Tool for semiautomatic design of injection moulds

This paper presents the work developed for last years in TIIP, Associate Unit to CSIC, in order to make easier and faster, the task of designing a thermoplastic injection mould. During a mold design, there is a great amount of repetitive tasks that makes the designer loose a lot of time. The work presented consists of a semiautomatic software that covers the complete generation of the mould, according to standard components. It also allows the most suitable orientation of the part into the mould, according to specified criteria, and the generation of its parting surface, and cavities. The software has a very easy and intuitive running, and it follows the methodology of mould design developed in TIIP.