The field of moulded part and mould optimisation ranges from a simulation technique to the production of “raw inserts with three-dimensional temperature control” by means of LaserCUSING® (Rapid Tooling).

Further responsibilities ranging from the complete project management for injection moulds to the selection of suppliers for tools will now be added to the “Moulded part and mould optimisation” department. It will thus be possible to provide clients with a complete service package.

In order to meet the increasing demands with regard to new innovative processes and process integration within the injection moulding process, in 2009 the KIMW expanded its injection moulding simulation portfolio in the field of computer-aided part and tool design by Moldex3D.

This software is characterised by the use of 3D throughout. Apart from 3-dimensional rheological calculations, 3-dimensional thermal calculations have now also been established that allow the simulation of stationary temperature control as well as non-stationary variothermal heating and cooling processes or innovative techniques and temperature control concepts such as conformal cooling, BFMOLD™ or inductive mould heating (3iTech®).
The current version of Moldex3D R10 now also allows the computation of complete hot runner systems including temperature control (PID control).

With the help of injection moulding simulation programs, the optimisation potentials of moulded parts and moulds can be identified quickly and efficiently during the development phase. This reduces sampling phases, minimises mould modification costs, and optimises the quality of the moulded part as well as the cycle time.

The KIMW provides support with the following tasks:

• Rheological optimisation of the geometry of the moulded part regarding the position and number of gates, the position of weld lines, venting problems, etc.
• Thermal optimisation (e.g. variothermal processes) of tools towards shortest cycle times
• Optimisation of the moulded part with regard to warpage problems
• Mechanical mould analyses
• Optimisation of the geometry of the moulded part with regard to component strength
• Manufacturing of mould inserts by means of LaserCUSING® (manufacturing of “raw inserts”)
• Manufacturing of rapid prototyping components by means of FDM technology.
  

Software:

• Moldex3D R10
• Moldex3D-Solid/Fill
• Moldex3D-Solid/Pack
• Moldex3D-Solid/Cool
• Moldex3D-Solid/Warp
• Moldex3D-Solid/Fiber
• Moldex3D-Solid/MCM
• Autodesk Moldflow Plastics Insight 2010R2 - Performance
• 3D, Dual Domain™ & Midplane Mesh
• Thermoplastic Filling & Packing Analysis
• Overmolding Analysis
• Cooling Analysis
• Fiber Flow Analysis
• Warpage Analysis
• Moldflow CAD-Doctor 4.0
• I-DEAS (Siemens) NX6
• Moldmech