NX Mold Design S

NX 6 - Mold Design through Manufacture Process Optimization
Aaron Frankel Senior Marketing Manager
2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved
Siemens PLM Software
Key Business Issues - for mold and die tool manufacture
Global competition
How to: Compete on price Shorten delivery times Win on complex jobs Meet quality demands
Products are more complex, no margin in simple jobs Todays consumers expect high quality
NX Mold Design Process
Core / Cavity Parting
Mold Base Detailing
Layout
Part Analysis / Region Definition
Most complete and fastest process from design to manufacture through intelligent automation & process integration
Design Validation
Electrode Design
Hole Making & Machining Import to NX (STEP,IGES, Supply Chain Production 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved
Product Analysis
Product Analysis
Data Quality / Repair Property Analysis Moldability Analysis
UGSs NX is one of the most established and reliable 3D CAD/CAM solutions available today. It helps us make changes faster and reduce errors. Shen Zhi Gang, Assistant Engineering Manager, Omni Mold (Singapore) Early Supplier Involvement
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
New with NX 6
Design review with customer Tool design
Design Change Propagation and Control
Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters
Engineering Process Management
Receive customer data
Product analysis Repair / re-master data
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts
Product Analysis Misaligned Faces Thin region Vertical
Validation Detailing
Pocketing BOM Drawings
Manufacturing
Electrodes CAM Shop Floor
Shallow Draft
Data Quality Part Properties Moldability
Product Analysis - Early Supplier Involvement

Product Analysis
The Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) project template helps to facilitate communication and responsiveness to customer design changes.
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Receive customer data
Product analysis Repair / re-master data
Design review with customer
Tool design
Mold Structure
Pocketing BOM Drawings Swap & Map Customer Data
Manufacturing
Data Quality / Repair

Product Analysis
Clean data is a prerequisite for a successful mold design project. Designers can use NX to heal geometry in a few simple steps.
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts Misaligned Objects Tolerance Tiny Objects
Manufacturing
Electrodes CAM Shop Floor Reporting
Property Analysis
Product Analysis
We reduced the time to analyze wall thicknesses of complicated parts from a range of 3 to 10 days to less than 1 day, while also improving accuracy Enhanced for identifying potential design issues. in NX 6 Ben Yadao, Engineer, International Truck and Engine Corporation (United States) Wall Thickness
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts Rolling Ball Method Ray Trace Method
Enhanced in NX 6
Manufacturing
Radii Analysis
Projected Area Volume / Surface Area /2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved
Molded Part Validation

Product Analysis
NX Mold Designs parting line capability contributes greatly to our productivity. Fernando Ena, Mold Designer, Plasticos Castella, S.A. (Spain)
Enhanced in NX 6
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts Face Angle Analysis Undercut Identification Draft Angle Analysis
Pocketing BOM Drawings Core / Cavity / Parting Line Preview
Manufacturing
Core & Cavity Design

Product Analysis
NX Mold Design has automated so much of the mold design process, walking you through a series of discrete steps. For an inexperienced designer, its like having someone looking over your shoulder who tells you the next thing you need to do. David Quinn, Founder, Millennium Mold Design, Inc. (United States)
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters Automotive Medical High Tech Electronics Consumer Products Machinery Aerospace
Mold Structure
Manufacturing
Initialize Project
Product Analysis
Project Template Configurations can help to standardize and reuse mold designs faster and more smoothly than before; it is a very useful addition to the mold design process. Bryan Lewis, Mold Designer, Minco Tool and Mold, Inc. (United States)
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Enhanced in NX 6
Configurable Spreadsheet
Mold Structure
Cooling Gates / Runners Shrinkage Project Templates
BOM Drawings
Project Initialization
Manufacturing 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved
Shop Floor Data Organization & Relationship Management
Design Setup
Product Analysis
When we worked in 2D, the designer put a great deal of effort into imaging the molds third dimension. Now that capability is provided in NX and NX Mold Design. Joan Domnech, Technical Director, FA MAX (Spain & Hungary)
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts Mold CSYS Workpiece
Enhanced in NX 6
Locks
Manufacturing
Size 2007. Workpieces Workpiece Library, Configurable Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved
Cavity Layout
Product Analysis
The more difficult the mold, the more productivity we gain through NX Mold Wizard. Fernando Ena, Mold Designer, Plasticos Castella, S.A. (Spain)
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts Cavity Layout
Enhanced in NX 6
Merge Cavities
Multiple different parts
Left-hand part
Right-hand part
Manufacturing
Electrodes CAM Shop Floor Family Molds Workpiece Pocket
Region Definition, Shut-offs, Parting, and Core / Cavity Split

