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Plastic injection moulding
Plastic injection moulding is a manufacturing process for producing parts from plastic materials and is widely used for a variety of parts, from the smallest component to entire body panels for vehicles.
After a plastic product is designed, usually by an industrial designer or an engineer, injection moulds are made by a mould maker (or tool maker) from metal, usually either steel or aluminium and precision-machined to form the features of the desired part.
Plastic is then fed into a heated barrel, mixed and injected into a mould cavity where it cools and hardens to the shape of the injection mould.
Plastic injection moulding design and simulation
With the use of plastic parts on the rise in almost every industry, combined with growing pressure to reduce costs and cut time to market, the need for plastic injection moulding simulation tools that provide deep insight into the plastic injection moulding process has never been greater.
The Autodesk Simulation family of products delivers a comprehensive set of simulation software tools that are easy to integrate into each phase of the product development process. From mechanical stress, vibration and motion to computational fluid dynamics (US site), plastic injection moulding and multiphysics, simulation software (US site) from Autodesk provides a fast, accurate and innovative approach to solving your most challenging design problems.
Autodesk is dedicated to providing a wide range of plastic injection moulding simulation tools to help CAE analysts, designers, engineers, mould makers and moulding professionals create more accurate digital prototypes and bring better products to market at less cost.
Autodesk solutions for manufacturing
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Plastic injection moulding simulation software
Moldflow (US site)
Optimise and validate your injection moulding process.
Helius PFA (US site)
Improve accuracy, efficiency and convergence of non-linear FEA solutions of composite structures.
Helius Composite (US site)
Predict the behaviour of composite materials, laminates and simple structures.
Inventor Professional
Develop, manage and deliver great products with digital prototyping abilities.
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Product Design & Manufacturing Collection
A comprehensive digital prototyping solution to help you to make great products.
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Simulation Mechanical (US site)
Study finite element analysis (FEA) and mechanical event simulation.
Plastic injection moulding software for students
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