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