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Thermoplastics

The use of innovative CAE technologies like injection-molding simulation enables manufacturers to drastically reduce their time to market. Capital expenditures required for mold making and overall product development costs can be significantly reduced. SIGMASOFT® is the most accurate 3D Polymer System Simulation software in the market.

Capabilities:

  • Steady state mold temperature
  • Hot-runner functionality
  • Cascade Injection
  • PI-controller
  • Mold filling
  • Multi component simulation
  • Packing and cooling
  • Shear imbalances
  • Fiber orientation
  • Ejection
  • Shrinkage & warpage


Hot-runner


Temperature distribution inside a hot-runner nozzle with heater during cooling and filling phase


Cascade injection


Melt pressure during filling phase. The two outer gates are closed at the beginning of the filling phase


Multi component simulation


Filling and cooling phase of first, second and third component; temperature distribution of the entire part and mold is considered


Packing and Cooling


Temperature distribution during filling and cooling phase of part and cavity insert


Melt volumes


Melt Volume result visualizes liquid areas with (red) and without (blue) packing pressure efficiency. Solidified areas are transparent.


Packing tracer


Tracer particles visualize melt movement during packing phase


Shear imbalances


Polymer specific shear heating effects causes an imbalanced filling pattern in a naturally balanced runner.


Fiber orientation


Fiber orientation in longitudinal direction of the part (z-direction)


Shrinkage and Warpage


Part surface stresses during shrinkage inside the mold, ejection and external cooling