Table 3 The parameters used in the simulation study.
From: Modeling the effect of scale deposition on heat transfer in injection molding
Melt temperature (°C) | 300 |
Ejection temperature (°C) | 113 |
Ambient temperature (°C) | 25 |
Mold surface temperature (°C) | 80 |
Injection, packing, and cooling time together (s) | 19 |
Mold open time (s) | 6.3 |
Initial mold temperature (°C) | 80 |
Coolant temperature (°C) | 80 |
Coolant flow rate, l/min | 1 |
Mold block conductance (W/(m2K)) | 30,000 |
Cool FEM transient within cycle solver parameters | |
Conformal cooling solver | FEM solver |
Time steps (–) | 100 |
Mold temperature convergence tolerance (°C) | 0.1 |
Maximum number of mold temperature iterations | 100 |
Cool FEM averaged within cycle solver parameters | |
Conformal cooling solver | FEM solver |
Time steps (–) | 13 |
Mold temperature convergence tolerance (°C) | 0.1 |
Maximum number of mold temperature iterations | 100 |