Transforming Mold, Tool & Die: From Digital Engineering to Intelligent Manufacturing

Toolmakers today are squeezed by product complexity, shrinking timelines, and rising quality expectations. This opening session shows how Siemens' end-to-end Mold, Tool and Die solution connects part design, mold engineering, simulation, NC programming, electrode manufacturing, and quality through one associative digital thread, turning fragmented handoffs into a single accelerated flow from customer part data to production.

Most of a mold's cost and quality is locked in before manufacturing even starts. This session dives into Siemens Designcenter, from manufacturability validation to production-ready mold design, covering automated mold design, standard components, cooling, pocketing, and drawings. We'll also showcase the Designcenter–Altair Inspire Mold connector, bringing mold-filling simulation directly into the design workflow.

Manual CAD-to-CAM handoffs slow everything down, especially when customer designs change mid-project. This closing session shows how Siemens Designcenter and NX X Manufacturing connect mold engineering directly to the shop floor, driving manufacturing processes for inserts and electrodes, reusing proven machining knowledge, and propagating design changes straight into CAM.