ADDITIONAL PRODUCT NEWS

Moldflow Releases Plastics Insight 6.2 

Moldflow Corporation announced the release of Moldflow Plastics Insight® (MPI®) 6.2. MPI 6.2 has significant enhancements to allow more people to work faster on larger models and interface to more applications.  

A key feature in MPI 6.2 is configurable Workspaces, which allow users to significantly reduce their implementation and support costs. This enables everyone from industrial designers to simulation analysts and process engineers to benefit from Moldflow technology by doing analysis earlier and more often in the product design cycle. 

MPI 6.2 also contains technology innovations for advanced gate location optimization, a micro-mechanics model to improve warpage predictions of fiber-filled materials, the extension of 3D gas-assist analysis to predict part warpage, simulation of a new rapid heating/cooling process, venting analysis of thermoset materials and new application programming interface (API) commands that will ensure MPI continues to tightly integrate with customer's processes and workflows. 

A new data export option in MPI 6.2 allows Moldflow results to be used in HyperStudy®, Altair Engineering's design and process optimization program.  

A new interface to CODE V®, the industry-leading optical design software from Optical Research Associates (ORA®), allows MPI results to be used to investigate how the molding process affects the optical properties of lenses.

D-M-E Introduces Full-Featured Mold Base with Same Day Delivery 

D-M-E Company introduced the Edge. The D-M-E Edge Mold Base is a full-featured line with 70 sizes available for same day shipping.  It is also the lowest-priced mold base on the market by up to 20 percent.  

One of the biggest accomplishments in bringing this product line to market was the ability to offer customers a full range of features for an economical price. They include No. 3 EZ machine steel, guided ejection, four pry bar slots and lift holes installed, relocated return pins, vented leader pins and three-piece housing.  

The Edge compliments D-M-E’s already extensive line of mold base offerings including the popular Standard A Series, Select Base or Quick Delivery System (QDS) line and Mold Basics economy line. D-M-E’s mold base offerings are rounded out with the proven B Series, X or Stripper Plate Series, AX Series and T Series bases, and its mold base service offerings of Master Unit Die and Contour Roughing.
 

New Product Development Outsourcing Services  

Increasing requests by various customers have prompted Beaumont Technologies, Inc. (BTI) to offer new Advanced Product Development Services. With more than 80 years of experience in various industry segments, including automotive, medical, and consumer products, companies can now gain from BTI's "outside the box" thinking regarding product design and process development. The result is faster, distinct, and less expensive art-to-part product development time for new products or to improve existing products.  

According to John Beaumont, President of BTI, "Our specialized knowledge of rheology and polymer flow characteristics combined with our employees' personal industry experiences gives our product development teams the ability to offer unique solutions to meet the needs of our customers when challenged with various product design and manufacturing issues." 

Specialized services and development tools offered by BTI for new product development or existing product enhancement include:

• Pro-Engineer solid modeling

• Various mold filling simulation software

• In-house molding and testing capabilities

• Rheological verification molds

• Finite element analysis

• WebEx online meeting software

• Several patented rheological technologies

New CAD/CAM Features and Expanded Support with CimatronE Version 8.5 

Cimatron Limited announced the general availability of the newly released CimatronE 8.5.

Cimatron’s CAD/CAM solutions address the entire process—from quoting through design, engineering changes, NC, and EDM programming to delivery—helping tool makers and manufacturers deliver higher quality tools and products at lower costs and shorter cycle times.

“The new version of CimatronE is another step in our ongoing effort to help toolmakers and manufacturers become more competitive by shortening production cycles and reducing manufacturing costs,’’ said Danny Haran, Cimatron’s CEO and President.  

CimatronE Version 8.5 incorporates over one thousand product enhancements, including: 

• Concurrent Engineering

• Streamlined Numerical Control

• Modified NC Setup Reports

• Automated Drill

• Enhanced 5-Axis Production

• Integrated CADENAS Catalogs

• New Advanced Die Design Capabilities