Plyable releases AI-powered mold design tool
Plyable continues to rid composites engineers of workflow bottlenecks through an end-to-end automated system — from mold design to quotation to manufacturing fulfillment.
Source | Plyable
Plyable (Oxford, U.K.) announces the development of a fully automated mold design process, reducing the labor-intensive step between component design and manufacturing.
The AI-powered mold design tool has the ability to quickly and accurately quote mold manufacturing costs based on designs, a task that currently requires engineering expertise. Days and hours of work can be compressed into minutes, releasing engineers to focus on value-add design work; Plyable cites 44% faster delivery results.
Plyable customer, Sam Pellows, managing director at SR Structures, notes that Plyable’s tool reduces lead times and engineering hours for much of its work, which is to manufacture composite components for applications from grand prix sailing yachts to naval vessels
Notably, the automated mold design process works from any .STEP file and enables design, quotation and fulfillment of precision mold manufacturing to be managed in one seamless process from plyable.com. This recent innovation supplements Plyable’s global network that allows engineers to access manufacturing in 20 countries across 1,500 three- and five-axis machines to ensure every job is matched to the best supplier to meet the engineering challenge, material, tolerance, size or lead time. This global network of quality-assured partners means precision molds can be expedited and delivered in a far quicker and more competitive way than the traditional reliance on a small handful of local suppliers, Plyable points out.
“Plyable was founded on the objective to shift away engineering in high-performance areas — from passenger aircraft and submarines to Formula 1 cars — from a slow and analogue reliance on traditional mold manufacturing,” Martin Oughton, Plyable CEO, says. “We’ve achieved that by building an international network of high-caliber tooling manufacturers accessible from plyable.com to deliver speed, precision and cost-effectiveness. Now, we are taking the next step in this journey by embracing AI to rid design engineers of another bottleneck in their workflows — the mold design process.”
Plyable’s service is live and available to customers at plyable.com; company representatives are demonstrating the solution at JEC World 2024.
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