CAEDSMouldandDieDesignExercises

Ejectors
TampereUniversityofTechnologyTuulaHk

CADtoolsintheexercise
Ejectors
Theoreticalbackground
Mouldbasicstructure
Standardcomponents
Ejectorpositioning
Ejectionsystemdesign

Stepstofollow
Take the zipped SolidWorks part package start_mould.zip or the SolidModellingTools
more complex part package start_complex_mould.zip. Open the ExtrudedCut
assemblyfile.Analyzethepartandselectthebestplaceforejectors. CutwithSurface
Seetheorydocumentsasreference.Sketchpointstothemouldcavity
surface in the ejection side to the places you wish to place ejectors.
Select ejectors of suitable sizes and make an assembly. Cut the ejec SurfaceModellingTools
torstoarightlengthandendshape. OffsetSurface

1. Opentheassemblyfile.Analyzethepartshapesandselect
Other
thebestplacesforejectors.
Measure
2. Openthemodelofthemovingsidemouldplate(orinsert Assemblytools
plate).Sketchpointstothemouldcavitysurfacetothese
lectedejectorplaces.(Seeimageonthenextpage)
When ever there are problems
3. Dimensionthesketchedpoints.Considerthemachining
in using these tools, open
pointofview.Youcangivethedimensionseitherfromthe
SolidWorkshelpandtrytofind
sidesofthemouldplate(twosidesmaximum),fromthesides
thesolutionthere.
ofacoreorfromthesidesofaninsertplate.Selecttheoption,
whichgivesthemostaccurateresultandutilizesthemini
mumnumberofreferences.
4. Measuretherequiredejectorpinlength.Measurethedistance
frombetweentheejectorsetplatestothesketchedpoints.
(Seeimageonthenextpage)
5. Selectejectorsofsuitablelengthanddiameterfromsome
standardpartmanufacturerscatalogue.Considerroundejec
torpinsof34mmdiameterasthefirstchoice.Ifitis
necessarytotakeeitherlargerorsmallerdiameterorsome
othershapeejector,dothat,butthisisonlythesecondchoice.
6. Cutholestothemould/dieinsert,mould/diecavityplateandmould/diebackplateortoallthe
platesthroughwhichtheejectorsgo.
7. Makeanassembly.Placetheejectorstotheproperplaces.
8. Cuttheejectorstoarightlengthwiththemould/diecavitysurface.Oneoptionistomakeasur
faceoffsetfromthemouldcavitysurfacetotheejectorpinsanduseitforcutting.Youhaveto
makethisstepwithinanassembly.Selecttheejectorpinyouwishtocut.SelectEditCompo

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nentfromtheAssembliestoolbarorrightclickEditPartinthefeaturetree.PrepareanOff
setSurfacebyusingthecavitysurfaceasareference.Setoffsetdistanceto0mm.Cutthepinwith
thesurface.IfthecavitysurfaceisflatyoucanalsouseasimpleCutExtrudefeatureforcutting
thepin.

NOTE:Ifyouhaveseveralejectorsofthesamesizeandyouneedtocutthesetodifferentlengths,
youneedtomakeconfigurationsfromthepins.Oneconfigurationtoeachlengthorinthecase
ofashapedejector,oneconfigurationtoeachdifferentendshape.SeeSolidWorkshelpinprepar
ingconfigurations.
9. Cutholestotheejectorplateforfasteningtheejectorstotheirplaces.Iftheejectorheadisshaped,
youneedtolocktheejector.Normallythereisonlyapocketembeddingtheejectorcollar.(See
imagebelow.)YoucanusetheSolidWorksCavitytoolformodelingthesefasteningholes.

Figure1: Left:Sketchedpointstopositiontheejectorpinsandcuttheejectorpinholes.Right:Measurethe
lengthfrombetweentheejectorsetplatestothesketchedpointstodefinetheejectorpinlength.Selectthepins
accordingtothelengthandtheselecteddiameterorothercrosssectionaldimensions.

Figure2: Positionedandlockedejectorpins.Onesideoftheejectorpincollarisgrindedandthereisa
similarpocketintheejectorplate.Thisstructureisnecessaryinthecaseofashapedejectorhead.

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CADtoolsquickguide

ToolsMeasure Definesthedistancebetweenselectedelements(planes,cornersorpoints)inX,YandZ
dimensions.Andalsotheshortestdistancebetweentheelements.

InsertSurface Thistoolpreparesanoffsetsurfacefroman
Offset existingsurface.Ifthecurvatureistoosmall
comparedtothewallthicknesstheresultcanbe

asetoftwistedsurfaces.Itisalsopossiblethat
inthiscaseitisnotpossibletoformtheoffset
surfaceatall.

InsertCut Thistoolcutsasolidwithasurface.Selectthe
WithSurface cuttingsurfaceandthedirectionofcutting.The
surfacemustextendoverorexactlytothefaces
ofthesolidtobecut.

InsertCut Thistoolextrudesasketchedshapetoaspeci
ExtrudedCut fieddirectionandcutsaholetoanexisting
solidobjectwiththatshape.

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InsertFeatures Cutsacavitytoaselectedcomponentwithinan
Cavity assembly.Selectcomponentstocutwith.The
cuttingcomponentsareshownwithagreen

color.

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LearningObjectives
Learnthestepsinplacingejectorsandcuttingejectorholes
Learnhowtocuttheejectortoaproperlengthandshape

CADtoolstolearn
SolidModelling:ExtrudedCut,CutwithSurface
SurfaceTools:OffsetSurface
Other:Measure,Assemblytools

Evaluationcriteria
Accepted
Reasonablyplacedejectorsinanassembly
Ejectorholesinacavityplate,abackplateand/oraninsertplate
Ejectorfasteningholesinanejectorset

Excellent
Reasonablyplacedejectorsinanassembly
Ejectorholesinacavityplate,abackplateand/oraninsertplate
Ejectorfasteningholesinanejectorset
Theejectorheadsareshapedandthereareejectorpinconfigurationswithsuppressed/unsuppressed
features(requiresacomplexmodel)

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