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Moldflow Manufacturing Solutions(TM) v1.0 allows manufacturers to perform mission-critical tasks including process and production optimization, control, and monitoring of injection molding and metal die casting. It captures and makes available process and production data for use in real-time business performance management. Business leaders can use it to drive strategic planning and technology assessment, as well as map existing conditions and migration path for improvements.
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Moldflow Releases Moldflow Manufacturing Solutions 1.0
Modular system allows manufacturers to perform a range of mission-critical tasks including process and production optimization, control, and monitoring
PITTSBURGH--April 1, 2003--At the 2003 International Moldflow User Conference, Moldflow Corporation (NASDAQ: MFLO), the world's leading provider of software products and services for optimizing the design and manufacture of injection-molded plastic products, today announced the release of the Moldflow Manufacturing Solutions(TM) (MMS(TM)) 1.0. The MMS 1.0 product represents the integration of a series of applications powered by Moldflow Plastics Xpert(R) (MPX(R)) and Moldflow Shotscope(R) technology and will help customers improve manufacturing efficiency and productivity.
Specifically, MMS 1.0 is a Collaborative Manufacturing Management(CMM) system for the plastics injection molding and metal die casting industries that captures and makes available extensive process and production data for use in real-time business performance management. CMM is the framework for organizing and controlling the key business processes of a manufacturing enterprise. Business leaders use it to drive strategic planning and technology assessment, as well as map existing conditions and a migration path for improvements.
"The launch of MMS 1.0 represents a major milestone not only for Moldflow but for our customers as well," says Dean Piepiora, Moldflow's MMS product line manager. "For Moldflow, MMS represents the world's most comprehensive suite of software for automating and optimizing the injection molding and metal die casting processes. For our customers, MMS represents a modular low cost-of-ownership solution for improving molded part quality, decreasing cycle times, minimizing scrap and providing important data for use in critical business decision making."
Craig Resnick, research director, ARC Advisory Group, adds "Users of plastics injection molding and metal die casting machines can greatly benefit from Collaborative Manufacturing Management (CMM) systems that enable access to the production and process data needed for critical decision making and Real-time Performance Management. Moldflow's unique approach to CMM allows users to automate the setup, optimization and control of the plastics injection molding process, improve their manufacturing efficiency and productivity, greatly increase their return on their assets and help them achieve Operational Excellence."
MMS 1.0 product modules include:
-- MMS/Process Setup - an intuitive, systematic and documentable method for establishing the combination of plastics injection molding process parameters that produce high-quality molded parts.
-- MMS/Process Optimization - an automated design of experiments for determining a robust "good parts" plastics injection molding processing window.
-- MMS/Process Control - a plastics injection molding process control system designed to maintain optimized processing conditions.
-- MMS/Production Scheduler - used for production scheduling of various mold/machine/material combinations.
-- MMS/Production Manager - provides "at-a-glance" information regarding machine uptime/downtime, part counts, defect tracking and machine efficiencies.
-- MMS/Operator Station - the "at-the-machine" interface for users to login, enter part defect and machine downtime causes, and view job-specific information.
-- MMS/Statistical Process Control - used to monitor the process and alarm or divert parts should process limits be violated.
-- MMS/Statistical Quality Control - SQC data can be recorded and associated with shot-specific process data for correlation with SPC data.
-- MMS/Process Analyzer - used to display and analyze real-time or historical process profiles.
-- MMS/Production Reporting - used to communicate critical process and production data in near real-time so informed business decisions can be made.
Supported Systems
MMS 1.0 can be installed on virtually any plastics injection molding machine in production use today for Real-time Performance Management. MMS 1.0 interfaces to more than 30 process controllers from many of the world's leading plastics machinery manufacturers including ARBURG, Battenfeld, Billion, BMB, Demag Ergotech, Engel, Ferromatik Milacron, Italtech, Krauss-Maffei, MAICOPRESSE, MIR, Netstal, Stork, Van Dorn Demag, and UBE.
MMS 1.0 also supports metal die casting machines from many of the world's leading equipment manufacturers including Buhler, Frech, HPM, IdraPrince, Italpresse, Toshiba and UBE among others.
MMS 1.0 is available with English and French local language support and runs under the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 operating system.
Pricing and availability
MMS 1.0 is available now. Contact a local Moldflow representative or visit www.moldflow.com for additional sales, service and pricing information.
About Moldflow Corporation
Moldflow (NASDAQ: MFLO) is the world's leading provider of software products and services that increase the speed, efficiency, quality and drive down the cost of the design and manufacture of injection molded plastic products. Companies use Moldflow's complete suite of products to address plastic part design issues at the earliest possible stage as well as to maximize productivity and profitability on the manufacturing floor. Our collaboration with academia, industry, and customers around the world has led to a reputation for constant innovation in the complete design-to-manufacture process. Headquartered in Wayland, Massachusetts, Moldflow has offices and research and development centers in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia. For more information, visit www.moldflow.com or call 508-358-5848; fax: 508-358-5868.
Moldflow, Moldflow Plastics Xpert, MPX, Moldflow Manufacturing Solutions, MMS and Shotscope are trademarks or registered trademarks of Moldflow Corporation or its subsidiaries worldwide. All other trademarks are properties of their respective holders.
Moldflow corporate contact:
Dawn Soucier, 508/358-5848
dawn_soucier@moldflow.com
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Public relations contact:
Laura Carrabine, 440/247-8653
lcarrabine@earthlink.net
