online plastic part quote tool

Once a plastic part is designed in SW, is there an online utility/tool
that would provide a ballpart cost for the part? I doubt it, but was
just curious. Thanks in advance.

 

It has been my experience that every designer makes up his own
spreadsheet with his own common materials and can then plug in machine
$/hr rate, # of cavities, cycle time, part weight, runner weight and
out pops a reasonable estimate for the molding and material cost.

Tooling cost is another world.

Bo

 

Thanks, Bo. That is what I assumed.

SW got it pretty much upto modeling the process using MoldFlow Express.
I wondered if anybody was planning to go past that to costing.

Tooling, yes, that is another -scary- world.

Thanks again.

Arif

 

Try Quickparts.

http://www.quickparts.com/

I have logged on and played around with it a bit. It may give you the
ball parking number you are looking for.

Jon