Thermocouple controlled cooling lets you specify a thermocouple controlled coolant inlet node on the cooling channels in the mold model. This way you apply a boundary condition to a cooling circuit to simulate all the existing commercial processes.
Various commercial cooling processes that control the precise heating and cooling requirements of each injection molding cycle use a thermocouple. It is located in the mold close to the part that measures the instantaneous temperature in the mold.
The idea is to have reduced or no coolant flow through the cooling channels during the mold open and filling phase of the injection molding cycle. This way, a mold is hot for the filling phase. Once the part in the mold has filled with molten polymer, a cold coolant is circulated through the cooling channels at a high flow rate. It accelerates the cooling phase.
The cooling phase usually takes longer than the filling and packing phases of the injection molding cycle. By reducing the cooling phase, production cost can be reduced, and the hot mold during filling can enhance the part quality.