1. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP

Level I Membership:

• Up to 5 flow analyses to be performed by the Center. (** see below for guidelines for performing flow analyses.)
  
  
• Opportunity to attend the Center's consortium meetings and general member workshops free of charge for up to four member employees.

Level II Membership

• Up to 10 flow analyses to be performed by the Center. (** see below for guidelines for performing flow analyses.)
  
  
• Opportunity to attend the Center's consortium meetings and general member workshops free of charge for up to six member employees.

Level III Membership

• Up to 10 flow analyses to be performed by the Center. (** see below for guidelines for performing flow analyses.)
  
  
• Rheological characterization for flow analysis for up to 5 materials.
  
  
• Up to 60 hours of Center time for performing mold cooling analyses.
  
  
• Opportunity for an on-site technology presentation and training course for the application of C.A.E. This presentation will be available at a reduced rate.
  
  
• Opportunity to influence and directly participate in the research effort of the Center. This could include efforts related to the application of the more advanced shrinkage and warpage software on the member's business. If appropriate, shrinkage and warpage analysis could be performed on member's tooling and products.
  
  
• Opportunity to attend the Center consortium meetings and general member workshops free of charge for an unlimited number of employees.

2. ADVANCED MEMBERSHIP

• Opportunity to attend scheduled Advanced User Workshops (subjects include maximizing productivity with the analysis software, general and advanced application techniques, modeling and meshing, model transfer, data interpretation, relation of analysis data to shop floor, etc.)
  
  
• Opportunity to attend the regular Center's consortium meetings free of charge for up to four member employees.
  
  
• Plastics CAE Center applications support.
  
  
• Access to ongoing developments of the Center's applications research (verifications studies, data correlation and application, etc.)

3. SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP

In some cases a company's special needs may not fall into one of the categories above. These cases will be reviewed individually and a special program and fee will be negotiated with the Plastics CAE Center Director.

**The following are guidelines for the analyses to be performed by the Plastics CAE Center, Injection Molding Consortium:

• Analysis will be provided based on a first come, first served basis.
  
  
• If multiple analyses are submitted by a company, the one of highest priority will be performed and the additional analyses will be put in cue following any additional jobs that have been submitted by other member companies.
  
  
• Membership to the Center consortium will be reviewed after one year. A second year membership will be by invitation only. The maximum membership period to the Injection Molding C.A.E. Consortium is three years.
  
  
• The primary computer analysis software selected for use in the consortium activities include those developed by both A.C. Technology and Moldflow Pty. Ltd.
  
  
• Each member company is required to attend an orientation training session. This session is to develop a line of communication, assist in the interpretation of analysis results, and review the procedures required for submitting analysis work.
  
  
• It should be understood that in order to maximize the analyses that the Center performs, no formal reports will be submitted with the analysis results. Results will be provided by identifying modifications through marking up the member's part or mold drawings and through direct communication of the results. An additional fee will be required for any formal report or additional special services.
  
  
• Special Analyses: Cooling, packing, shrinkage, warpage, fiber orientation, and gas assist injection molding analyses are done on a limited bases. These analyses are more sophisticated and time consuming and are not part of the standard services and analyses provided. Each request for these analyses will be considered on a case-by-case basis. It should be expected that these analyses will require an additional charge or may be substituted for some multiple of the standard services.

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