B-SIM V2.5 Reference - Blow molding simulation


 

B-SIM Reference


This is documentation of B-SIM Version 2.5, Blow molding simulation software from Accuform, Czech Republic. The documentation contains the following topics:

Parison / preform representation
  • Creation
  • Modification of temperature profile
  • Modification of thickness profile
  • Refinement
  • Modification to elliptical
  • Parison / preform file format
Tool representation
  • Creation
  • Import from STL, DXF, Patran, VRML
  • Translation, scaling, rotation
  • Centering
  • Mirroring
  • Exporting to DXF
 
Process control (pressure / vacuum, tool movements)
  • Creation / modification
  • Extrusion control for extrusion blow molding (AWT/PWT/SFDR)
Material
  • Creation / modification
  • Theoretical background
  • Measurements of material properties
  • Fitting of material parameters
Heat transfer and friction data
  • Creation / modification
  • Measurement of heat transfer and friction data
Project & Solver
 
Post-processing
 
Image pre-distortion
  • General information about Image manager
  • Projection of bitmaps from plane, sphere and cylinder
  • Projection of 3D image from VRML file
  • Projection of IGES polylines
Display, configuration
  • B-SIM Toolbars
  • Display options
  • Profiles on grid
  • Mouse position tracking (element, node, 3D point information)
  • Rotation, panning, zooming, exclusive zooming
  • Configuration (system of units, security settings)
Tutorials
  • Example 1 - creating of parison / preform
  • Example 2 - stretch blow molding
  • Example 3 - extrusion blow molding
  • Example 4 - injection blow modling
Installation details
Frequently asked questions
Support


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