Study on the possible defects in plastic injection molding for different designs of studs for football boot sole using CAD and CAE technologies and applications

Computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided engineering (CAE) technologies are extensively utilized nowadays to assist engineers and mold designers in the engineering world. These technologies and applications serves as vital tools to generate better, safer and more reliable products. Beside it saves a lot of time in the design process that includes modeling and drafting through the use of CAD technology, engineers and designers may also simulate their design to determine and predict the performance of the final product that will be manufactured through CAE technology. This research study outlines the utilization of these technologies in designing a football boot sole that will be used for plastic injection molding. In plastic injection molding, it is highly aimed to produce plastic products with no defects or at least less imperfection. Therefore, utilizing CAD and CAE technologies may contribute a high impact to the plastic injection molding industry whereby through simulation and analysis using CAD and CAE technologies, predictions of the possible defects on the final product can be made. ProE,GI,EER 2000i² and MOLDFLOW Plastics Advisers (MPA) were the CAD and CAE technology applications that were widely used in this research study. Apart from that, the predicted defects on the final product managed to give a clear view to the research and design team about what defects may occur on the football boot sole design.