Process Settings Wizard - Reactive Molding Settings

This page of the Process Settings Wizard, which can be accessed by clicking Process Settings (Home tab > Molding Process Setup panel > Process Settings), is used to specify the reactive molding related process settings for the selected analysis sequence.

Dialog element Explanation
Melt initial conversion
To specify the level of conversion (curing), enter a value between -1 and 1, where
  • -1 = beginning of induction period (where relevant)
  • 0 = beginning of conversion
  • +1 = end of conversion
Curing time

Enter the time, in seconds, that the melt will take to solidify to an acceptable state.

%Air mass

The percentage of air mass value is used to simulate the effect of air in the molding compound on the polymer flow. In most cases, it can be set to zero (0). If this value is not zero, it will have an effect on the compressibility of the compound.

Preconditioning analysis Preconditioning data are used to calculate the melt temperature. If you choose to perform preconditioning analysis, click Edit Data to specify the preconditioning data