CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
19 March 2008
Implementation Investments
APEM Purchases Moldflow Plastics Advisers Software
Moldflow Corporation announced that APEM, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of switches, switch panels and joysticks, has recently invested in Moldflow Plastics Advisers® (MPA®) simulation software. MPA is injection molding simulation software that will allow APEM to optimize every plastic part and injection mold they design, thereby maintaining their strong reputation for quality.
Moldflow Plastics Advisers can be used in the earliest stages of part and mold design to predict and avoid potential manufacturing problems resulting in time and cost savings while ensuring optimized quality. By using MPA, APEM will be able to test different design iterations and anticipate defects such as molded part warpage and correct any design flaws before the physical prototyping phase.
Mr. Jean-Luc Gachon, APEM’s Computer Aided Design Manager comments, “We first used Moldflow Plastics Advisers on parts that were problematic but we quickly realized that the results were so reliable that using the software as early as possible would save time on every project.” He continued, “MPA has been easily integrated within our research department where parts and moulds are conceived and it allows us to resolve our two main problems – determining injection locations and processing settings - while taking into account the constraints of the mould to be able to better approach and solve the problems of part warpage.”
Jocelyne Marinaro, Moldflow’s Western European Regional Sales Director explains, “APEM’s purchase and implementation of MPA confirms what we see as a continuing trend in the use of simulation – the transition from using simulation as “after-the-fact” troubleshooting tools on only the most difficult parts to using simulation to optimize every part and mold design.” She continued, “In purchasing MPA, APEM strengthens its image of being an innovative company that adds value to every part they produce while striving to achieve continuous quality improvement. Today, every new APEM project containing a plastic part is submitted for a Moldflow study to decrease development time, scrap rates, cycle time and molded part defects.”
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