Different mold temperatures for cavity/core

In the injection molding process, there are areas of the mold that may have a higher or lower temperature due to part/mold design. A Cool analysis will predict and take into account such local variations in the temperature of the mold.

If you do not have the Cool module, however, you can manually assign separate cavity-side and core-side mold temperatures to assess the effect these variations may have on the filling of the part. There are three levels of mold temperature assignment:

• The mold surface temperature value on the Fill/Fill+Pack Settings page of the Process Settings Wizard.

  This is the default global mold temperature value that will be assigned to all elements unless overridden by one of the following two options.

• Separate cavity-side and core-side mold temperature values on the Process Controller dialog of the Advanced Options.

  These separate mold temperature values are assigned to all elements of a surface. Which side of each element is assigned the cavity-side value, and which side is assigned the core-side value is determined by the Cavity/core side assignment setting in the element properties together with the orientation (top/bottom) of the element.

• Separate top and bottom mold temperature values in the properties of an element.

  These mold temperature values are assigned to specific elements. The top and bottom side of the element is determined by the orientation of the element.