Product Analysis
The NX 6 parting process has been enhanced to easily support multiple split regions including sliders. Peter Michel, Design Group Leader, HOFMANN INNOVATION GROUP AG
Enhanced in NX 6
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts Region Definition Shut-off Design Parting Surface Design Core / Cavity Split
Manufacturing
Solid-based
Surface-based 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved
Slides / Lifters
Product Analysis
Slide and lifter assemblies are accessed from the library, positioned, sized, and modeled to properly shut-off with the part.
Requires Lifter
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Undercut Lip
Undercut Lip
Slide Library
Manufacturing
Electrodes CAM Shop Floor Lifter Library 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved
Mold Structure Design

Product Analysis
NX has built-in knowledge applications that make things easier for the user. It was a major change, but it was absolutely worthwhile. Roger Andersson, CEO, Modellteknik AB (Sweden)
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
New with NX 6
Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters Runner Concept Design Gate
Mold Structure
Cooling
Ejector Pins
Manufacturing
Electrodes CAM Shop Floor Mold Base
2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved Standard Parts
Concept Design
Product Analysis
Concept Design is useful for quickly evaluating early design feasibility and for producing a 1st draft of a design. Peter Michel, Design Group Leader, HOFMANN INNOVATION GROUP AG (Germany)
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters Concept mold base Concept ejector pins Fully detailed ejector pins Detailed mold base & components
Mold Structure
Available for DME and HASCO with NX 6
Manufacturing
Mold Bases
Product Analysis
NX Mold Design has increased our productivity 100%, allowing us to create mold designs twice as fast as before. Neal Eli, President, Empire Precision Plastics (United States)
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters DME
Mold Structure
DME FUTABA HASCO LKM MEUSBURGER RABOURDIN STRACK UNIVERSAL add additional configure
HASCO
Manufacturing
LKM
Ejector Pins
Product Analysis
Ejector pins are accessed from the library, positioned, and then post processed for proper sizing/trimming, fit distance and offset definition.
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts Ejector Pins Ejector Pin Post Processing
New in NX 6
Manufacturing
Electrodes CAM Shop Floor Reverse side ejector pins
Cooling
Product Analysis
Cooling channels are positioned, sized, and fit with components via a streamlined user interface. Cooling holes are preconfigured with attributes for downstream CAM automation.
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Hole, Pipe Plug, Baffle, Spiral Baffle, Connector Plug, Extension Plug, Diverter, O-ring, Cooling Pattern,
Mold Structure
Manufacturing
Electrodes CAM Shop Floor Cooling Pattern
Gates / Runners
Product Analysis
NX Mold Wizard proved to be the ideal solution. it is absolutely necessary to have the appropriate tools if you hope to shorten lead times while maintaining quality. D. Miquel Fiestas, Director, Talleres Fiestas (Spain)
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Fan Film Pin Pin Point Rectangle Step Pin Submarine Tunnel
Gate Design
2-Cavity 4-Cavity 8-Cavity 16-Cavity Circular S-Shaped
Manufacturing
Electrodes CAM Shop Floor Runner Design Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved 2007.
Standard Parts
Product Analysis
NX Mold Design has increased our productivity 100%, allowing us to create mold designs twice as fast as before. Neal Eli, President, Empire Precision Plastics (United States)
English & Metric: DME, HASCO, NATIONAL, OMNI, PROGRESSIVE, YATES,
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Enhanced in NX 6
Injection, Ejection, Support Pillar, Stop Buttons, Screws, Dowels, Springs, Guides, Locks, Cone Lock, Slide,
Mold Structure
Custom Standard Part Creation
Manufacturing
Registration Wizard
Design Validation
Product Analysis
Hofmann needs to identify interferences early in the design cycle NX Mold Design provides effective tools for early design confirmation with parting check and tool design validation. Peter Michel, Design Group Leader, Hofmann Innovation Group, AG (Germany)
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Enhanced in NX 6
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts Interference Check Clearance Zone
Manufacturing
Electrodes CAM Shop Floor Measurements Parting Check 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved
Mold Design Detailing

Product Analysis
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Huge costs for unnecessary and time-consuming corrections arise through small violations of certain construction principles and rules during the design phase. NX Mold Design virtually eliminates such violations, saving significant time and money. Dominique Burkard, Project Leader for Product Development, PCC (Switzerland) Pocketing
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts Mold Base Design Mold w/ Pockets CAM Automation
Manufacturing
BOM
Drawings
Pocketing
Product Analysis
Inserts and standard parts are designed to contain False Bodies for automation of pocket cutouts for die plates. A False Body is a solid body hole representation used to cutout the plate pocket. Multiple cutouts can be quickly performed in the same operation.
Mold Base Design Pocketing Mold w/ Pockets CAM Automation
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
False Body + Attribute True Body

Standard Parts Attributes 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved
Manufacturing
Bill Of Materials
Product Analysis
The BOM function is flexible and is used to create various formats of the BOM export the BOM to excel, html, or drawing parts list. The BOM can be easily edited and configured to report pre-defined attributes on parts such as material, supplier, description, etc.
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
New in NX 6
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts BOM
BOM Export to Browser
Enhanced in NX 6
BOM Export to Excel
Manufacturing
Electrodes CAM Shop Floor Stock
Drawing Automation / Creation

