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News Release from: Moldflow Vertriebs | Subject: Version 4.1 of Moldflow Plastics Insight
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 July 2003
Plastics moulding software 3D capability
enhanced
Version 4.1 of Moldflow Plastics Insight, features enhancements in 3D capability, pre- and post-processing productivity improvements, new simulation capabilities and new hardware support.
Moldflow Corporation has announced Version 4.1 of Moldflow Plastics Insight, featuring enhancements in 3D capability, pre- and post-processing productivity improvements, new simulation capabilities and new hardware support Significant new features in MPI 4.1 include: * MPI/Flow3D - Used for analysing part designs that tend to be very thick and solid, the 3D solver MPI/Flow3D now includes prediction of fibre orientation and the resulting mechanical properties, as well as the prediction of their contribution to part warpage
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 31 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Moldflow's MPI 3.0 i an integration of Moldflow and C-MOLD product development teams and the MPI and C-MOLD 2000 product families into one advanced injection moulding software suite.
* Hardware Support - new in MPI 4.1 is support for the Intel Itanium 64-Bit processor on HP UX platforms and 3D Connexion's 3D motion controllers, including the Spaceball and Spacemouse.
* Application Programming Interface (API) Enhancements - new features allow users to extract scalar, vector or tensor result data from MPI and create custom result plots with that data, create static plots from custom data or animations from a sequence of custom data, create custom XY plots and extract diagnostic data.
Synventive's Dynamic Feed is a hot runner system which provides independent melt pressure-based process control for up to 32 nozzles in a single mould, and the new analysis capabilities will allow users to simulate all 32 independent melt pressure profiles.
This makes it possible to predict flow and pack profiles accurately within a Dynamic Feed system, so that productivity and quality improvements can be realised for family, precision, and large part moulds.
Trexel's MuCell microcellular foam injection moulding process uses supercritical fluids of inert gases to create evenly distributed and uniformly sized microscopic cells throughout a polymer, resulting in parts that tend to be lighter, flatter and straighter than conventionally moulded parts.
The MuCell simulation results available in MPI 4.1 include the filling pattern, injection pressure and cell size, all critical factors in optimising a given part for the process, as well as optimising the MuCell process itself.
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