Mar 20 2009
Plastics Area companies are able to offer their customers full 360-degree service: from processing to quality control, research and engineering development support. As development support is a vital element of its corporate strategy, RadiciGroup offer Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) to its range of services in order to better assist customers in selecting the best technologies for the development of new applications.
Providing customers with technical support in application design and plastics processing translates into a reduction in new application development time and money. RadiciGroup Plastics can help its customers choose the best materials for a specific application and refine the component design — particularly when a new plastic part is a replacement for a metal one. RadiciGroup Plastics companies offer supporting structural calculations and design optimization in close collaboration with the final customer and, lastly, mould filling simulation and injection points optimization in collaboration with the moulder and the final customer.
After in-depth consultation with the engineering departments of customers and/or final users, the RadiciGroup Plastics technical staff can suggest the most suitable materials for any type of project, whether it entails the design of new engineering thermoplastic parts to replace metal ones or the introduction of new-concept multi-purpose or integrated components. The broad selection of materials in the RadiciGroup product line widens the design team’s perspective. For structural calculations, RadiciGroup uses the software package Nastran® to perform: static and dynamic calculations at various temperatures, structural calculations including temperature changes effects, and search for resonance frequencies and the response to dynamic loads…