Plastic Injection Moulding Features

Moldflow^® software helps reduce manufacturing defects through plastic injection moulding simulation. Access tools for injection mould design, plastic part design and mould processing.

Autodesk Moldflow Insight and Adviser 2021 now available | See what's new (video: 2:53 min)

Mesh to solve with one click

Improve your productivity by meshing and analysing your model in one step. (video: 1.30 min.)

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Fusion 360 for CAD preparation

Moldflow includes Fusion 360 in-product push to help with quick CAD simplification and repair. (video: 3.06 min.)

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Collaborate using Shared Views

Collaborate using cloud-connected devices to share results, comment and design recommendations. (video: 2.12 min.)

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Moldflow Adviser

Runner balancing

Runner balance analysis guides users in sizing multi-cavity runners for even pressure and fill time. (video: 2.29 min.)

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Mould cooling circuits

Automate cooling channel creation with a wizard, import from CAD curves or manually draw circuits. (video: 2.09 min.)

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Defect visualisation

Analyse part warpage and evaluate potential design flaws to improve part quality. (video: 2.14 min.)

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Moldflow Insight

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Flexible solving

Use the Simulation Compute Manager (SCM) to solve analyses locally, on a server or on the cloud.

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Chemical Foam Moulding

Simulate foaming of thermoplastic and thermoset materials (including polyurethane).

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Control valve gate opening/closing

Include controlled and sequential valve gates within simulations, along with hot runner layouts. (video: 1.22 min.)

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Predict shrinkage and warpage

Visualise part quality concerns to identify causes of warpage and apply shrink compensation factors. (video: 3.17 min.)

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Part and process optimisation

Use automated design of experiments and parametric analysis to locate the best process and design. (video: 1.37 min.)

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Total coolant flow history

Run a coolant flow analysis to review coolant properties as it flows from the pump to the mould. (video: 2.56 min.)

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Database of 10,000+ materials

Built-in database with information on thousands of tested thermoplastic and thermoset materials.

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Mould and insert material assignment

Pre-loaded materials increase accuracy with assigning part and mould insert materials and mould block materials.

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Orthotropic part inserts

Simulate continuous fibre inserts made from composite materials or wood and analyse any overmoulded part defects.

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Mould cooling

Create or import advanced cooling layouts, such as conformal cooling and analyse transient heat calculations.

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Induction mould heating

Simulate electromagnetic induction heating of mould components.

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Core shift prediction

Simulate one-directional core deflection on parts with inserts.

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Overmoulding

Evaluate insert overmoulding, two-shot overmoulding and compression overmoulding sequences.

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Compression and injection compression

Simulate a charge or injected shot of material entering a cavity, followed by mould closing and compressing.

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Multi-barrel injection moulding

Analyse and evaluate the use of multiple injection moulding barrels to fill injection moulded parts.

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Gas-assisted injection moulding

Model gas channels and entry points to predict optimal timing and amount of gas needed to fill the part.

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Microcellular injection moulding

Analyse microcellular injection moulding with constant density and fit classical nucleation models.

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Automatic pack/hold control

Automatically determine the magnitude and duration of the packing pressure profile.

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Bi-injection and co-injection moulding

Inject two materials into one cavity and determine the relative distribution and location of materials.

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Microchip encapsulation

Predict wire sweep and paddle shift with tools for designing the encapsulation package, tool, lead frame and wires.

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Automation through API

Application Programming Interface (API) automation tools let you quickly create customised scripts.

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Clean, customisable user interface

Easy-to-understand user interface moves the user through setup, analysis and result interpretation.

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Visual and text-based results

Review visual or text-based results such as fibre orientation, surface defect path traceability and birefringence.

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Result export flexibility

Export results through automated reports, hard data via scripts, warped geometry CAD export and FEA formats.

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Features

Plastic Injection Moulding Features

Mesh to solve with one click

Fusion 360 for CAD preparation

Collaborate using Shared Views

Moldflow Adviser

Runner balancing

Mould cooling circuits

Defect visualisation

Moldflow Insight

Flexible solving

Chemical Foam Moulding

Control valve gate opening/closing

Predict shrinkage and warpage

Part and process optimisation

Total coolant flow history

Database of 10,000+ materials

Mould and insert material assignment

Orthotropic part inserts

Mould cooling

Induction mould heating

Core shift prediction

Overmoulding

Compression and injection compression

Multi-barrel injection moulding

Gas-assisted injection moulding

Microcellular injection moulding

Automatic pack/hold control

Bi-injection and co-injection moulding

Microchip encapsulation

Automation through API

Clean, customisable user interface

Visual and text-based results

Result export flexibility