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Injection Mould Design & Procurement : 2 Day Course

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Mould Design & Procurement:
 2 day course 

Who is it for?
Anyone involved in the design, procurement or use, of injection moulds & products
 
o    Device engineers.
o    Purchasing & procurement staffDownload Course Details in pdf format (4pages)
o    Concept, Designers.
o    Product designers.
o    Sourcing &Liaison Engineers
o    Toolmakers &Tooling Engineers,
o    Project & Process Engineers
o    Validation & Feasibility engineers
o    Quality Assurance
o    Senior company executives
o    Sales & Marketing executives

Content:

  • The moulding process
  • Mould Cost structure 

Mould Types; Factors in deciding which one to use

  •  2 Plate , in its many forms
  •   3 Plate & Stack Moulds;
  •   Hot Runner moulds
  •   Family Moulds
  •   Their individual advantages & disadvantages

Mould construction

  • Materials used in mould construction
  • Methods of manufacture; EDM 5 Axis etc
  • Hardening & surface treatments 
  • Choosing number of Cavities
  • Cores & cavities inserts.
  • Strength Requirements 
  • Cooling channels; location & construction
  • Mould alignment
  • Venting & parting lines
  • Surface treatments; plating, surface finishes/ textures
  • Draft & line of draw
  •  Ejection Methods
  •  Clamp force &minimum Platen area
  • Hydraulic & mechanically actuated cores
  • Unscrewing moulds: continuous internal threads
  • Collapsible cores & expanding cores
  • Surface finishes Texturing Grain release angles 

 Polymers, their influence over mould design

  • Gate position; type; size, how many?
  • Runner systems; balanced, dimensioning
  • Wall thickness & flow ratio
  • Shrinkage allowance
  • Effects of fillers & reinforcements in polymers
  • Effects from cooling systems on final part properties 

Moulding & Product Faults: Cause & Cure. 

  • Common Mould faults
  • Faults caused by design errors
  • Faults caused by poor mould design
  • Faults caused by poor material choice 

Flow analysis in mould design

  • 3d Polymer Flow analysis
  • Fibre orientation & FEA Analysis
  • Virtual Mould Trials 

Procurement schedules

  • Manufacturing process time line
  • Mould trials schedules
  • Validation protocols & process
  • Continuous improvement 

Mould design workshop

  • Case Study exercises
  • Practical design scenarios 

PRACTICAL Mould Design by Forgone Solutions

  • Designing the mould from a CAD model
  • Parametric design
  • Design decision making processes
  • Concurrent design& Manufacture
  • Cutter path creation & Machining strategy
  • Parting line identification
  • Incorporating side actions
  • Selecting Mould Bases using existing catalogues
  • Producing the final design 

 2010

  • January 2th & 27th               
  • March 30th & 31st               
  • May 11th & 12th
  • July 20th & 21st                   
  • September 28th & 29th       
  • November 30th & Dec 1st 
Location: Warwick or Stafford
 
Course Fee: £550.00 + VAT per person and includes course notes, lunch and refreshments.
 
Course Tutor   David Jeavons
 

 

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