TRENGD to Commence Sales of XTIMON™ Resin Flow Simulation Software Providing Significantly Improved Analysis Accuracy, Speed, and Operability

Toray Engineering D Solutions Co., Ltd. (head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Ichiro Fukui; hereinafter “TRENGD”) has developed XTIMON™ resin flow simulation software, a new product for use in the design and production of plastic products that provides significantly improved analysis accuracy, speed, and operability. Full-scale sales will commence in November.
Focusing on design and production applications for resin components used in automobiles, home appliances, office automation equipment, etc., TRENGD aims to introduce XTIMON™ to a cumulative total of 700 companies by FY2025 and a cumulative total of 1,000 companies by FY 2030.

TRENGD has been developing 3D TIMON™ resin flow simulation software since the 1980s. In 3D TIMON™, the number of parameters that can be input is limited in order to strike a balance with the time required for analysis, partly because increasing the number of parameters requires more time for analysis. However, cases of discrepancies between the simulation and the molding results have inevitably arisen, making user knowledge required in setting the analysis conditions, and requiring multiple attempts to reach results without molding defects (such as warping and deformation). This also means that skilled experience is needed to quickly reach a defect-free result. In addition, users have commented that the software itself has highly-specialized specifications and it takes time to master its operation and to be able to use it efficiently.

The newly-developed XTIMON™ is a response to these issues and needs. Utilizing TRENGD’s AI technology, XTIMON™ carries out efficient analysis by using the accumulated data of past analysis results and actual molding defects (such as warping and deformation), in addition to the parameters entered by users. This has improved accuracy by more than 30% compared to TRENGD's existing products. Furthermore, its template system makes it possible to save analysis settings created by skilled users as templates. In addition to the efficiency gains from eliminating the need to repeatedly set and enter the same conditions, this enables inexperienced users to perform the same analysis as experienced engineers and make designs based on the results of the analysis. Also, the techniques of experienced engineers can be efficiently handed down to new generations of users.
In conjunction with these changes, the user interface has been significantly revised. This is expected to reduce mouse movements during analysis preparation by 50% and the number of clicks needed for analysis per product by 90%, leading to reduced analysis preparation time for beginners by 50% and other benefits.

TRENGD has been selling 3D TIMON™ resin flow simulation software since 1980. XTIMON™ has been developed as an upgraded version of 3D TIMON™ and current 3D TIMON™ users will be able to migrate without modification. It is planned to add more variations in the future, based on the functionality of this new product.

Through the XTIMON™ series, TRENGD will contribute to improving the accuracy and efficiency of resin flow analysis. TRENGD will continue to make full use of the Toray Engineering Group’s technology, engineering, and know-how to provide solutions to a wide range of issues for Monozukuri (manufacturing).
The details of the XTIMON™ resin flow simulation software are as follows.

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1. Product name	XTIMON™ resin flow simulation software
2. Product features	(1) Utilizes AI to achieve outstanding analysis accuracy (2) By utilizing data, enables anyone to use skilled techniques and knowledge (3) Achieves efficient analysis through an intuitive user interface
3. Usage	Manufacturing industries that require resin flow analysis (automobiles, electronics, healthcare industry, mold manufacturers, etc.)
4. Sales targets	Cumulative total of 700 companies by FY2025 Cumulative total of 1,000 companies by FY2030