Moldflow Insight Essentials
Essentials Course Overview
Course Description
In this course, students will learn features, functionalities and workflows in Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Insight through hands-on exercises. Students learn how to become more efficient in creating digital prototypes, running analysis and interpreting results of most analysis types available in Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Insight.
Course Duration
4 Days.
Objective
To guide and teach students skills in performing FEA analysis and understanding analysis results using Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Insight.
What Will You Learn?
- Navigate and use the interface.
- Meshing workflow.
- Fee system and cooling system design and modeling.
- How to complete cool, flow and warp analysis.
- How to evaluate your simulation results.
- How to generate reports.
Who Should Attend?
New user of Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Insight. Prior mold analysis experience is not necessary
Course Outline
✚ User Interface
- Learn how to navigate and use interface (Synergy)
✚ Analysis Workflow
- Learn Moldflow design Philosophy and procedures
- Use flow charts to discuss optimization of filling, packing and warpage of a part
✚ Model Requirements
- Discuss mesh characteristics necessary
- Discuss mesh errors and density requirement
✚ Model Translation & Cleanup
- Learn to import, mesh and repair mesh
- Use local refinement and meshing options
✚ Gate Placement
- Discuss gate placement guidelines
- Uses of the gate location analysis
✚ Molding Window Analysis
- Learn the procedures to follow to complete molding window analysis
- Learn to interpret molding window analysis result
✚ Results Interpretation
- Discuss results types
- Discuss results manipulation and interpretation
✚ Fill Analysis
- Learn in detail the process settings for fill analysis
✚ Flow Leader & Deflector
- Learn how to use flow leader and deflector to change flow pattern
✚ Gate & Runner Design
- Describe typical gate and runner designs
- Learn how to model gate and runner
✚ Basic Packing
- Review of definition
- Procedures to set packing profile
- Review how to interpret results from packing analysis
✚ Cooling Overview
- An overview of the importance of cooling
- Review the basic concepts of cooling injection molds
✚ Modeling Cooling Components
- Learn how to model various features in a cooling analysis
✚ Cooling Optimization
- Solve cooling problem by modifying an existing cooling system with your design
✚ Using Valve Gate
- Discuss valve gate control methods
- Learn how to set up valve gate
✚ Warpage Overview
- An overview of the causes of warpage and shrinkage models used in the simulation
✚ Design Influences on Warpage
- An overview of the causes of warpage and shDiscuss the contributions to warpage with respect to part design, mold design, processing conditions and materialsrinkage models used in the simulation
✚ Warpage Analysis Process
- Discuss the procedure for running a warpage analysis related to cooling, filling and packing
✚ Determine Magnitude of Warpage
- Discuss the procedure for determining how much the part will warp
✚ Determine the Cause of Warpage
- Discuss the procedurLearn how to determine if the major cause of warpage is differential cooling, differential shrinkage, orientation effects or corner effects for determining how much the part will warp
✚ Job Manager
- Review of the job manager features and capabilities
✚ Creating Reports
- Show ways to create reports
- Discuss the different formats available
✚ Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Communicator
- Review features and capability of ASMC
- Review how to create MFR files in Synergy
✚ Database Management
- Learn how to create personal databases
✚ Duplicating Actual Molding Process
- Review steps to duplicate an actual molding process in Moldflow
✚ Fiber Flow Analysis
- Describe the fiber orientation theory
- Learn how to search for fiber filled material, set up fiber flow analysis and interpret results
✚ Multi-Cavity
- Learn how to set up multi-cavity model
- Discuss the use of occurrence number
✚ Family Tools
- Learn how to analyze family tools including finding processing conditions, adding studies together and runner balancing