Cooling Design: Cooling Channels

Options and Results

Important: Make sure that the required assembly is activated before using this operation.

Required Step 1

Pick a cooling sketch or contour from which the cooling channels will be created. Composite curves can also be selected.

Note: Only straight lines can be considered as the channel axes.

Required Step 2

Define the cooling channel parameters.

Global Diameter:

You can either set the Global Diameter of all the channels or set the diameter of an individual channel by picking the blue circle in the front of the channel and entering the diameter in the popup.

Global Diameter for all the channels	Individual channel diameter

Visual Analysis:

Visual Analysis is used to check the proximity of the cooling pipes to other components (faces, screws, holes, etc.). When Visual Analysis is On, a component that touches a cooling pipe is displayed in red.

An offset value is displayed when Visual Analysis is On. Increase the offset value to determine the proximity of the cooling pipes to other components.

Note: It is advisable to create the cooling system after you have already added the ejector, screws and other parts to your mold . By doing this you can use the MoldDesign Visual Analysis more efficiently.

Optional Step 1

Set the drilling parameters.

Drill Extension	Define a length for the drill tip. Define the Drill Extension value. Each drill extension can either be of the same length, or of different lengths. Drill extensions of the same length To define a global drill extension: Enter a drill extension value. Note: Global drill extensions will only affect those extensions whose lengths have not been individually defined. Drill extensions of varying lengths To define drill extensions of varying lengths: Pick the drill extension. Set the extension value. Note: All the lines ending within the object to be cut are extended. If the drilling extension is not created, check if the channel is feasible i.e. it can be drilled.
No Drill Extension	Do not create a drill extension.
Drilled Bottom	If the channel ends within the object to be cut, an angled bottom is created. Define the Bottom Angle.
Flat Bottom	All the channels endings are flat.

Optional Step 2

Reset or recalculate the selection of components to be cut by the cooling channel. When creating a cooling channel, only the Reset parameter is displayed. When editing a cooling channel, both the parameters, Reset and Recalculate, are displayed.

Reset

Reset the selection of components to be cut by the cooling channel (you can restore the original cutting list).

Recalculate

Recalculate the components to be cut by the cooling channel. This is used in cases where, for example, you added a component after the cooling channel was created, and you want the cooling channel to cut this new component as well. This parameter will recalculate the cutting list (in this case, the Reset parameter is not appropriate).

This option is only displayed when editing a cooling channel.

Press OK or Apply in the Feature Guide to complete the function.

The Feature Tree now contains the Cooling Channel feature:

Notes:

The system cuts all the plates in the active assembly that the cooling channels pass through.
The cooling channel object in the cooling part is hidden, by default. To display it, activate the cooling part and show the cooling object.

Below is an example of the result of the Cooling Channel operation.

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