From Science to Commercial Products - 25 Years of Molding Simulation
Mr. Roland Thomas
Moldflow Corporation
Australia

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This year Moldflow celebrates 25 years as the leading supplier of injection molding simulation software. In this talk we discuss the evolution of the technology from the pioneering work of Lord and Williams and Kamal and Kenig on mold filling to present day capabilities. We highlight important scientific advances and the technological obstacles to be overcome in creating commercially viable products. Finally we present a broader view of molding simulation that extends to the molding machine itself and suggest several areas of research that will be important for future advances.