Process Settings Wizard - Reactive Molding Settings

This page of the Process Settings Wizard, which can be accessed by clicking process settings icon (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	Enter a value for air mass when there is a significant amount of air in the resin. For example, the pellet used in the Microchip Encapsulation can have enough air to affect the flow. The %Air mass value accounts for the compressibility of the air in the resin, using the ideal gas law. Because it is in %mass, even a small value can represent a significant volume of air in the resin. In most cases, this value can be set to zero (0). Tip: Specifying a non-zero value for %Air mass can make the flow solution less stable. %Air mass is supported for some 3D thermoset processes, such as reactive molding, microchip encapsulation, reactive injection-compression, and reactive compression molding.
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