Product Analysis
The Hole Table function performs quickly and is useful for automating documentation processes. Randy Moodie, NC Programmer, Minco Tool and Mold, Inc. (United States) BOM
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Enhanced in NX 6
Component Drawing
Assembly Drawing
Hole Table
Manufacturing
Mold Manufacturing
Product Analysis
When considering HSM, keep in mind that it only works well if you have a highly integrated environment of equipment, software, and support. With UGS, we found software and support of the highest quality and performance. Josep Sol, General Manager, C.M. Sol (Spain)
Automated Hole-making WireEDM High Speed Machining
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Manufacturing
Electrodes CAM Shop Floor Electrode Design Machining Simulation Machine Tool Simulation
Electrode Design & Documentation Process

Product Analysis
The NX Electrode Design product provides the breadth of integrated tools necessary for the electrode design process. Takahiro Maruyama, Chief Tool Design and Manufacturing Engineer, Shonan Design Co., Ltd (Japan)
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
New in NX 6
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts Workpiece & Pallet Burn Area Modeling Electrode Undersizing Copy / Mirror
Manufacturing
Blank & Holder
Electrode Validation
Electrode Drawing & Documentation
CAM
Product Analysis
Results show us that our decision to introduce HSM was right, and we are collecting the fruits of our investment: excellent accuracy and surface finishing with reduced manufacturing time. Josep Sol, General Manager, C.M. Sol (Spain)
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts High Speed Machining Feature-based Machining Tool Path Verification
Manufacturing
Wizards
Shop Docs
Shop Floor
Product Analysis
A big benefit of NX and automation is that we are able to move through design and CAM quickly and get the job down to the shop floor as soon as possible, giving the operators everything they need to do their jobs, without requiring blueprints. John Kuran, Systems Engineer, Dependable Pattern Works (United States)
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts Shop Docs Shop Floor Visualization
Pocketing BOM Drawings Resource Management Quality / Inspection
Manufacturing
Design Change Propagation & Control

Product Analysis
Leverage the master model concept & associativity throughout the design and manufacturing process to expedite design changes quickly.
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters Design Change Compare parts Map & Swap Parts
Mold Structure
Mold Base Ejector Pins Cooling Gates / Runners Standard Parts Update Components
Identify Affected Components
Update Drawings & CAM
Manufacturing
Electrodes CAM Shop Floor Identify Affected Electrodes
Update Electrodes
Update Drawings & CAM

Product Analysis
Core / Cavity
Initialize Project
Revision control was our biggest problem in the past. When we had the different departments working with different software, it was very hard to ensure that everyone was working with up-to-date information. With Teamcenter, we have a tight system of revision control. Between that and the single source data model approach, everyone is accessing up-to-date geometry in real time. Vince Travaglini, Vice President, Engineering, Stackteck (Canada)
Mold Structure
Pocketing BOM Drawings Project Data & Process Management Manufacturing Data &Process Management
Manufacturing
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NX 6 - Mold Design through Manufacture Process Optimization

Aaron Frankel Senior Marketing Manager

Siemens PLM Software

Key Business Issues - for mold and die tool manufacture

Siemens PLM Software

NX Mold Design Process

Core / Cavity Parting

Mold Base Detailing

Part Analysis / Region Definition

Siemens PLM Software

Design Change Propagation and Control

Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters

Engineering Process Management

Receive customer data

Product analysis Repair / re-master data

Product Analysis Misaligned Faces Thin region Vertical

Siemens PLM Software

Product Analysis - Early Supplier Involvement

Design Change Propagation and Control

Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters

Receive customer data

Product analysis Repair / re-master data

Design review with customer

Engineering Process Management

Siemens PLM Software

Data Quality / Repair

Design Change Propagation and Control

Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters

Engineering Process Management

Siemens PLM Software

Design Change Propagation and Control

Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters

Engineering Process Management

Siemens PLM Software

Molded Part Validation

Design Change Propagation and Control

Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters

Engineering Process Management

Siemens PLM Software

Core & Cavity Design

Design Change Propagation and Control

Engineering Process Management

Siemens PLM Software

Design Change Propagation and Control

Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters

Engineering Process Management

Cooling Gates / Runners Shrinkage Project Templates

Siemens PLM Software

Design Change Propagation and Control

Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters

Engineering Process Management

Siemens PLM Software

Design Change Propagation and Control

Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters

Engineering Process Management

Multiple different parts

Siemens PLM Software

Region Definition, Shut-offs, Parting, and Core / Cavity Split

Design Change Propagation and Control

Mold CSYS & Workpiece Layout Parting Slides / Lifters

Engineering Process Management

Siemens PLM Software