Program Duration
Duration - 40 hours
Introduction
The Certificate in Plastics Design for Consumer Goods equips engineers with practical skills in plastic product design, tooling concepts, and injection molding workflows used in modern consumer goods manufacturing. The program bridges plastic component design with mold development and mold flow validation, enabling engineers to create manufacturable, high-quality plastic products. With advanced simulation-driven design approaches, manufacturers can reduce trial cycles by up to 40%, minimize production defects by nearly 30%, and accelerate product launch timelines by around 25%. Through industry-aligned practices, this program prepares learners to design efficient, production-ready plastic components that meet global manufacturing and quality standards
Scope of Course
The SolidWorks Plastics course equips learners with practical tooling knowledge and CAE-based validation skills used across automotive, consumer goods, medical, and industrial manufacturing sectors. It focuses on developing expertise in plastic part analysis, manufacturability evaluation, core and cavity development, complete mold assembly creation, and injection molding simulation to predict defects and improve design performance. Through simulation-driven insights, learners will also understand how to optimize designs, enabling them to manage projects from the plastic product design stage to mold validation effectively. Key modules include:
» Fundamentals of Plastic Product Design
» Draft Analysis & Undercut Identification
» Parting Line & Parting Surface Creation
» Shut-off Surfaces & Surface Repair
» Tooling Split (Core & Cavity Extraction)
» Material Selection & Plastic Properties
» Mesh Generation & Model Preparation
» Gate Location Analysis
» Fill Time & Flow Pattern Study
» Design Optimization Using Simulation Results
Career Prospects / Job Roles
Professionals skilled in both tooling and simulation are in high demand across plastic manufacturing industries. This course prepares learners for roles such as:
» Mold Design Engineer
» Tooling Engineer
» Plastics Design Engineer
» Mold Flow Analyst
» Injection Molding Process Engineer
» CAE Analyst - Plastics
» Product Development Engineer
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Ideal For
» Mechanical, Production, or Polymer Engineering students
» Diploma and Tool & Die students
» Mold designers looking to gain simulation expertise
» Product designers working in plastic manufacturing industries
» Working professionals aiming to move into plastic tooling & validation domain