We are delighted to share this blog article on tooling design as we continue to examine the newest features included in the Siemens NX June 2022 software release. For managing end-to-end workflows, Siemens NX has always provided powerful automation, process simulation, and integrated technology. To assure digital design validation for your team’s tool development, we have made time-saving advancements and developed several new capabilities with this most recent iteration of NX software.
Processes for improved design and validation in mould design
The most effective transition from concept design to product manufacturing is crucial when it comes to tooling design. Early design validation by your team reduces time and cost, and design optimization for higher production rates while preserving yields boosts profitability. To accomplish these larger productivity advantages, Siemens NX’s June 2022 version features improved mould and die design.
In order to accommodate association and a range of non-circular circuit parts, we first implemented conformal cooling channel design features. Ovular, rectangular, and elliptical forms are among the new circuit sections that can have various conformal cooling design feature group characteristics modified. You now have additional choices and chances to immediately alter your mould designs for every project.
Siemens NX injection mold design features
Mold Direction
We’ve also introduced some brand-new capabilities in mould design to go along with these developments in conformal cooling channels that are intended to improve the workflow for your team. Mold Orientation is a system that uses algorithms to suggest the best mould direction for product bodies. As you can expect, cutting out this manual phase speeds up the design process even further. Additionally entirely adaptable, the Mold CSYS’s origin and orientation can be changed to suit your unique requirements. Along with these new benefits, Orient View also lets you adjust the orientation of the view and adds the ability to perform slope analysis, region analysis, and undercut areas for the product body.
Mold Cost
Mold Cost is another another brand-new feature we’re eager to show you in the NX release scheduled for June 2022. In the early stages of tool development, the Mold Cost feature enables you to rapidly generate a cost report. To make sure that product specs are within budgetary constraints, you can view the cost data information within Mold Wizard. Utilizing product data and feature recognition analysis that are kept within Feature2Cost, these cost estimations are made. After everything is finished, you may export this data to a spreadsheet and store the costing techniques in a template for later usage. This way of estimating product cost during the early stages of design is not only more effective, but the ability to construct templates also reduces needless tasks on subsequent projects.
Mold Connect
The most recent version of Siemens NX includes these capabilities. To streamline your workflow and save you time and money throughout the production process, our new SaaS tool, Mold Connect, provides all these functions if the full version of NX isn’t necessary for your team just yet.
Forming integration in progressive die design workflows
It should go without saying that digitally evaluating your team’s designs before moving into the manufacturing stage improves time-to-market, increases quality, and lowers costs. How is that done? Less time is lost trying to maximise productivity through numerous prototype iterations when designs have been fully optimised for production.
To do this, we’ve introduced additional functionality to the NX Software release scheduled for June 2022. You may now model the die process or strip layouts within NX Software thanks to the forming integration in progressive die design workflows. This makes it possible for your team to test the manufacturing procedures before moving on to the production phase. Before being given to the manufacturing team, adjustments might be made if necessary. This is yet another illustration of how NX fosters team cooperation and increases design efficiency; less time wasted results in higher profits over the course of the product lifetime.
Benefits from NX 2022 Release
Along with our NX software improvements in forming, there are some other advantages including the capability to import client-specific materials through the ‘.mat’ format file type, enabling further customisation throughout the optimization process. Additionally, in keeping with customisation, the blank generator now allows you to specify sheet bodies in addition to boundary curves, giving your team more automated design options. We have improved the overall user experience within these workflows with the additional enhancements to the June 2022 edition of NX software.
Summary
As you can probably already see, our June 2022 NX Software update will continue to improve your teams’ productivity and efficiency, which will improve your NX experience overall. Cross-collaboration is a major focus of this update, as some of our earlier postings have mentioned, as we work to optimise every stage of the product lifecycle. We only briefly touched on a few of Tooling Design’s main features, but be assured that we have made a tonne of other improvements to make the ideas your team has come up with a reality.
