What is Moldex3D Plastic Molding
The leading true-3D molding simulation software can be applied in a wide range of plastic molding processes. We can predict potential manufacturing defects, validates part/mold design, lowers mold development costs, evaluates manufacturability, shortens time-to-market, and greatly increases business value.
- One single platform to run all powerful Moldex3D simulations
- Integrated workflow to ensure accurate meshing and modeling
- Support multiple processes by applications. Check out our solution
Why You Need Moldex3D
- Shorten cycle time and time-to-market
- Reduce number of mold trials and manufacturing costs
- Increase revenue and ROI
- Minimize product defects and extend mold life
What Can Moldex3D Do
Flow
- Predict melt front and flow patterns
- Optimize gate locations and designs
- Diagnose short shots, air traps, weld lines, flow imbalance, and more
- Simulate multi-component interaction
Pack
- Evaluate gate-freeze time
- Avoid sink mark or flash
- Optimize packing profile
Cool
- Improve cooling efficiency and reduce cooling cycle
- Predict hot spots
- Support multiple cooling / heating system, conformal cooling and CFD
Warp
- Foresee final part shape
- Identify warpage causes
- Support residual stress, anisotropic, in-mold constraint effect analysis
CAD & Mesh
- CAD conversion & repair tool
- Modeling Capability
- Powerful automatic & customized meshing technology
Advanced Analysis
- Machine Response & Plastification
- Advanced Hot Runner (AHR)
- Stress & Viscoelasticity (VE)
- Optics
- In-Mold Decoration (IMD)
Computing
- Parallel Processing (PP)
- Remote computing
- Windows and Linux HPC platform supported
- Cloud-Connect: Cloud computing HPC toolkit
Automation
- Report Wizard
- Expert (DOE)
- Moldex3D API
Product Portfolio and Features
Solution Add-on
- Material Database: thermoplastics materials, thermoset materials, molding materials, coolant materials, and mold materials.
- Import geometry from CATIA V5 and Rhino, as well as STEP, IGES, Parasolid and STL files.
- Material Hub Cloud (MHC) is a cloud database offering the most up-to-date material properties for users to find suitable materials and alternatives.
- The best on-line practical guide and demo videos by Moldex3D software experts.
- Moldex3D SYNC supports PTC® Creo®, NX, and SOLIDWORKS®.
- iSLM is an intelligent and interactive data management platform for plastic product development lifecycle.
- Prerequisite license is required.
- Moldex3D FEA Interface supports Abaqus, Ansys, MSC Nastran, NX Nastran, LS-DYNA, MSC Marc, and OptiStruct.
- Moldex3D Micromechanics Interface supports Digimat and CONVERSE.
- Machine Response function requires the machine file received from the Machine Characterization Service.