Cooling systems regulate the temperature of the mold, and are passageways within the body of a mold through which a cooling medium, typically water, steam or oil, circulates.
Four methods are available for representing the behavior of the cooling system(s).
Only one method can be active in a plastics simulation; if more than one methods coexist in a simulation, only the highest priority method is active.
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Coolant Flow Field
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Highest priority method. It provides the highest accuracy and versatility, and requires the longest computational time.
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Cool Pipe
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Second highest priority method. It requires the definition of the cooling system from a sketch using the Cooling System Design tool. It requires intermediate speed, and provides intermediate accuracy between the Coolant Flow Field and Coolant Entrance methods.
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Coolant Entrance
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Third highest priority method. It is the easiest and fastest option for a cooling system simulation.
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Mold Wall Temperature
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Lowest priority method. It does not require any cooling simulation, but you simply specify temperatures for selected mold wall surfaces instead.
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