Consultancy

FlowHow^® consults in all phases of a plastic products lifetime from the first idea, through part and tool construction to running-in and ongoing production.

FlowHow^® offers competent and efficient consultancy in the areas of:

• Brainstorming on solutions
• Construction review
• Optimization of the injection molding process
• Conformal cooling
• Injection compression molding
• Sequential molding
• Multi component molding (2K, 3K, Co-injection, Bi-injection, overmolding)
• Tool construction (cooling layout, cooling conditions)
• Dimensioning of hot and cold runner systems

FlowHow® offers competent and efficient consultancy, based on long industrial experience in injection molding and simulations. FlowHow^® are experts with a very high level of expertise in all kinds of simulations with Moldex3D. Here is a selection of some of the results, we can deliver, besides from the more ordinary results, like filling, weld lines, air traps etc.

• Fiber orientation in fiberfilled materials
• Core deflections under injection
• Residual stress
• Connection of results between Moldex3D and structural software.
• Optical properties
• Flow in cooling channels (CFD-calculations)
• Powder injection molding on a green subject (PIM/MIM)
• Gas and water assisted injection molding

Special knowledge: laser sintered cores for injection molding tools (conformal cooling). Are you in doubt about, how you should design your special cooling, we can help. FlowHow^® has many years of experience in the area of best practice for design and manufacturing of laser sintered cores.

Teamwork:

How can we work together?

• We solve the task from the FlowHow^® offices, with use of the best online meeting tools and meetings in person when needed
• We are in the entirety or parts of the project period by the client.

Contract around consultancy:

We make the basis of contract according to your wishes/needs, and what is best suited for the job:

• We use a set price, where it is possible to describe the task very precisely
• Hourly price is used for consultancy jobs, where the size and content of the job, can´t be clearly defined. A limit for the expense can be decided on beforehand

Fields that FlowHow^® support:

• Medico
• Transport
• Electronics
• Injection molding tools
• Packaging
• Consumer goods
• All other areas, where plastic components are used

Confidence:

FlowHow^® solve all tasks with full confidence and discretion. Non Disclosure Agreements are used as basis of contract, if there is going to be a formal agreement, which supports the trust, we build up through our collaboration.