Mold Wizard 2011

Introduction to NX™ Mold Wizard

Jim Davis SIEMENS PLM Software PreSales PreSales Solution Solution Consultant Consultant [email protected] © 2011. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights r eserved eserved

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Tooling Industry Challenges…

Seize new business opportunities and compete against newcomers to your industry that are putting pressure on prices Cost    

Integrated & Managed Tooling Design Process

Manage and reduce costs Control overall design and manufacturing process Eliminate errors (human and design) Work with multiple data formats

Time      

Reduce cycle times Reduce design lead time Increase production volume Reuse knowledge and data Reduce and manage design change effort / time Reduce manufacturing / machining time

Quality    

Product Design

Maintain tool design quality Maintain product quality Achieve first time quality on increasingly complex parts Achieve customer requirements Sources of market challenges: • AMBA white paper, “Know the True Cost of Molds US vs. Offshore” • AMBA white paper, “What can US Mold Builders Do To Compete?” • Market engagements

Machining …

Parting & Lay-out

Electrode Design Change management

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Knowledge Based Solutions

Durability Wizard

Mold Design

Progressive Die Design

Optimization Wizard

Die Engineering / Die Design

Weld Assistant


Let’s Focus On…

Durability Wizard

Mold Design

Progressive Die Design

Optimization Wizard

Die Engineering / Die Design

Weld Assistant


The Word on the Street…


NX™ Mold Wizard


Roles and Interface

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Geometry Check / Compare


Work piece and Parting


Base / Locating Ring / Sprue Pocketing


Sleeves & Ejection


Moldex3D™

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TOOLING MOTION SIMULATION



Drafting & BOM


Electrode Design


NX CAM / MANUFACTURING WIZARD / POSTS AND POSTING


Multi Purpose


Support

What’s New Guide

Global Technical Access Center

Help Documents NX

Training Solutions

Via WWW or Phone


Benefits of NX™ Mold Design

Processes and Workflows Automated Repeatable Configurable  

Electrode Designer

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Can be multi-disciplined

NC Programmer Manufacturing Engineer

Tool Designer

Easy to use Increase Productivity

When coupled with NX CAD and NX CAM, NX Mold Design offers a truly complete end-to-end, unified solution.

Part Designer

Supply Chain


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Mold Wizard 2011

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