Injection - Compression / Compression Advanced Options dialog

This dialog is used to specify advanced options for injection-compression or compression molding analysis sequences.

Prerequisites

Analysis technology:

• Midplane mesh
• 3D

Molding Process: Injection - Compression Molding or Compression molding

Analysis sequence: Includes Fill+Pack

Dialog location

Click (Home tab > Molding Process Setup panel > Process Settings > Next) to navigate to the Compression Settings page of the Wizard, then click Advanced options.

All solver parameters have a default value that is suitable for most analyses.

General settings

Dialog element	Explanation
Molding material	Select and edit the material to analyze. Click Select to select a material from the database. Click Edit to make changes to the selected material.
Process controller	Allows you to select and edit a process controller to control the injection molding process during the analysis. Click Edit to control the filling phase, velocity/pressure switch-over point, pack/holding phase, mold temperature and mold-open time.
Compression press controller	Allows you to select and/or edit a predefined compression press controller to be used for the Injection-compression analysis. Click Select to select a compression press controller from the database. Click Edit to make changes to the selected compression press controller. Note: The properties stored with the compression press controller are the same as those specified on the Compression Settings page of the Process Settings Wizard.
Injection molding machine	Select and edit an injection molding machine to simulate your molding machine during the analysis. Click Edit to configure the injection unit, hydraulic unit, and clamping unit.
Mold material	Allows you to select and edit the mold material to be used during the analysis. Click Edit to specify the density, specific heat, and thermal conductivity of the mold material.
Solver parameters	Allows you to select and edit the solver parameters to be used during the analysis. Click Edit to make any changes to the selected solver parameter. For example, you can configure intermediate results, mold/melt convergence criteria, and analysis restart settings.