Moldex3D/Solid-Flow 

Moldex3D-Flow simulates the entire filling process of injection molding for thermoplastic materials. With the power of Moldex3D-Flow, you can clearly understand how the solid melt 
flow progresses, accurately identify where solid weld surfaces are, detect short shot problems, predict air trap location, etc. 




The explicit analysis capabilities of Moldex3D/Solid-Flow give you deep insight in solid plastic flow behaviors from macro view to micro view, such as fountain flow, inertia effect and gravity effect. With the power of Moldex3D/Solid-Flow, you can clearly understand how the solid melt flow progresses, accurately identify where solid weld surfaces are, detect short shot problems, etc. 



Capabilities
Moldex3D/Solid-Flow allows you to 

Predict the solid melt front progression to see how the mold fills 
Predict 3D fountain flow phenomena 
Predict 3D inertia phenomena 
Predict 3D cavity effects 
Predict 3D viscosity heating effects 
Predict weld line locations to minimize or eliminate them 
Predict air traps 
Predict the injection pressure and evaluate the requirement of clamping force 
Evaluate the runner layout and type to minimize the volume of material and achieve runner balancing 
Optimize the gate location and size to minimize weld lines and achieve balanced filling 
Optimize process conditions in filling stage, such as injection time, melt temperature, ram speed profile, etc 
Simulate filling process for multi-cavity molds or family molds 
Simulate multi-component molding process, including insert molding and multi-shot sequential molding (Moldex3D/Solid-MCM module is required) 
Features 

Solid melt flow analysis 
Melt front time prediction 
Pressure 
Temperature 
Shear stress 
Shear rate 
Velocities in X, Y, Z 
Volumetric shrinkage 
Density 
Melting core 
Total velocity 
Velocity vector field 
Sprue pressure variation during filling process 
Clamping force of mold in X, Y, Z directions 
Flow rate variation during filling process 
Clamping force prediction 
Weld lines prediction 
Air traps prediction 
Runner design evaluation 
Runner layout 
Runner size 
Runner type 
Gate design evaluation 
Gate location 
Gate type 
Gate size