D3 Engineering Solutions Performs CAD Mold Design
A CAD mold is a computer-aided design of a mold, created in a virtual environment on a computer running a specialised CAD software application like AutoCAD. At D3 Engineering Solutions, we are experts at CAD mold design for any type of mold.
Many plastic articles that we handle every day have been molded, and one can usually spot the fine dividing line running around the article in the plane where the two halves of the mold were separated. However, other materials like glass and metal can be molded too. A good mold design should meet strict criteria, or the end result will be unsatisfactory.
For example, the designer should make sure that there are grooves in the parting plane of the mold to let air escape as the material is injected in its liquid state. Trapped air may spoil the component. In addition, the mold features should not overhang each other in the direction in which the mold is to be opened, or the molding will not come away cleanly and become damaged as it snags on the mold. The molded component is supposed to stay attached to the ejector mold, while the injection mold is the one that comes away. The article must have properly hardened before the mold can be opened. To speed up the cooling process, coolant is circulated through the mold.
A good CAD mold should adhere to all these rules in order to produce a high quality component without defects. CAD helps the engineer to perfect the design even before the mold has been created. D3 Engineering Solutions can meet all your mold design requirements, so contact us today.