Challenge

Streamline the design, prototyping, and production of innovative medical devices and equipment.

Solution

Implement SOLIDWORKS® Premium design, SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium analysis, SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis (including its Electronics Cooling Module), SOLIDWORKS Plastics mold-filling analysis, SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM product data management, SOLIDWORKS Sustainability environmental impact assessment, and SOLIDWORKS Composer technical communication software.

Results

  • Cut development time by 30 percent
  • Accelerated time-to-market
  • Improved quality
  • Optimized production mold performance

Our injection-mold specialist used SOLIDWORKS Plastics software to determine where the gating locations should be to minimize the appearance of sink marks and knit lines. The simulations also enabled us to understand that by keeping the device in the mold a little longer and at higher pressure, we could contain the sink marks to an acceptable level. SOLIDWORKS tools saved us time while improving quality.

Mario Simoes
Chief Engineer