MPA Extension Modules

Add-on options enable part and mold designers to:

• Analyze parts that do not conform to traditional, thin-wall designs with Advanced 3D
  
  
• Improve part quality, avoid warpage, and reduce costs with Performance Adviser
  
  
• Save money by reducing cycle time using Cooling Circuit Adviser

Advanced 3D
Expand the range of parts that can be analyzed.

• Analyze parts that have thick, solid regions or excessive variations in part thickness
  
  
• The best of both worlds with the speed of Dual Domain for traditional, thin wall designs combined with 3D analysis when advanced technology is required for nontraditional parts
  
  
• Superior ease of use with embedded intelligence that automatically determines which technology to use

Packing Analysis
Optimize the second stage of the injection molding process

• Achieve the optimum balance between part quality, part cost, and cycle time
  
  
• Determine the optimal packing pressure and duration of packing
  
  
• Review the volumetric shrinkage, cycle time, and the average temperature across the part

Warpage Indicator
Avoid costly fixes to molds while they are in production

• Easily identify problem areas with a traffic-light plot (analogous to the Confidence-of-Fill plot)
  
  
• Investigate the source of warpage and obtain recommendations to fix the problem
  
  
• Evaluate how changes to the part design, mold design, material or process conditions will bring warpage to acceptable levels - before incurring the cost of cutting steel

Cooling Circuit Design and Evaluation
Achieve uniform cooling while minimizing cycle time.

• Model and evaluate regular cooling channels, baffles, bubblers, and hoses
  
  
• Improve part quality by identifying hot spots and non-uniform cooling regions while it is easy to make part or mold design changes
  
  
• Reduce cycle time by locating regions that take a long time to cool
  
  
• Maximize efficency of the cooling system with results such as Reynolds number flow rate, pressure, and temperature
  
  

Automatic Cooling Layout Wizard
Automate the cooling circuit design process

• Save time by automatically generating an initial cooling system.
  
  
• Standard rules generate the location and sizes of the cooling channels
  
  
• Adjust the cooling lines to account for ejector pins and other mold components.