1. Filling Time This presents the flow front position of fluid at regular intervals.

The same flow front regions are the same color. Blue regions mean the beginning of injection and red regions mean the end of injection. The utilities of set color range and dynamic show can indicate the flow front pattern, welding line and air trap position. From the flow front pattern, we can understand flow balance condition and whether the over-packing is occurred for cavity or not.

2. Temperature growth at the end of filling In the actual process, the polymer melt undergoes shear heating during the filling stage. The temperature during cavity might be higher than inlet melt temperature. The temperature could rise as much as 30 C, depending on the injection speed and the material properties. Generally, we recommend that the temperature growth doesnt above 30 C since resin degradation might be occurred at such condition. Cooling time is the time after the packing end that materials reach freeze temperature and become solid. This usually represents 80%~90% of total cycle time.

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Cooling Time

In SolidWorks Plastics, the cooling time is based on that each location temperature is below than ejection temperature and it's until 90 % volume of part temperature less than ejection temperature. Cooling time stage is between the filling end stage and post-filling end stage, showed in point D to point F of Fig. 1

Two major factors affecting the cooling time are mold temperature and melt temperature. Increasing melt and mold temperature will increase the cooling time. These conditions will increase the cycle time. So Lower mold temperature makes shorter cycle time and brings benefits in improved economic performance.

To get an economy and acceptable cooling time, part thickness should be as uniform as possible. Required cooling time increases rapidly with part thickness.

In theory, cooling time is proportional to the square of the thickest part thickness or the power of 1.6 for the largest runner diameter. In other words, doubling the thickness quadruples the cooling time.

4. Gate Filling Contribution At end of filling, the material is fully filled cavity. For multi gates injection, the color index could indicate each location material is from what gate. And such results could help to understand the whether the input material is balance or not. Note : For example In following diagram, the colors distributions indicate filled regions. Green region is filled by gate 1 and blue region is filled by gate 2.

5. Ease of fill

This can help user to understand that the part can be successfully filled or not. The green color region indicates such area could be filled under normal injection pressure. The yellow color region indicates such area drop excesses 70% of maximum injection pressure. The red color region indicates such area drop excesses 85% of maximum injection pressure, and it need note about the injection pressure is enough or not, the user could be increase maximum injection pressure to ensure the part can be successfully filled.

Flow result X-dir. Clamping Force= 142.3800 Tonne (156.9100 Ton U.S) Y-dir. Clamping Force= 126.5900 Tonne (139.5000 Ton U.S) Z-dir. Clamping Force= 102.6400 Tonne (113.1100 Ton U.S) Requiring injection pressure= 100.0000 Mpa (14507.0000 psi) Max. central temperature= 100.4900 oC (212.8800 oF) Max. average temperature= 89.6100 oC (193.3100 oF) Max. bulk temperature= 98.7500 oC (209.7500 oF) Max. shear stress= 0.5000 Mpa (72.3000 psi) Max. shear rate= 300.4100 1/sec Averaged perfect cooling time= 0.0000 sec CPU Time = 2663.29 sec Cool Inlet melt temperature = 230 oC Min. Coolant temperature = 25 oC Air temperature = 30 oC Mold open time = 5 sec Average coolant flow rate = 150 cc/s Control type(1:Eject temp., 2:Cooling time) = 1 Eject temperature(If control type is "1") = 120 oC Cooling time(If control type is "2") = 1.22 sec
FLOW/PACK

Filling Time = 20 sec Main Material Melt Temperature = 230 oC

Mold Wall Temperature = 50 oC Max. Inject(Machine) Pressure = 100 MPa Max. Inject(Machine) Flow Rate = 400 cc/s Flow/Pack Switch Point in Filled Volume = 100 % Pressure Holding Time = 1.02 sec Total Time in Pack Stage = 1.48 sec Auto Fill Time(1: Exist, 0: Not) = 0 Auto Pack Time(1: Exist, 0: Not) = 1
2.2 Material Information Material Name = Product Name = "(P) Generic material / Generic material of PP" Melt Temperature = 230.00 C Mold Temperature = 50.00 C Ejection Temperature = 95.00 C Glass Transition Temperature = 135.00 C Specific Heat = 1 3.100000e+007 Thermal Conductivity = 1 1.500000e+004 Young Modulus = 2 1.350000e+010 1.350000e+010 Poissons Ratio = 2 4.000000e-001 4.000000e-001

Name: Ice Cube Tray2 Type: Shell Volume: 21.03 (cm3) Weight: 19.26 (g) Size: X: 195.17 (mm) Y: 21.15 (mm) Z: 80.87 (mm)