Maximize your manufacturing capabilities with EPS FloTek, LLC, a trusted provider of high-quality plastics engineering services. We specialize in providing cutting-edge solutions to manufacturing companies, helping them stay at the forefront of their industries. See our innovative flow and pack software products below.

Flow Analysis

This software product’s explicit analysis capabilities give you a deeper insight into plastic flow behaviors, from macro to micro view. It includes fountain flow, inertia effect, and gravity effect. Flow can help you understand how melt flow progresses, identify where weld surfaces are, and detect short-shot problems.

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Cababilities

  • Predicts melt front progression to see how a mold is filled
  • Predicts 3D fountain flow phenomena, inertia phenomena, cavity effects, and viscosity heating effects
  • Predicts weld line locations to minimize or eliminate them
  • Predicts air traps
  • Predicts injection pressure and evaluates clamping force requirements
  • Evaluates runner layout and type to minimize material volume and achieve runner balancing
  • Optimizes gate location and size to minimize weld lines and achieve balanced filling
  • Optimizes process conditions in the filling stage, including injection time, melt temperature, ram speed profile, etc.
  • Simulates filling processes for multi-cavity or family molds
  • Simulates multicomponent molding processes, including insert molding and multi-shot sequential molding (Note: The MCM module is required for this.)

Results

  • Solid Melt Flow Analysis
  • Pressure
  • Shear Stress
  • Velocities in X, Y, and Z
  • Density
  • Total Velocity
  • Sprue Pressure Variation During the Filling Process
  • Flow Rate Variation During the Filling Process
  • Weld Line Prediction
  • Runner Design Evaluation
  • Runner Size
  • Gate Design Evaluation
  • Gate Type
  • Melt Front Time Prediction
  • Temperature
  • Shear Rate
  • Volumetric Shrinkage
  • Melting Core
  • Velocity Vector Field
  • Clamping Force of Molds in X, Y, and Z Directions
  • Clamping Force Prediction
  • Air Trap Prediction
  • Runner Layout
  • Runner Type
  • Gate Location
  • Gate Size

Pack Analysis

Pack is one of our innovative plastics engineering software products. This software can investigate all the factors involved in the packing process, including material choice, gate design, and processing conditions. You can even use this product for thick plastic components or parts with extreme thickness changes. It uses true 3D technology to help you determine gate freeze time, efficient packing time, and proper packing pressure to minimize areas of high volumetric shrinkage.

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Capabilities

  • Predicts clamping force requirements in the packing stage
  • Predicts areas of high volumetric shrinkage
  • Predicts gate freeze time
  • Evaluates gate design to extend gate freeze time
  • Optimizes process conditions in the packing stage, including packing time, packing pressure, VP switch, etc.
  • Evaluates design parameters for the revision or optimization of your design
  • Simulates multicomponent molding processes, including insert molding and multi-shot sequential molding (Note: The MCM module is required for this.

Results

  • Packing Analysis
  • Temperature
  • Shear Rate
  • Density
  • Sprue Pressure History
  • Clamping Force
  • High Volumetric Shrinkage Area Prediction
  • Gate Location
  • Gate Size
  • Pressure
  • Shear Stress
  • Volumetric Shrinkage
  • Melting Core
  • Flow Rate History
  • Clamping Force Prediction
  • Gate Freeze Time Prediction
  • Gate Design Evaluation
  • Gate Type