Instruction for Choosing Moldflow Supplier
A good moldflow supplier must have the following characteristics:
1.It must be a registered company, and a professional registered company is better. (A company dedicated to moldflow cannot survive in the market if it doesn’t do well in moldflow)
2.The company has been registered for a long time where I mean over three to five years. People did not recognize those companies in this industry too long ago.
3.The engineers of the company shall be experienced in mold trial, mold design and moldflow, or even experienced in product modification. Meanwhile, the engineers shall have been engaged in over 1,500 moldflowand mold trial comparison.
4.Risk-free promise to clients. If a moldflow company is responsible to this moldflow result (compensate partial lost to clients), it is very confident about its moldflow.
5.The company shall be able to provide follow-up service for moldflow (experienced engineers had the chance to meet this situation, regards to same mold, some molding engineers tried the mold and it worked, while the other failed.) You will be worry-free if there is a company providing guide in mold trial.
There are plenty of companies providing moldflow nowerdays, but you cannot choose five types of companies as follows:
1.Hot runner company, because domestic hot runner company provides moldflow service for clients free of charge, which is the temptation for them to sell hot runner. Their moldflow is not reliable at all. For instance, the grid aspect ratio of moldflow is under 10 while hot runners are mostly between 30 to 40 which do not need to modify.
2.Technology company, such as XXX Technology Company. China follows the tide. The moldflow market expands in recent years, leading to many technology companies following the tide to provide moldflow service. It is not a technology. In addition, moldflow industry has been developed for 20 to 30 years. In the past, foreign companies didn’t believe in the capability of Chinese suppliers’ moldflow.
3.Mold design company because it only demands a week to operate moldflow software. The mold design companies in the past trained their designers to be moldflow engineers and started to cheat clients (clients didn’t know moldflow before are easier to be cheated).
4.Software agents. Software engineers of agents are not experienced in on-site operation. Moldflow engineers who used to teach ACE Mold’s engineer didn’t know that plate between mold and injection machine cannot connect cool water.
5.Renamed company. A company, which has run for 2-3 years or more, changes its name suddenly. There must be a problem that everyone knows. The reason for all renamed companies is the same. If someone tells you that QQ has renamed as GG, you won’t believe him.
When you choose moldflow supplier, you also need to pay attention to:moldflow engineer for lower price, you shall note that he may not be able to deliver report in time because he has to go to work first.
Choose a registered company because it is legal. Input the name of industry to Market Entity Name in http://app01.szaic.gov.cn/aiceqmis.webui/GeneralSearch.aspx, so you can check related companies in Shenzhen. You can check information of all suppliers here.
Pay attention to the specific office location. The address shall be detailed to room number. Otherwise, it is not reliable. If possible, visit the office of the supplier for more information to eliminate possibility of cheating. There is an old saying that a monk may run away, but the temple remains. It is more reliable to visit the office directly than online.
Those moldflow companies are not reliable in technology
1.Moldflow company established by a person as a trader or salesperson
These companies have good marketing, but pay less attention to technology, because marketing emphasizes on performance (sales revenue).
2.Manager of engineer department
Most engineer managers are the main force for technology. Moldflow became famous in China just in recent years. Most moldflow managers are the managers of mold design who do not know much about moldflow. You may think that a soldier is not a good soldier if he doesn’t want to be a general. There are many snipers not being general while there are few generals can be sniper. Moldflow Managers in ACE Mold do not engage in analysis which is especially the same for large companies.
3.Director (or trainer) of moldflow software company
Most engineers in moldflow software companies are not familiar with mold structure and injection. At least they haven’t test the mold personally. But they are good at communication. At least it is true for a golden moldflow agent who has been in China for one decade when it trained moldflow engineers for ACE Mold.