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Stronger Components, Fewer Passes

Cadmould Flex simulation insights equip suppliers to optimize processes with a lot less trial-and-error.
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Mastering Thin Walls, PCBs, and Beyond

Parts from thin-walled connectors to PCBs present sophisticated challenges for injection molders.

Mastering Thin-Wall Molding

Proper filling of thin-walled geometries is a familiar challenge among injection molders, especially when working on thin-walled connectors. As well as preventing short shots, molders must ensure that warpage does not prevent the pins fitting together as planned.

Challenging Overmolding of PCBs, Sensors, and IC Chips

Encapsulating sensitive electronics is tricky: once the insert is inside the mold, you’re essentially molding around it blind. Pressure and flow forces often move the inlay inside the mold, leaving unacceptable defects such as non-covered contacts.

Optimizing Gate Placement for Weld Line Position

Weld lines significantly impair the mechanical strength of connector housings and structural electronics. Optimizing the gate location to shift or eliminate weld lines is the natural solution—but doing this manually takes costly trial-and-error.

Inadequate Cooling, Low-Quality Parts

When you use inserts, thermal management gets tricky. It doesn’t matter if the parts aren’t supposed to get hot, or if they're pulling heat out of your melt. LED components, power modules, and heat sinks can all be affected by poor heating and cooling control.

Mastering Thin-Wall Molding

Proper filling of thin-walled geometries is a familiar challenge among injection molders, especially when working on thin-walled connectors. As well as preventing short shots, molders must ensure that warpage does not prevent the pins fitting together as planned.

Challenging Overmolding of PCBs, Sensors, and IC Chips

Encapsulating sensitive electronics is tricky: once the insert is inside the mold, you’re essentially molding around it blind. Pressure and flow forces often move the inlay inside the mold, leaving unacceptable defects such as non-covered contacts.

Optimizing Gate Placement for Weld Line Position

Weld lines significantly impair the mechanical strength of connector housings and structural electronics. Optimizing the gate location to shift or eliminate weld lines is the natural solution—but doing this manually takes costly trial-and-error.

Inadequate Cooling, Low-Quality Parts

When you use inserts, thermal management gets tricky. It doesn’t matter if the parts aren’t supposed to get hot, or if they're pulling heat out of your melt. LED components, power modules, and heat sinks can all be affected by poor heating and cooling control.

Optimizing Process Design for Quality Parts, Right the First Time

The Cadmould Flex injection molding simulation ecosystem recognizes and answers the unique challenges of molding for electronics components. Sophisticated simulation of filling, 2K molding, and thermal behavior enables the defect-free production of parts, from thin-walled enclosures to LED components.

Accuracy When Every Pin Counts

Thin-walled parts push the limits of dimensional accuracy—which is why Fill lets you validate flow behavior and prevent short shots before a single gram of plastic is injected. Filling simulation data can be automatically shared with Warp, another Cadmould feature, to determine the resulting warpage.
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Encapsulate With Confidence

2K & Insert helps you predict flow forces, insert movement, and deformation well before tooling is finalized. As a result, your components stay in place and are functionally reliable from the very first shot: void-free encapsulation without trial and error.

Improved Gates, Stronger Parts

Weld lines can hurt component strength and appearance, especially in electronics. Cadmould Flex tackles this by letting you test and optimize gate locations early. This ensures weld lines are placed where they won't impact performance or looks.
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Control Heat. Protect Function.

Thermal challenges are all in a day’s work, especially where inserts or sensitive components are involved. Simulation in Cadmould Flex gives you a clear picture of heat transfer, cooling efficiency, and thermal interactions inside a mold, empowering you to avoid hot spots and keep performance stable.

Insights, innovations in injection moulding, webinars, and events.

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  • Complex part geometries requiring precise moulding techniques
  • Stringent quality and safety standards that demand high accuracy
  • Weight reduction initiatives to enhance fuel efficiency and sustainability

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Real Results. Trusted Voices.

Customer stories and testimonials show how simulation turns challenges into measurable improvements.

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60% Lighter, 100% Reliable

Through fast simulation-driven iteration, HellermannTyton engineered a charging socket holder that combines lightweight design with uncompromising accuracy.

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Stacking Adapter Reimagined

How Plaston and Gollmer perfected a multi-brand toolbox connector with Cadmould and Varimos AI.

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Getting Canister Lids Right The First Time

By combining simulation and modern measurement, Bergi-Plast improved closure quality, reduced scrap, and accelerated time-to-market.

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Cadmould stands out for its ease of use, fast processing, accurate results, and outstanding support. Its value for the price made it an easy choice for us.
Lutz Kreykenbohm
Manager Tooling & Plastic Technology
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Our collaboration with SIMCON has resulted in a 30% reduction in iteration cycles. I would unequivocally recommend Cadmould and Varimos AI without hesitation.
Alexander Wolf
Head of Plastic Competence Centre
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We opted for Cadmould Flex primarily because it allows us to perform multiple simulation runs simultaneously, ensuring both rapid results and high accuracy.
Amadeus Langeloh
Design Engineer
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Over two years, Cadmould optimized gating, controlled warpage, and prevented air entrapment for critical galvanized parts.
Michael Stenger
Development
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Easy to use, fast processing, and an intuitive interface—plus quick results, most of the time. Simulation moves us forward and is a lot of fun!
Philipp Beckel
Project Management
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Cadmould is fast and ideal for early geometry validation. It optimizes mold projects by cutting costs, reducing scrap, and ensuring high-quality parts.
Fabiano Rubio
CAE Applications Engineer
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Cadmould's Varimos AI add-on simplifies advanced Design of Experiments, optimizes process parameters, enhances efficiency, and improves part quality.
Govindraj Tantri
Engineer, Product Design

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