02 / Mold flow + stress

See the failure before the tool does.

Analysis is not a report at the end of the project. It is the decision tool before steel is committed — helping your team lock geometry, material, gates, and process while change is still affordable.

From the live PLEC page

The visual evidence behind the failure.

The right visual report makes a technical conversation faster: see the design, understand the constraint, and decide what to investigate next.

Mold flow and stress analysis visual
Mold flow and stress analysis visual
Direct gating mold flow visual
How we engage

Decisions, not deliverables.

The output is not a thicker slide deck. It is a clearer next action and the confidence to make it.

01

Mold flow and fill balance

A structured read on the physics, constraints, and unknowns that could affect your program.

02

Warp, sink, and cooling behavior

A model of the process that makes tradeoffs legible to design, manufacturing, and quality.

03

Structural stress and fatigue review

Documentation that remains useful after the project team moves on.

04

Design-for-manufacturing recommendations

A focused review with the right people and an accountable recommendation.

PLEC cooling value / mold ROI calculator

Put cooling time on the business case.

Compare a Mold Max upgrade with conformal cooling before committing to the next mold change. Annual volume and cavity count convert the cycle-time change into machine hours and recovered value.

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Mold Max models a 25% cycle-time reduction. Conformal cooling models a 35% reduction. Enter annual volume, cavity count, and the investment for each route to compare payback.

Start with the upgrade

Cooling ROI assumptions

PLEC / MOLD ROI
EUR
EUR
EUR / h
sec / cycle
parts / year
cavities
Cycle-time cases
Steel baselineMold Max -25%Conformal cooling -35%
Compare recovered value
Steel baseline cycle45.0 sec
Mold Max
€3,906value created / year
New cycle
33.8 sec
Hours recovered
156 h
ROI year one
-21.9%
Payback
468 days
Conformal cooling
€5,469value created / year
New cycle
29.3 sec
Hours recovered
219 h
ROI year one
-63.5%
Payback
1002 days
Annual production volume100,000 parts
Required cycles / year50,000
Steel machine hours / year625 h
Mold Max machine hours / year469 h
Conformal machine hours / year406 h
Annual volume is converted to required cycles using cavity count. Value comes from the machine hours recovered at the shorter cycle time.
Representative case study / Tool launch readiness

The tool should never be the first experiment.

A launch-critical molded component was ready for tool production, but the team still had open questions around fill balance, knit lines, cooling, and local stress. The analysis phase made those risks visible before the first tool was cut.

BriefValidate a production-intent molded part before steel release.
AnalysisReview fill, fiber orientation, cooling, warp, and structural load paths.
DecisionsUse the evidence to refine gates, ribs, cooling, and local geometry.
OutcomeA clearer tool-release decision, with fewer expensive changes left to discover after launch.
Program fit

Bring us in before the expensive part.

Whether you have a failing design, a line that is not holding its takt, or a data problem hiding behind spreadsheets, we can start with a focused technical review.

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