AUTODESK MOLDFLOW ADVISER

Part of the Autodesk® Digital Prototyping product family, Autodesk® Moldflow® Adviser allows you to simulate and optimize the plastic part, mold, and injection molding process before mold production begins. By simulating the plastic injection process, it is possible to achieve the best part and mold design and obtain the shortest cycle times.

Autodesk® Moldflow® Adviser simplifies plastic injection simulation and enables you to optimize mold components such as runners, cooling channels, and gate locations. Designers can use Autodesk® Moldflow® Adviser to see the effects of changes in part geometry and thickness, runner system and gate location modifications, and material changes on the final product quality. Designers can identify potential issues in the plastic injection process before manufacturing.

Analyses That Can Be Performed with Autodesk® Moldflow® Adviser:

Plastic Flow Analysis
With plastic flow analysis, you can see how long it will take for the mold to fill and identify quality issues on the plastic part, such as weld lines and air traps.

You can determine the required injection pressure and clamping force values to select the appropriate injection machine for manufacturing the plastic part.

Finding the Optimal Gate Location (Gate Location Analysis)

This analysis helps identify the best gate locations on the part. By excluding areas where you do not want gates, you can determine the optimal gate positions in the remaining regions.

Runner Balance Analysis

Automatic runner balancing can be performed in multi-cavity molds. This ensures that all cavities fill simultaneously and at the same pressure.

Runner Analysis (Runner Adviser Analysis)

With runner analysis, it is possible to determine the optimal runner dimensions and lengths based on the specified runner characteristics.

Sink Mark Analysis

You can visually observe sink marks formed on the plastic part after injection and identify the extent of sinking in different areas.

Molding Window Analysis

This analysis allows you to determine the optimal process parameters for the plastic injection process. The optimal parameters that can be identified through this analysis include:

• Mold surface temperature
• Plastic melt temperature
• Injection time

Cooling Quality Analysis

This analysis evaluates whether the mold cooling is efficient and identifies hot spots that can cause quality issues in the plastic part and increase cycle time.

Mold Cooling Analysis

With cooling analysis, mold cooling components can be designed to evaluate whether the mold is being cooled effectively and to visualize the temperature distribution on both the part and the mold. By optimizing cooling, cycle times can be reduced, warpage minimized, and part surface quality improved.

Warp Analysis

Warp analysis allows you to see how much a plastic part will deform after injection. With Autodesk® Moldflow® Adviser, warped areas can be identified, and the causes of warpage can be determined.