Using ProMax-One Mold Design
Check™
Step 5. Review and approve a preliminary mould design
Open ProMax-One Mold Design Check™. Select
the Mold Design Check option from the main menu at injecneering.com and run the program. Retrieve the mould record as explained in step 2.
This application checks if the mould fits in the selected machine(s). It is a good practice
to design the tool for two different machine sizes: the calculated machine
and a smaller one. This application can analyze two different machines at
the same time. The space available for robot pick up and part ejection is also analyzed.
The
Tool Design.The mould design and dimensions for our project are shown in the picture below.
Enter the required mold information.
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Enter the mould width. Values can be entered in Metric or English units
• The tool diagonal and locating ring height are not necessary unless the program requires them later on. These values are requested when the tool needs to be loaded rotated 90° from its in-operation position. Leave them blank.
• Enter the remaining information as shown below.
Select the injection moulding machines.
Click the “Select Machine” button under the Press (Fits) heading and select the desired machine (80AA). If the machine is not in the list, it must be created using the ProMax-One IMM Database program.
Do the same for the Press (Runs) entry
Enter crane capacity.
Type-in or select
the capacity of the crane that will move and load the mold into the machine. If
this information is not available at the time of the revision, enter the value you
think is best for this analysis. Make a note of this in the "Enter Your Comments
here" area.
Run the analysis.
Click the “Run Analysis” button. If the program finds any issues, some textboxes’ colours will change to red and a description of the issues found will appear on the Result Analysis box of the corresponding machine.
The program has found some issues with the Press (Fits): The gap between the mould and the tie bars is less than 50 mm. When this happens, the program analyses the alternative of loading the tool rotated 90°. In our case, this is not possible as the mould would also interfere with the tie bars in the Y position. As a result, the MOULD DOES NOT FIT text is displayed in the Load Analysis Results Field.
The actual gap for our tool is 49 mm. Just one millimetre off from the minimum requirement. If you find this value acceptable, override the issue and approve it in the “Enter Your Comments Here” area. Use this space also to enter any additional comments.
Print and issue the approval report.
Click on the “Print..“ button to print and issue the report. Save the analysis.
If you open ProMax-One Mold Database™ you will find that the tool dimenstions are
updated.
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