HSINCHU, Taiwan, November 15, 2018 – CoreTech System (Moldex3D), the leading provider of plastics simulation solutions, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Moldex3D Global Innovation Talent Award (GITA). Now in its fifth edition, the Moldex3D Global Innovation Talent Award celebrates and recognizes the most innovative projects that have used Moldex3D to develop cost-effective solutions for plastics manufacturing challenges.

This year’s competition generated huge interest from the CAE simulation community, attracting entrants from more than 20 countries across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions, including USA, Germany, Japan, India. The winning entries this year represent a wide range of plastics simulation applications across a broad spectrum of industries, including automotive, energy, medical, electronics, household appliances, furniture and mold making.

Pegatron, a global electronics manufacturing service provider, took top honors in the Company category for its project “Integration of Moldex3D and ANSYS for Insert Molding Analysis of a Tablet Bottom Base Case Cover.” In order to create slimmer, lighter tablet components, Pegatron team fully utilized the integration of Moldex3D injection molding simulation and ANSYS structural analysis to optimize mold designs, reduce shrinkage induced by fibers and validate the strength of the part, striking a perfect balance between product design and product strength.

Slovak University of Technology- Faculty of Materials Science and Technology  (MTF STU) has been awarded First Prize in the Student category. The winning entry titled “Redesign of Injection Mould Cavity based on Reverse Warpage Profile” addressed the challenges of molding thick-walled automotive parts. Moldex3D’s accurate predictive capabilities for warpage enabled the team to explore possible solutions in the shortest amount of time and make timely adjustments to the mold before cutting the tool, achieving significant cost savings and better dimensional stability.

“The diversity and the quality of the entries we received this year were very impressive,” said Venny Yang, President of Moldex3D. “It demonstrates that the impact of simulation on the plastics manufacturing industry continues to grow, and many businesses have reached a certain level of maturity with plastics engineering simulation to enable faster design decision making processes so they can keep costs down and productivity up. We look forward to seeing more successes in the next Moldex3D Global Innovation Talent Award.”

To view the winning entries from this year’s contest, visit: www.moldex3d.com/2018-moldex3d-global-innovation-talent-award-winners

Here is the complete list of this year’s winners:

• Company Category – First Prize
  “Integration of Moldex3D and ANSYS for Insert Molding Analysis of a Tablet Bottom Base Case Cover”
  Pegatron Corporation
  Chih-Hsuan Ke, Ren-Hao Liao, Chia-Wei Lee
  
  
• Company Category – Second Prize
  “Optimization of the Gas-assisted Injection Molding of a Fiber Reinforced Designer Chair Using Moldex3D and Ultrasim®”
  BASF
  Aniket Atul Raje
  
  
• Company Category – Third Prize
  “Using Mold Filling Analysis to Improve Corner Effects Caused by Valve Gate Hot Runner Systems”
  Free-Free Industrial Corp. (Felli)
  Jun-Xian Li, Yu-Tang Huang, Fu-Zheng Qiu, Jian-Xin Huang
  
  
• Company Category – Special Prize
  “Enhancing the Part Strength of a Hammer Tacker with Carbon-Fiber Orientation Stress Analysis”
  Stanley Black & Decker
  Neil MacDonald, William Lai, Leo Tung, You-Yi Lin
  
  
• Company Category – Special Prize
  “Compression Molding of Sheet CFRP Materials”
  Toyota Research Institute of North America
  Yuyang Song
  
  
• Company Category – Special Prize
  “Automotive Side Window Encapsulation”
  Dura Automotive Systems
  Bhargav Nadinla
  
  
• Company Category – Special Prize
  “Improving Surface Quality of Automotive Fog Lamp Bezels”
  TONG YANG GROUP
  Chieh-Wen Chen, Li-Ju Su, Pei-Rong Chen, Chung-Hao Wu
  
  
• Company Category – Special Prize
  “Optimizing the Injection Molding of a Head-up Display Reflector Evaporation Jig”
  Taiwan Zussin Technology Co., Ltd.
  Jun-Ying Wu
  
  
• Company Category – Special Prize
  “Using Moldex3D Simulation Tools to Reduce Warpage in Drawer Slides and Shorten Cycle Times”
  Dongguan Wise Plastic Product Co., Ltd.
  Xin-Yong Bu, Guo-Gen Chen, Ren-Chang He
  
  
• Company Category – Special Prize
  “2K-ICM Simulation Framework to Enable Design Optimization for Surface Aesthetics”
  SABIC Research & Technology Pvt. Ltd. – Bangalore, INDIA
  Raghavendra Janiwarad, Bhaskar Patham
  
  
• Company Category – Special Prize
  “Overcoming Moldability Problems of a Water Injection Vacuum Cleaner Water Tank”
  YUUKI ユウキ産業株式会社
  Kanenori Takayama

• Student Category – First Prize
  “Redesign of Injection Mould Cavity based on Reverse Warpage Profile”
  Slovak University of Technology- Faculty of Materials Science and Technology
  Miroslav Košík
  
  
• Student Category – Second Prize
  “Validation of PVC Sandwich-Structured Composite VARTM Process by Moldex3D RTM Simulation”
  Tsing Hua University
  Cheng-Yi Yang, Yi-Kai Kao
  
  
• Student Category – Third Prize
  “Optimization of Conformal Cooling Channels for Rapid Tooling Using Moldex3D”
  Ming Chi University of Technology
  Duc-Trong Nguyen, Wei-Hua Chen
  
  
• Student Category – Special Prize
  “Why Viscoelasticity Matters: Warpage Prediction of Homopolymers and Short Fiber Reinforced Polymers”
  JKU/Institut für Polymer Product Engineering
  Philipp Stelzer
  
  
• Student Category – Special Prize
  “Investigation of the Application of Moldex3D in Thermoset Injection Molding Simulation Process with Wall Slip Boundary Condition”
  Chemnitz University of Technology
  Tran-Ngoc Tu
  
  
• Student Category – Special Prize
  “Study of CAE Predictive Analytics on Product Design and Molding of Key Component Molding of PET Blowing Machine Plastic Injection Molded Parts”
  Feng Chia University
  Yi-Yu Ke, Po-Chih Chen, Jia-Bin Ong
  
  
• Student Category – Special Prize
  “Using Moldex3D to Design Microfluidic Features”
  University College Dublin & Tianjin University
  Hao-Yang Zhang