Design for manufacturing for injection molding

This course gives engineers and designers a solid background to be able to design injection molded parts confidently.

<p><strong>About this course.</strong></p><p>In this course, we will explore injection molding, a fundamental process of modern manufacturing.</p><p>We will begin with a brief overview of the injection molding process before diving into practical Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles, including draft angles, undercuts, support ribs, surface finishes, and more.</p><p></p><p>We’ll also explore more-specialist areas of molding, like crush ribs, text, and snap hooks, as well as looking at practical manufacturing details like parting lines, mold modifications, and file types.</p><p></p><p>These principles will help you design parts that are both functional and optimized for the molding process.</p><p></p><p>To deepen your understanding, we will then apply these key DFM concepts in a real-world context by using a hinge case study, and showing how different molding skills can affect your real parts.</p><p></p><p>To finish off, we’ll look at another case study.</p><p></p><p>This time an electronics enclosure and we will use this to demonstrate the importance of some of the molding aspects we learned during the course.</p><p></p><p><strong>Who should take this course.</strong></p><p>This course is for designers, engineers, students, and hobbyists who have some 3D modeling knowledge but are trying to improve their manufacturing skills.</p><p></p><p><strong>Pre-requisites.</strong></p><p>SolidWorks 2022 or a later version is recommended for this course but earlier versions can be used.</p><p></p><p>Access to SolidWorks software is optional, not essential.</p>