Analysis & verification on product design
1. Experience & rule-based analysis
It is a routine and must-done job to check customer
product structure before mold design whether requested
or not. It will help us pick up potential trouble-making
points to avoid time-consuming costly modification after
trial run.
A product designer is not necessary to be a mold
designer at the same time. They pay more attention to
appearance, form, function, and style other than
mold ability. As a result, generally, it is unavoidable
that many customers' drawings include un-moldable and/or
trouble-making features, such as undercut and hidden
features or too thick wall, etc. As mold designer and
maker, we are
obliged to pick out and fix all these problems.
No doubt, it will save us time and money in the long
run.
2. Moldflow Analysis
We address this process for some projects, especially
for some big-sized parts, because, sometimes, we need to
assess the manufacturing feasibility and/or optimize
mold layout beforehand. This way, we can find out
problems in the early stage when the cost of change is
least, instead of waiting until first trial run to find
defects such as sink marks, air traps, weld lines,
etc. Through
simulating, analyzing, optimizing and validating
plastics part and mold designs, we avoid the high cost
and time delays associated to the problems undiscovered
in the design stage. This is important especially for
big-sized, high-cost molds.
3. Prototyping
For many projects, prototyping is an inevitable step. It
will help the designer to check the functionality of
their design. This will contribute to avoid the high
cost and time delays when we find the product doesn't
work well after trial run. We don't have in-house
prototyping capability. But, it will not prevent us from
handling this process for you. We have a group of
suppliers who can provide us with high-quality
prototypes.
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