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We used Pro/Plastic advisor (licenced from Moldflow) in earlier versions of Pro/Engineer. There were some problems when Moldflow was acquired by Autodesk. PTC maintenance updates of advisor stopped in about 2007, so we stopped paying maintenance on that module. This meant that we could not use advisor when we moved to Creo Elements Pro. We have since bought an equivalent standalone licence of Autodesk Moldflow Advisor, as this provided the latest features of the Adviser software such as the ability to export analysis results that could be viewed in the free Moldflow communicator and access to more comprehensive material database.
You could use advisor to analyse part filling on existing parts modelled in Pro/E without remodelling. It was very easy to use. When you opened Advisor from Pro/E, it automatically created an STL file of the active part which was then opened in a separate Advisor window. All you needed to do then was to select 1 or more feed points and a material. You could then use the default mould settings or change them if required then press go.
As far as I am aware the module was intended as a basic analysis tool for use by part designers, allowing prediction of sink, short shots, weld lines and air traps etc. It only worked at part level and could not accurately model runner systems and warp of parts.
Part designers using Autodesk Inventor or Autodesk Inventor LT software have the option to use the new Autodesk Moldflow Adviser Design plug-in (formally Project Krypton from Autodesk Labs) to evaluate their plastic part designs directly within the native CAD environment. Part designers can evaluate manufacturing feasibility, cost efficiency and environmental impact concurrently with product development as the design evolves.
This plug-in highlights potential design problems directly on the CAD model and provides immediate feedback on design manufacturability, cost efficiency, and the environmental impact of the plastic material. Fill patterns, undercuts, poor draft angles, weld lines, and sink marks are represented on the model, and these are updated almost instantly as design parameters are altered in the model.
To access the installer for the utility, visit the Autodesk Subscription site and locate the product enhancements section. You may need your contract manager to perform this download in order to obtain the files.
During the installation process, Autodesk will ask about the network license manager and server locations. If you cannot locate a Moldflow license server, the installation will not be able to continue.
Shown below are the available FlexLM feature codes allowed for the Adviser utility.
A couple years ago, specially designed modeling tools known as the Plastic Features were added. These features include such gems as Lip, Boss, Rest, Grill, Snap Fit, and Rule Fillet. The Rib command was also recently overhauled to better work with plastic features.
Perhaps the largest increase in capability for plastics over the last couple years has been the inclusion of the Multi-Body Part commands, which allow a user to build a single part is if it were an assembly.
After modeling is completed in this file, the individual solid bodies can be broken out into their own respective parts with use of the Make Components or Make Part commands. Autodesk Moldflow Adviser Design does not support multi-bodied parts so this step has to take place before part analysis can begin.
Material Selection is also quite important for the Adviser to work. If no material is preselected (Default) the Adviser will use polypropylene. If a non-plastic material such as aluminum is chosen, then the Adviser will automatically disable itself.
The on-screen advisor tool requires some interface and customization adjustments in order to fully utilize the utility. These adjustments include turning on additional menus and configuring the settings for each of the plastic indicators.
For information about an indicator click on the icon and a pop-up dialog with two tabs is displayed. The Alert Pop-Up tab outlines any parameters that need attention. Several individual parameters have sub-menus that help visualize or rectify the problem.
In order to see what the resultant calculators predicted for the part, use the Finished Part View in any of the indicators to launch a previewed render of the part, including potential sink marks in the material.
The Injector toolbar allows the user to move the initial injector for a part and either add or remove additional plastic injectors for the material. The addition of the injectors will change the animation of the fill.
The animation toolbar controls the on screen animation of the plastic filling preview process. This process actually uses multi-threading capabilities of your system to increase the speed and analysis of the preview.
Each setting for the three indicators can be controlled here. Rule inclusion can also be selected for each heading. For instance, if draft angle was not a concern to the user, the calculations and subsequent warnings can be disabled from the widget.
Manufacturability is the combination of wall thickness, undercuts, draft angle, weld lines, sink marks, and filling of the part. A weighted combination of these factors results in the rating in the indicator.
Molten plastic will prefer to flow through thick sections of the mold. Excessively thin areas could have problems filling or may fill at a slower rate than thicker areas. Problems of short shots, underflow, and possibly weld lines can result from variation in part wall thickness.
Excessively thick areas will take longer to cool, which can lead to the part deforming as the molten plastic solidifies as well as longer manufacturing cycle times. Excessively thin areas require a higher injection pressure to fill the mold cavity, increasing the possibility of unfilled sections of the part.
An undercut is a design feature that interferes with the ejection of a molded part from the mold. An undercut can include features such as holes or bosses that are not aligned with the direction of ejection, threaded sections, and snap fingers.
A draft angle is a slight taper added to assist in the ejection of the molded part from the mold. Surfaces that lie parallel to the direction of the part ejection will cause difficulties in production.
A weld line is created when two or more flow paths meet during the filling process. Weld lines can be caused by material flowing around holes or part inserts, multiple injection gates, or variable wall thicknesses, where different localized fill rates can cause separate flow fronts. If the different flow fronts have cooled before meeting, they will not interfuse well and can cause a weakness in the molded part. A line, notch, and/or color change can appear. This is undesirable in highly visual areas of the part.
It may not be possible to remove weld lines from the part. Changing the injection location, modifying local part thickness, changing the selected material, and/or modifying processing parameters such as injector speed and mold temperature could move the location or minimize visual impact of the weld line.
A plastic part solidifies from the outside surface to the center of the part. On cooling, sections of the part that are thicker than the surrounding area can have a small reservoir of molten material in the center of the part. As this reservoir solidifies, it shrinks, drawing the surface inwards to form a sink mark.
Sink marks appear as depressions on the surface of an injection molded part. These depressions are typically very small; however, they are often highly visible because they reflect light in different directions to the rest of the part. The visibility of a sink mark is dependent on the color and surface texture of the part.
The Costing efficiency indicator is based on a single cavity mold. The proper assessment of a multi-cavity mold should be done with specialized software such as the full Autodesk Moldflow Adviser product.
The time it takes to manufacture a part and the associated costs are represented in the Production Cost element. Because plastic injection molded parts can have a large range of size and complexity, the Production Cost indicator is based on a single-cavity mold of average size and complexity.
The use of this tool can aid in the process of creating not only cost effective parts, but also parts that are more sustainable in design. Even if your company only pays lip service to these ideas, they do become an increasing important part of design choice and public awareness for your products.
Mark Flayler is an application engineer with IMAGINiT Technologies, specializing in manufacturing environments. He has implemented Autodesk manufacturing products within several industries including the blow/injection molding, automotive, and custom machinery markets. Mark has extensive experience and a comprehensive understanding of the
technical, practical business, and human dimensions of implementation. When not providing training, support and implementation, he writes the IMAGINiT Manufacturing Blog
and takes an active role in the manufacturing community. Mark is an ATC certified instructor, and is PSE and ATC certified in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, Autodesk Data Management, and Autodesk Inventor.
Adviser is an intuitive tool of simulation. It enables a quick view of cavity filling and basic aspects of part manufacturability. It shows results with comments and recommendations on how to solve problem and facilitate manufacturability. With Moldflow Adviser you can
Helps to balance a runner system for a simple, multi-cavity as well as family mold so that all parts/cavities are filled simultaneously (only 1 gate/1 cavity), stress values and material consumption are reduced at the same time.
Predicts warpage following from stress during injection process. By simulation we identify where warpage can occur and we adjust part and mold design, material choice and process parameters to minimize part warpage.
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