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Part diverters are used to change the direction of a shot of parts, the discharge of a complete cycle or cycles of parts from an injection molding machine. Avoid defects at the start of the tool design process with solidworks plastics. Dynamics that affect the shrinkage of injection molded parts autodesk as all mold engineers know, shrinkage is an unfortunate fact of life. Solidworks plastics analyzes manufacturability of plastic parts, identifies potential defects early in design, and visualizes results in the 3d. Solidworks plastics makes it easy for companies that design plastic parts or injection molds to predict and avoid manufacturing defects during the earliest. However, if you have a mac and want to use sw you can do this by running a parallel operating system windows on your mac. Optimize part, mold, and manufacturing processes in one interface. Designing for injection molding and 3d printing in solidworks. You dont have to be an expert to easily identify and address potential defects by making changes to the part or mold design, plastics. Solidworks plasticsinjection molding simulationthe. Designing and manufacturing injection molded parts. Run a mold flow analysis to ensure the part will fill correctly at the chosen wall thickness. Learn about utilizing the integrated injection molding analysis tool in solidworks plastics to improve plastic part design. The video even demonstrates a neat feature in solidworks that.
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