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Plastic injection and tool making are very peculiar markets, mostly driven by known patterns, human experience and best practices.

To help end users evaluate the advantages in using Alumold® 500, Constellium’s most performing alloy for making molds, we released a simple and powerful tool that will enable you to discover those advantages.

The Calculator is tailored to end users.

Tool makers can easily simulate the benefits of using Alumold500 over steel or pre-hardened steel.

Similarly, TierX are invited to use available CAE software to appreciate the reduced cycle-time thanks to Alumold500. The Calculator is expected to display the comparison of a program total cost and unit costs of parts made with Alumold tools vs steel tools.

Our team of experts do encourage mold makers and TierX to use:

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ALUMOLD 500
STEEL
MATERIAL COST [local currency]
OVERALL MOLD VOLUME [m3]
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Length [mm]
Width [mm]
Height [mm]
Price [local currency/Ton]
PROCESSING COST [local currency]
PART VOLUME [dm3]
HOURLY CNC COST [local currency]
SET YOUR OWN Vf x Ap x Ae
ROUGHING RATE [dm3/min]
% REMOVED VOLUME for ROUGHING
%
%
ROUGHING OVERALL TIME [min]
SET YOUR OWN Vf x Ap x Ae
SEMI-ROUGHING RATE [dm3/min]
VOLUME % for SEMI-ROUGHING
%
%
SEMI-ROUGHING OVERALL TIME [min]
SET YOUR OWN Vf x Ap x Ae
FINISHING RATE [dm3/min]
VOLUME % for FINISHING
%
%
FINISHING OVERALL TIME [min]
COOLING CHANNEL TOTAL LENGTH [mm]
SET YOUR OWN FEED SPEED [mm/min]
DRILLING / DEEP BORING FEED SPEED [mm/min]
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0
COOLING CHANNEL OVERALL TIME [min]
FINISHING COST [local currency]
POLISHING [min]
HARDENING [min]
LASER TEXTURING [min]
ACID TEXTURING [min]
HOURLY FINISHING COST [local currency]

The purpose of the calculator is to provide estimates and is intended for demonstration purposes only.
The results are meant to be a guidance and are based on values provided by users.
They are not intended to create binding or legal obligation on either the customers/users or Constellium.

This is your purchasing price for Alumold and steel.

This is the volume, in LITERS, of material to be removed from the raw plates.

Vf --> feed speed [mm/min]
Ap --> depth of cut [mm]
Ae --> width of cut [mm]

Enter = Vf x Ap x Ae

If the previous cells are not populated, the calculator takes machining values coming from various OEMs.

This is the percentage of the volume removed with a roughing tool, therefore in the first pass of the process.

Vf --> feed speed [mm/min]
Ap --> depth of cut [mm]
Ae --> width of cut [mm]

Enter = Vf x Ap x Ae

This is the percentage of the volume removed in the second pass (semi-roughing) with a finer and slower tools compared to first pass roughing.

Vf --> feed speed [mm/min]
Ap --> depth of cut [mm]
Ae --> width of cut [mm]

Enter = Vf x Ap x Ae

This is the volume removed in the finishing step.

In case of processing twice, percentage to be doubled.

Set your own feed speed for drilling / deep boring cooling channels

ALUMOLD 500
STEEL
Total # parts (program total run)
Cycle time [sec]
Total time to make all parts [hours]
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0
Injection Press - power consumption [kW]
Electricity cost [local currency / kW]
TOTAL PRODUCTION COST [LOCAL CURRENCY]
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0
Injection press maintenance [local currency]
INJECTION PRESS [LOCAL CURRENCY/PROGRAM]
0
0

The purpose of the calculator is to provide estimates and is intended for demonstration purposes only.
The results are meant to be a guidance and are based on values provided by users.
They are not intended to create binding or legal obligation on either the customers/users or Constellium.