GDI’s engineering department can provide our customers with any assistance needed in product development. By providing suggestions for the right material for the application and analyzing the part design from a mold design point of view, we can help the customer to get the highest quality parts at the best price.
On December of 2007, GDI added a“3D Image Scanner from Switzerland, (the IScan M/1.3M with Geomagic Qualify 3D Software) into our capability.  This system allows us to scan an object or prototype from the customer without any drawing or CAD file, and generate “point cloud data”.A Unigraphic-UG NX5 computer is used to convert those data points into a 3D surface file and then into a CAD format.  These files are then used to generate a drawing for the product.The files are then used to fabricate the mold directly. Working with an outside vendor, the same files can also be used to create SLA or machined prototype parts.

The production molded part can also be scanned by the 3D Image Scanner to perform a 3-D quality check, which will generate a 3-D Quality report,which will not only comparethe 2-D dimensional measurements, but also show any surface warpage of the parts.This true reverse engineering ability greatly expands the capability of both the Engineering Department and the Quality Assurance Department.

For many years, GDI has been using the mold flow analysis software package-Moldex. We use this software package to simulate the flow of the liquid plastic during the injection process prior to making the real mold.  This package helps us to design the mold gating so that only fine adjustments are needed in the first try out.  This service is provided free of charge to our clients.