening (Daylight) and one parting line. Three- plate mould: Three plate moulds having two daylight and parting line. It consists one extra plate that actuates as an ejection plate (stripper ejection plate) in which no requirement of no. of ejection pin and the plate assist the mould to eject the component. Split actuation mould: Split mould mainly used for undercut and having a wedge block in which the split will actuate and slider using for making undercut which is mainly near to the parting line and sometimes can’t provide side core to the middle of the component so we are using lifter. Hot runner mould: Hot runner system usually includes a heated manifold and a no. of heated nozzles. The main task of the manifold is to distribute the plastic entering the mould to the various nozzles which then meter it precisely to the injection point in the cavities. SOLIDWORKS PLASTIC Now let’s consider the role of SOLIDWORKS Plastic has a module that the part design capable of being injection moulded and specify a gate location and having a speciality that we can design a standard mould base in SOLIDWORKS and while designing a mould surfacing required for patching the hole and scaling required during cooling the plastic shrinks. To account for shrink factor scaling required. While designing a product for mould surfacing essential to create a complex product. In SOLIDWORKS Plastic we can simulate the injection moulding manufacturing process. One of the main point of SOLIDWORKS Plastic that having the ability to set a parameter as(filling time, cooling time, holding time )so that it’s convenient for the designer to specify their product to become productive.   The functionality within SOLIDWORKS Plastics allow the user to create a runner system specific to the needs of their design and multiple injection moulded parts can be created within the same cycle and from the same runner system. Right-click on the runner design option under the mesh node will bring up to the design tool. Choose polymer thousand of material models to come preloaded with properties as (Density, tensile strength, flexural strength) and are organised by material and supplier. SOLIDWORKS Plastic contributes to validate flawless products to meet your industrial productivity challenges.

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Motion in SOLIDWORKS

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As now today’s era we are moving from 2d to 3d because the best part of 3d is that we can simulate the model in the virtual environment. In today’s market, there is a variety of tools that help you in testing your product, SOLIDWORKS Motion is one of them. Motion Studies are the graphical solution for Assembly Models. In this, we can simulate and animate the motion of a model according to our requirements. You can also use SOLIDWORKS mates to restrict your motion. Basically, we have three types of motion studies in SOLIDWORKS: SOLIDWORKS Motion (Animation): In this, we can only animate the motion of parts of an assembly like we can add a motor to drive the motion of one or more parts of an assembly and also prescribe the positions of assembly components at various times using set key points. This feature is available in the SOLIDWORKS Standard module. SOLIDWORKS Motion (Basic Motion): SOLIDWORKS Professional offers the advantage of Basic Motion over Animation is that in this we can approximately take the effects of Springs, Damper, Contact, collision, and gravity on assemblies, it also takes mass into account during calculation of motion, and the best part of it is that the computation of basic motion is relatively fast. SOLIDWORKS Motion (Motion Analysis): In this, we can accurately simulate and analyze the effects of motion elements (including forces, spring, dampers, and friction) on an assembly. Motion Analysis uses computationally strong kinematic solvers and accounts for material properties as well as mass and inertia in the computations. You can also use Motion Analysis to plot simulation results for further analysis. In SOLIDWORKS Premium you can see time-based as well as event-based motion effects and make further analysis to plot simulation results. In addition, you can also utilize the Motion Manager toolbar – Change viewpoints. Display properties. Create distributable, presentation-worthy animations depicting the motion of an assembly.   It’s a personal suggestion that starts using all these testing tools of SolidWorks because many of our customers including me take the advantage of these tools which directly reflects on our design. So, at last, I would like to conclude that these tools help us a lot in designing and also reduce our prototyping.   Tech Savvy Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Is a leading value-added reseller (VAR) of Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS in Delhi/NCR, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand for the past 16 years. We are offering a range of SOLIDWORKS solutions and services, leveraging our huge experience. Our certified team members are efficient to provide the best services as per your need in order to increase your productivity. Our major services are- 2D to 3D conversion 3D to 2D conversion Tool Design Data Migration FEA/CFD Simulation Services Technical Documentation Design Automation We offer quality services at competitive prices. We are committed to complete your work within tight deadlines. We even provide complete service support after the completion of your work. We are having our prestigious customers over the entire region of north India. We always upgrade our services to meet your satisfaction.