Part Engineering GmbH

CONVERSE is an easy-to-use software that bridges the gap between injection molding simulation and mechanical simulation. The software is used in preprocessing. The multiscale modeling approach enables to consider the complex material behavior of plastics with only a minor additional effort. A mapping of anisotropic part properties like fiber orientation, weld lines and residual stresses as well as a mapping of scalars like pressures, temperatures, wall thicknesses and shrinkage + warpage is possible. As input the software needs the results of an injection molding simulation, the model data of the structural simulation and some basic material properties.

CONVERSE enables the consideration of the anisotropic mechanical behavior of injection molded short-fiber-reinforced plastics parts in FEA. Hence part stiffness as well as failure can be predicted more accurate. With the pressure mapping capability an assessment of mold deformations, e.g. core shifts, and also of the mechanical stresses within inserts during the filling phase can be made. The temperature mapping capability provides the possibility to consider the thermal loading of temperature-sensible inserts. Through its ease-of-use CONVERSE is also applicable for the occasional user. Due to its specific design CONVERSE guarantees fast and stable simulations.Interfaces to ABQUS/Standard and /Explicit as well as Solidworks Plastics are provided.

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