Virtual Prototyping™ capabilities

In just a few mouse clicks, our Virtual Prototyping™ modules can design a preform for your container and take it on a virtual trip through a blow molding machine. The output for this program is an excellent input for finite element analysis (FEA) models of the blow molding process.

 

Virtual Prototyping™ modules and software

For those who want their own subscription to the Virtual Prototyping™ modules, it is available via secure and encrypted web site. This is an efficient way to provide company-wide, unrestricted, 24/7 access for multiple users from the same company at different locations, sharing the same design database.

For those who need limited access (or for those with limited technical capabilities), stretch blow molding simulation using the Virtual Prototyping™ modules in conjunction with FEA services is available directly through PTI-Europe.

The software offers several components, starting with the primary module that generates a complete thermal profile of a preform exiting the oven, to a module that designs and optimizes a preform for any container geometry.

Virtual Prototyping™ software will select the best preform design for the application. You can virtually reheat and blow mold each preform to test each design even before fabricating a single part. Imagine the savings in pre-production cost and time.

Finite element analysis of plastic containers

Virtual Prototyping™ module output has been taken to the next level. It predicts the thickness distribution of a blow molded container and the mechanical properties of each section. Using both of these outputs, we are now able to accurately predict container performance in a variety of test method simulations before blowing a single bottle.

This technique also allows you to review a variety of container shapes and geometric features for the desired performance characteristics.

• Top load thermal stability
• Creep pasteurization
• Drop impact