Performance Polymers

Ultrasim^® for Infinergy^®: Optimize processing and part performance

Ultrasim^® is the versatile and flexible CAE competence for your innovations using Infinergy^®. Our calculation of component concepts on a virtual basis starts with appropriate materials and adequate material models, ranging from the virtual prototype and ideal manufacturing process to the finished mass-produced component.

ULTRASIM^® IS WHAT YOU NEED!

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Ultrasim^® offers a unique combination of CAE tools and material know-how. That opens up the possibility of predicting part performance - even before manufacturing the first prototype.

It creates a digital twin by taking into account variables that influence part performance. This way, it allows to optimize the part design and support you along the processing chain to achieve your goals.

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How does the process for Infinergy^® look like in detail?

Have a look at every step in detail:

Mold Filling

Achieving optimal packing by optimizing:

filler location and orientation
mold orientation
venting

Defect prediction:

detect voids
predict packing inhomogeneities

Coupled computational fluid and particle dynamics:

predict fluid flow and particle trajectories by accounting for particle-particle and particle-fluid interaction
material characterization guarantees predictive power

cutting-edge simulation framework for particle flow by coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) with Discrete Element Method (DEM)
simulation of filling behavior as a customer service

realistic prediction of particle packing and voids
reduced need for prototyping
advanced process optimization

Compression & Fusion

In the second processing step, the mold is closed while steam is applied. Thereby the beads are squeezed into the voids that formed during the initial filling phase. The goal of the crack closing simulation is to predict the final size and location of voids while using the beads packing from the filling simulation as starting point. With a larger crack it is easier to remove all voids but that comes at the cost of heavier and more expensive part. The simulation can be used for finding the minimal crack that yields an acceptable part.

Also different Infinergy^® types can be tested.

The upper row shows crack closing simulations for Infinergy^® 230 for different cracks applied (left to right): 5 mm, 10 mm, 20 mm.

The lower row shows the same crack closing simulations but here, Infinergy^® 210 MP is considered. The color indicates the pressure (blue=low, red=high) in the material. Low pressure regions are prone to voids. The simulation demonstrates that, in general, larger cracks lead to nicer top lines. Furthermore, for a given crack, Infinergy^® 210 MP yields nicer top lines compared to Infinergy^® 230.

Part Simulation

virtual mechanical part testing and part optimization
support for static structural simulation including cyclic load cases
material model accounts for stress softening and hysteresis

Perform virtual part testing and optimization

The elastomeric foam model in Ultrasim^® accounts for compressibility up to large deformations

Generate force-displacement curves for structural load cases while accounting for stress softening and energy dissipation in cyclic loading

Possible Simulation Support for 3D Lattice Inserts

Filling Simulation

mold filling with inserts possible
prediction of density or void distribution

Part Simulation

hybrid parts of Ultrasint^® and Infinergy^® can be simulated
prediction and optimization of sole stiffness

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Ultrasim® for Infinergy®: Optimize processing and part performance

ULTRASIM® IS WHAT YOU NEED!