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Computer aided manufacturing software.

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Consists of three-node triangular elements located at the half-thickness of the part surface. Creating a Midplane mesh from a solid model involves extracting the mesh and the element thickness from ...

Switch-over

Software; CAM

Designates the transition from one phase to another, for example, the transition from the filling phase to the packing phase. Various switch-over methods can be used. For example, fill-to-pack ...

Orientation

Software; CAM

During shear flow, polymer molecules align themselves in the direction of flow. The extent of this orientation depends on the shear rate to which the material is subjected and the temperature of the ...

Tooling noise

Software; CAM

Excessive tooling noise may occur due to moulding problems where the injection pressure is too high toward the end of the velocity phase. Excessive tooling noise may lead to tool damage after ...

Shrinkage

Software; CAM

Shrinkage is the reduction in the dimensions of a plastic part, compared with the mould dimensions. Shrinkage occurs as the polymer cools. Shrinkage can vary in different directions. Crystalline and ...

Stl file

Software; CAM

STL (stereolithography) is a tessellated representation of the surfaces of a solid, using triangles. STL was initially used in rapid prototyping. STL files can be in either ASCII or binary format. ...

Tensile strength

Software; CAM

Tensile strength is the maximum nominal stress sustained by a material being pulled from both ends, at a specified temperature and at a specified rate of stretching.