DESIGNING AND MOLD FLOW ANALYSIS OF PLASTIC COMPONENTS

Abstract

The twenty first century is an era where everything is minimized and optimized. Demand for more design
freedom, weight reduction, lowers tooling costs and durability continues to drive OEM’s (Original Equipment
Manufacturers) towards plastics. Due to this increased design freedom, innovative but complicated plastic components
have emerged into the market. These complicated designs of the components and stringent quality requirement has made
the mould industry to reorient the approach to satisfy the needs of the customer. This trend fostered the advent of CAE
tool for assisting and accelerating the mould manufacturing process. The simulation of the injection molding process is
now regarded as a standard practice. The entire injection moulding process can be optimized from the filling phase via
the holding pressure, right through to the warpage of a moulded component. Proper interpretation of the results from
simulation, can help save, cycle time, material to be used, costs on mould alteration, etc. In this work we successfully
designed and develop an optimized feed system, and processing parameter using catia software and developing an
optimized design and process parameters for the given components will be forwarded for mould production using mold
flow analysis software.