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Compression Molding
Viewing results
The results page allows you to view and explore the thermal analysis results of your job after its simulation is completed.

Compression Molding
- Compression molding overview
  Use SimForm to perform a thermal cooling analysis for your plastic compression mold designs. These analyses help you identify hot spots on the plastic part and develop cooling layouts to improve the part quality and reduce cycle times.
- Setting up a simulation workflow
  You can set up and run a SimForm project by uploading your CAD file, categorizing components, selecting materials, and running simulations.
- Navigating the app interface
  The SimForm interface allows you to create and access projects and jobs, as well as add and manage users and account credits.
- Using projects and jobs
  Use projects and jobs in SimForm to manage and organize your mold design tests.
- Setting up a simulation
  Use the setup page to categorize and define your model components properties for the solver to identify them.
- Defining mold properties
  Defining mold properties based on your analysis type ensures that the SimForm solver correctly identifies the mold components in your CAD model and considers their material properties in the thermal analysis.
- Defining plastic part properties
  Categorize your plastic part components and define their materials to allow the SimForm app solver to identify them.
- Defining cooling channels
  In design projects, if your model contains cooling channels, you must define the components that represent them so the solver can identify them.
- Running a simulation
  When running a simulation, the solver relies on specific assumptions and automated processes to ensure accurate and efficient results.
- Viewing results
  The results page allows you to view and explore the thermal analysis results of your job after its simulation is completed.
  - Results display window options
    The display window on the results page shows the thermal analysis results of your job on the 3D model design.
  - Results right panel options
    On the results page, use the right panel to select the display options to view the safe ejection time of the plastic part, the surface and volume temperature distribution on the plastic and mold components.
  - View results
    Use the results page to view the thermal analysis results of your job.
  - Locate critical cooling regions in plastic parts
    This example shows you how to inspect the thermal results of your job to locate the critical regions to cool on your plastic part.
- Tutorials
  These examples are designed to help you become familiar with some of the major features available in SimForm.
- Glossary

Viewing results

The results page allows you to view and explore the thermal analysis results of your job after its simulation is completed.

Thermal result types

Use the Display Mode options on the right panel of the results page to select one of the following thermal analysis results to view in the display window:

Local freeze time distribution on the plastic part to identify areas with longer cooling times.
Surface and volume temperature distribution on the plastic part to locate heat concentration areas and potential hot spots.
Volume temperature distribution on the mold to evaluate cooling efficiency. You can display temperature results on all the components of individual mold groups.

Understanding freeze time

SimForm computes the local freeze time distribution on the plastic part and the global freeze time range. The freeze time, or safe ejection time, is the duration required for a plastic part to develop a solidified layer thick enough for safe ejection.

Local freeze time: The time, in seconds, required for 20% of the local part thickness to drop below the safe ejection temperature.
Global freeze time: The time, in seconds, required for 99% to 99.5% of the plastic to reach a safe temperature for ejection.

Display options

On the results page, you can also:

Click on any part of a component to display the local results for that selection.
Display the cooling channels to assess the impact of their placement on thermal results.
Inspect the global flow rate values of the cooling channels to evaluate the cooling system efficiency.
Use the cutting plane options to explore internal temperature distributions and locate critical temperature zones.
Filter the plastic part by temperature to identify areas exceeding a specified threshold.
Adjust the result scale by setting custom minimum and maximum values in the legend settings.
Select a specific time step to observe thermal results at different simulation times.
Compare thermal results across multiple solved jobs using the compare jobs option.