Case Study: PROCAD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC achieves 10–50% faster cycle times and improved mold quality with SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium

Improving Injection-mold Tooling Development With Solidworks Simulation Premium

Procad Technologies, Llc is a full‑service electromechanical product design and tooling engineering consultancy founded to resolve injection‑mold tooling issues, accelerate tooling cycles, and streamline production processes. To launch and scale its plastics engineering and mold‑optimization practice, Procad Technologies, Llc standardized on SolidWorks—using SOLIDWORKS Premium for design and SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium for nonlinear FEA—to quickly identify tooling defects and optimize molds before production.

Using SolidWorks Simulation Premium and SOLIDWORKS Premium, Procad Technologies, Llc ran nonlinear FEA and mold analyses to locate and fix flashing, warping, gate/runner and bending issues, redesign cavities, and strengthen weak areas. The SolidWorks‑driven approach rescued a failing mold after three iterations, six weeks and $10,000 (avoiding a prior $350,000, two‑year problem and an estimated $80,000 extra cost), produced a mold that ran first time at 20,000 psi with no flash, and delivered measurable benefits including 10–50% shorter cycle times, improved part durability, and extended mold life.

Procad Technologies, Llc

Robert Elwell

Owner