: Part SolutionsVero & CADENAS collaborate to improve design efficiency

CADENAS Part Solutions is the largest external library of 3D standard components available on the market.

There are over 500 library suppliers available containing thousands of standard components for multiple engineering sectors - The strong alliance between the No.1 library provider and all Vero products provides many advantages for all users

Part Solutions for Mould & Die makersVISI Mould and VISI Progress has an intelligent internal library (Param_ng) with more than 50 separate suppliers supported - possibly the largest independent library provider for mould and die designers present in the market. The collaboration with Cadenas further extends this performance with new mould and die catalogues and other standard components.

However, on many occasions our customers need a specific pneumatic or electrical part not available in a catalogue, or to search for a special hot runner to complete the tool design. In this case, Part Solutions from Cadenas is the perfect partner.

The strong alliance between Param_ng and Part Solutions is the perfect solution for mould and die designers. The speed and interaction of Param_ng is assisted by the extended and detailed component libraries of Part Solutions. Importantly, Part Solutions dramatically increases the number of mould and die suppliers available to the designer when using VISI Mould and VISI Progress.

Part Solutions for the CAM roomA good toolpath without a correctly defined fixture layout can provide a BIG surprise. It only takes one clamp to be incorrectly defined or positioned for a good toolpath to become a costly mistake. However, this important step is often ignored of left to chance because of the lack of availability of accurate fixture components.

A detailed fixture design becomes fundamental with the presence of one or more rotation axes. In fact, it is not uncommon to have a fixture design equally as complex as the toolpath itself.

Starting from basic cam through to 5 axis milling and laser technologies, Part Solutions is the perfect library partner to aid the fixture layout design. Using a huge list of suppliers, the designer can search through thousands of fixture components including pallets, manual clamps, pneumatic & hydraulic clamps, nuts, tables, zero points, stops, chucks, jaws , etc.

With each individual Vero cam product, it is possible to define the fixture components and correctly validate the cam toolpath, eliminating any potential toolpath collisions.

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Part Solutions & VISI ModellingVISI Modelling is a market leader for the design of mould and progressive dies. VISI Modelling is a robust and powerful solid and surface modelling system based around the industry standard Parasolid kernel. Combined with Vero’s surface technology, model analysis and 2D design, VISI Modelling provides the most flexible environment for 3D design.

The collaboration with Part Solutions further extends the power of VISI towards generic mechanical tooling design. Part Solutions not only provides individual solid part geometry, but also complete assemblies containing part list information and feature details.

Using Assembly Manager, the part list attributes can be used for data management, 2D drawing creation, annotation and detailed ballooning.

Part Solutions & VISI FlowPlastic injection simulation is fundamental for accurate mould design. Using VISI Flow, the designer is able to validate the hypothesis of the tool design. For this to be done correctly, the complete layout of the injection structure has to be defined and this often means the inclusion of a hot runner system.

Part Solutions provides access to multiple injection system libraries where the designer can choose between different hot runner suppliers and accurately simulate a number of different moulding conditions.

Part Solutions & HR FillHR Fill is a versatile application addressed to hot runner producers, suppliers, distributors and, above all, users. Cadenas Part Solutions offers access to hot runner supplier catalogues and a comprehensive library of hot runner components that can be imported providing both design and filling analysis data.

The combination of both applications offer a unique and powerful tool to quickly achieve preliminary hot runner moulding data. Easily construct the most suitable hot runner system by selecting from supplier standard libraries. HR Fill analyses the CAD model, detecting the feed channels, and automatically adds thermal and geometrical properties to the HR Fill interface.

Flow channel elements can be easily edited to investigate different solutions though the HR Fill interface without the need to re-import CAD data.

High speed calculation results are visualised graphically and numerically providing values for pressure drop and material residence times on every element within the hot runner system.

Two levels of integrationLevel 1 is based on a new VISI format (CVF extension). Using this method it is possible to read a file directly from the Cadenas web server (http://www.partserver.com) and receive the data via an automated email. Using VISI, it is possible to simply ‘Open’ the part model and load into your design.

Level 2 is a plug-in for VISI 17 that requires a licence of the Part Solutions library to be installed on the host computer. In this case, from directly inside VISI it is possible to start the Part Solutions application and select the relevant library components. Afterwards, the selected component will be automatically loaded into the current VISI session

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