Review Circuit Results

In this task, you interpret four different circuit results.

1. Click Home > Results > Results.

2. Ensure just the Part, and Channel layers are on. All other layers are off.

3. Rotate, pan, and zoom as necessary to see the circuit results being displayed.

4. Click Circuit coolant temperature in the study tasks list.

   An increase in temperature more than 2-3°C is a problem. The core is slightly more than the guideline.

   

5. Click Circuit Reynolds Number.

   The results are exactly 10,000 Reynolds number because this value was used as input for calculating flow rate.

6. Click Circuit flow rate.

   The flow rate required to achieve 10,000 Reynolds number is just over 3 l/min. This flow rate is not high, so the mold is probably not be flow rate limited.

7. Click Circuit metal temperature. The circuit metal temperature is best when less than 5°C above the coolant inlet temperature, in this case 40°C. Both the circuit coolant temperature and the circuit metal temperature indicate a problem.

   

These results are improved by:

• A higher coolant flow rate.
• More cooling channels/ circuits.
• A longer cycle time.

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