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3.6.7 Sink Mark Displacement .................................................................................................... 110
3.6.8 Clamping Force .................................................................................................................. 111
4 Day 3 Level 3 - Maintaining flow and thermal balance by adding cooling system (Cool analysis) . 113
4.1 Level 3 Theory (1/3) - Thermal balance ..................................................................................... 113
4.1.1 Objective of level 3 analysis ............................................................................................... 113
4.1.2 Cooling Components.......................................................................................................... 113
4.1.3 Parallel vs Series vs Conformal .......................................................................................... 114
4.1.4 Reynold’s Number ............................................................................................................. 115
4.2 Model Setup............................................................................................................................... 116
4.2.1 Create a new run and import Level 2 mesh ...................................................................... 116
4.3 Level 3 Theory (2/3) - Material, Process Condition and Parameters ........................................ 126
4.3.1 Choosing materials ............................................................................................................ 126
4.3.2 Process Condition .............................................................................................................. 127
4.3.3 Parameters ......................................................................................................................... 127
4.3.4 Analysis Sequence Theory ................................................................................................. 127
4.4 Project Setup.............................................................................................................................. 129
4.4.1 Import Mesh ...................................................................................................................... 129
4.4.2 Maintain material selection ............................................................................................... 130
4.4.3 Process Conditions ............................................................................................................. 130
4.4.4 Computation Parameters .................................................................................................. 136
4.4.5 Launch Transient Analysis 3 (Ct F P Ct W) ......................................................................... 138
4.5 Level 3 Theory (3/3) – Minimum outputs and Criteria .............................................................. 139
4.5.1 Minimum outputs .............................................................................................................. 139
4.5.2 Checking Criteria ................................................................................................................ 140
4.6 Result Interpretation for Cooling ............................................................................................... 141
4.6.1 Time to Reach Ejection Temperature ................................................................................ 141
4.6.2 Temperature ...................................................................................................................... 142
4.6.3 Coolant Temperature ........................................................................................................ 144
4.6.4 Mold Temperature Difference ........................................................................................... 146
4.6.5 Cooling Efficiency ............................................................................................................... 147
4.6.6 Stream Lines....................................................................................................................... 148
5 Day 3 Level 4 – Maintaining part dimensional stability (Warp analysis) ......................................... 149
5.1 Level 4 Theory (1/3) – Dimensional Stability ............................................................................. 149

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