CATIA in Mould Design and Tooling
CATIA is the leading 3D Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system, providing robust basic CAD/CAM functions but also dedicated functionalities that are normally addressed by specific niche solutions. The combination of both forms a strong basis for mold design and tooling companies. With a specialized and dedicated process team, CENIT offers deep CATIA know-how, including software, training and methodology – consistently and successfully applied to the specific requirements of mold design, tooling and manufacturing.
CENIT’s focal points in mold design and tooling:
- Press and stamping dies: transfer dies, progressive dies, etc.
- Mold design: plastics die-casting, metal casting, etc.
- Composites: development and manufacturing processes for components made from composite materials
- NC manufacturing: CAM modules, for milling, drilling, wire EDM and laser cutting, post-processors, NC simulation, NC documentation, etc.
Modules to enhance CATIA’s standard functionalities:
In the area of tooling, any CATIA V5 integration or any enhancement of a CAD/CAM landscape has to consider existing structures, customer-specific requirements, and special process needs. This is not comprehensively covered by CATIA V5’s basic modules. That’s why CENIT offers supplementary modules to CATIA and add-on products, and combines them with standardized best practices and methodologies, e.g. for:
- Method planning
- Strip and blank layout: e.g. blank definition, flange unfolding, nesting, etc.
- Surface modeling: split surfaces, addendum geometries, cutter bars, etc.
- Mechanical die design
- Trim and form steel design
- EDM sinking electrodes
- NC manufacturing: CAM modules, for milling, drilling, wire EDM and laser cutting, post-processors, NC simulation, NC documentation, etc.
Methodology and best practices development:
Relying on our profound knowledge in the area of methodology development, we can offer a real boost in design-to-manufacturing efficiency, including quicker start-off and modification of tools and dies in CATIA. We successfully use CATIA native options, such as flexible parametrical design, associativities, best practices and templates to help customers in getting the optimum out of CATIA.
Knowledgeware input:
We maximize CATIA’s capabilities by consistently integrating knowledgeware into our projects, thus making CATIA V5 ever more efficient for tooling customers. This is because CATIA knowledgeware enables you to integrate your experts knowledge and your experiences into your design and manufacturing environment. CENIT runs process analyses to unleash opportunities and challenges to map and further optimize existing processes. Based on the analysis results, we support our customers to reveil optimization potentials and to integrate them into CATIA V5.
Further information:
- Please contact us via email if you would like to receive further information.
