Warp

Moldex3D/Solid-Warp provides users a true 3D simulation tool to anatomize the causes of shrinkage and warpage and further control these defects before mold is built.

Based on the filling, packing and cooling analyses by Moldex3D/Solid-Flow/Pack/Cool, Moldex3D/Solid-Warp allows users to perform true 3D warpage analysis on thick parts and those parts that have extreme thickness changes. With Solid-Warp, users can easily and efficiently improve the part quality and optimize design For fiber-filled material, Solid-Warp incorporates fiber composite theories and the fiber orientation results from Solid-Fiber to predict its anisotropic shrinkage and warpage. Furthermore, Solid-Warp links with Solid-I2 modules to interface with structural analysis software.

Capabilities
Moldex3D/Solid-Warp allows you to

	Evaluate final part shape before actual molding
	Evaluate both single cavity and multi-cavity molds
	Evaluate unbalanced cooling effect on warpage
	Evaluate volumetric shrinkage effect on warpage
	Evaluate molecular and/or fiber orientation effect on warpage (Moldex3D/Solid-Fiber module is required to predict fiber orientation)
	Evaluate in-mold constraint effect on warpage
	Evaluate moldbase thermal deformation effect
	Evaluate thermally induced residual stress
	Query any two points to determine the linear shrinkage ratio between two locations
	Define an arbitrary reference plane for easy measurement of deflection
	Separate total displacement into x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis displacements to show the deformation in each direction
	Export warpage shape in STL format or Moldex3D-Mesh format for further study
	Export inverse warpage shape in STL format or Moldex3D-Mesh format for further study

Features

	Part warpage analysis
	Calculate final part shape due to material shrinkage as the temperature and pressure changes from the process settings to room conditions
	Residual stress analysis
	After part ejection, the part shrinks and deforms to an equilibrium shape. At this moment, the remaining stress inside the part is called process-induced residual stress
	Calculate residual stresses developed during the entire molding cycle, including effects of temperature and pressure distributions, material orientation and geometric features
	Material anisotropic analysis
	Anisotropic properties are calculated based on the material orientation tensors obtained from flow analysis
	Anisotropic properties are calculated based the    material orientation tensors of flow analysis
	Anisotropic properties are transferred to general structure CAE software for analyzing the part structure with process-induced properties.
	In-mold constraint effect analysis
	Before the part is ejected, the deformation of warpage has been developed    inside the mold. However, it can not shrink and deform freely due to constraints    by the rigid mold.
	Calculate the in-mold constraint induced part warpage to enhance the analysis    accuracy