Flow simulation data can significantly reduce the time until the real sampling of a tool, and avoid expensive tool modifications. The prerequisite is that the development partners work on the project in a centralised, simultaneous workflow instead of sequentially and contribute their know-how simultaneously. This is the result of a joint project in which Borealis, Oerlikon HRSflow and ENGEL used the example of a demanding mould to show how successfully injection moulding parameters can be optimised in the simulation and transferred directly to the machine as an initial setting proposal, provided that all relevant data of the injection moulding machine, the processed material as well as the hot runner system and other components are available. The experience gained from this close cooperation, the precision of the spot landing achieved with it and possible consequences for practice are presented by the partners in the context of a documentation that can be accessed online and will be presented at K2022.
