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“Okay, let's see what happens if I increase the injection pressure,” she thought.
Using intuition, the toolmaker placed a gate near the thick boss to force material in. The result in the real world was catastrophic sink marks on the cosmetic exterior. Picat Injection Molding Simulator
Sarah took her new settings from PICAT II back to the real, multimillion-dollar injection molding machine. She set the temperatures to 280°C. Increased injection speed to 40 mm/s. Reduced holding pressure slightly. “Okay, let's see what happens if I increase
Click "Simulate." For a typical part, the solver runs in 30 seconds to 5 minutes. Sarah took her new settings from PICAT II
If you are currently designing molds without simulation, you are gambling. Consider the physics:
Injection molding is a game of milliseconds, pressure, and temperature. Get it wrong in real life, and you lose thousands in scrap and downtime. Get it right in simulation, and you save a fortune.