Moldex3D | Plastic Injection Molding Simulation Software

Optics

As smartphones, smart wearable devices and automotive electronics become increasingly prevalent, the market places greater demands on moldability, aspheric lens transferability, and dimensional stability. To address the challenges of miniaturization and high-precision manufacturing, Moldex3D Optics enables users to accurately analyze optical properties.

Expand the Possibilities in Optical Molding

From eyewear to LED lighting, plastic optical components are commonly used across a wide range of applications.

Raise Every Moldability

Optimize product warpage and optical properties to produce a microlens array with low residual stress and high precision.

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Moldex3D supports predicting flow- and thermally-induced residual stress of A-B layers during multi-component injection molding.

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For high-precision optical lenses, evaluating birefringence, refractive index and lens geometry is essential to ensure quality.

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Optimize the cooling design with a conformal cooling channel to improve the residual stress, leading to better optical performance.

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Visualize and obtain part warpage and refractive index of the microinjection molded freeform optics through simulation.

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Deal with the weld line issue and reduce the cycle time of a projector lens product by creating overflow region and conformal cooling channels.

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Utilize Moldex3D DOE and Optics module to reduce birefringence, minimize warpage and improve beam consistency.

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Address Industry Pain Points

Imaging Optics

The primary objective of imaging optics is to accurately reproduce images. Typical imaging optical components include camera lenses, smartphone and automotive lenses, eyeglass lenses, and various optical lenses. One of the most common manufacturing challenges is birefringence caused by residual stress during the injection molding process, which can significantly degrade image quality.

Nonimaging Optics

Non-imaging optics focuses on the efficient transmission and distribution of light energy. Typical components include light guide plates, LED lighting components, and optical filters. Light guide plates, for example, are typically large, thin-walled parts that are prone to severe warpage, stress-induced polarization color shift and stress cracking, all of which can negatively affect light-guiding efficiency.