Capabilities
- Predict temperature within part, inserts, mold, runner, cooling channels, heating rod, etc. Evaluate the efficiency of cooling and heating system design
- Transient Mold cooling or heating analysis can exam temperature response time for variotherm and Rapid Heat Cycle Molding(RHCM) process
- Mesh-Free eDesign Fast Cool module is an easy and fast cooling analysis solution to quickly validate mold cooling system designs
- Advanced Hot Runner module can build and simulate complex hot runner system for design validation.
- Fast build various cooling channel and manifold. For conformal cooling channels, Cooling channel designer can automatically build it based on geometry of part.
- 3D Coolant CFD can applies 3D solid cooling analysis with turbulence modeling and temperature distribution to capture more realistic and complicated cooling effect.
- Support the mold temperature controller setting for more realistic cooling channel pressure and flow rate to achieve more precise cooling analysis.
- Support Mold Preheat simulation to help reduce invalid try run.
- Support Part ejecting simulation to evaluate the warpage effect of ejection time to small part.
- Support Coupled Flow-Pack analysis module for high accuracy result.
Part Cooling Analysis
- Calculate 3D temperature distribution within part, runner and part insert
- Determine frozen areas
- Calculate heat transfer rate and heat load
- Estimate required cooling time
Moldbase Cooling Analysis
- Calculate solid temperature distribution within mold base, insert and cooling circuit
- Calculate the cooling circuit efficiency
- Evaluate part insert effects (Moldex3D MCM module is required)
- Evaluate mold insert of different materials, such as beryllium copper
- Evaluate heating rod effects
Cooling Channel Analysis
- Calculate coolant temperature along each cooling channel
- Calculate the pressure drop of each cooling channel
- Analyze the Reynolds number along each cooling channel
- Support Conventional / Conformal Cooling and 3D Coolant CFD
- Support the establishment and simulation of manifold and mold temperature controller setting
