Input the Process Settings

In this task, you use the input the process settings and run the analysis.

1. Click (Home tab > Molding Process Setup panel > Process Settings).

2. Ensure that the Mold surface temperature is 60° C

   This is the recommended Mold surface temperature for this material.

3. Ensure that the Melt temperature is 230° C

   This is the recommended Melt temperature for this material.

4. Set the Filling control to Flow rate of 63 cm^3/s

   In the previous task, a Fill analysis was run on a single cavity. In the Model details section of the Analysis Log, the volume of a single cavity is 20.556 cm^3. The Process settings section of the log shows a Fill time of 1.300 seconds. This is the time we want all four cavities to fill. To achieve this, we need to specify a flow rate given by:

   No. Cavities x Cavity volume / Fill time

   or 4 x 20.556 / 1.300 = 63.249 cm^3 /s

   This value was rounded down to 63 cm^3/s.

5. Click Edit Profile

6. Set the profile 0 - 80%, 10 - 80%

7. Click OK twice.

8. Click (Home > Analysis > Analyze).

   The analysis takes around 15 minutes to run. You do not have to run the analysis, we have provided a study with the results in the tutorial folder.

9. When the analysis is finished, click Logs to close the Logs panel.

In the next tutorials you investigate the results of the analysis

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