mold flow review checklist

This is normally what we did for customer, what do you think?


Description of the work

Assumptions: (type of model used (thin shell, solid, etc), material, process conditions (melt
and mold temperature, fill time, pack and hold profile)

Image of the model used

Part thickness plot

Feed system details including sprue, runner and gate sizes

Filling Results. Include the following when available:

Fill time (animation 50 increments)

Fill time at 96% or when the first cavity fills for multiple cavity tools

Weld Lines

Air Traps

Pressure to fill or at v/p-switchover

Pressure at injection location XY Plot

Pressure (time dependent)

Clamp Force XY Plot

Temperature at Flow Front

Frozen Layer Fraction

Time To Freeze or Cooling Time Variance

Grow From for multiple gated parts

Sink Mark Depth or Sink Index

Volumetric Shrinkage at ejection

Orientation at skin

Bulk Shear rate (peak)

Shear Rate in the gate XY plot

Shear Stress at wall (peak)

Summary, including cavity and runner volumes

Cooling Results (if requested)

Top and Bottom Surface Temperature for Mold and Part (Midplane)

Temperature, Part and Mold (Dual Domain)

Time to reach ejection temperature, Part and Cold Runner

Mold-Melt Temperature difference, Part

Average Temperature, Part

Circuit Coolant Temperature (Core and Cavity)

Circuit Flow rate and Reynolds Number

Cooling Time Variance (Adviser Results)

Temperature Difference or Variance (Adviser, Midplane)

Warp Results (if requested)

All Effects, X, Y and Z components

Differential Cooling, X, Y and Z components

Differential Shrinkage, X, Y and Z components

Material Orientation, X, Y and Z components

Corner Effects

Conclusions and recommendations.