Research Article
Analysis of Incomplete Filling Defect for Injection-Molded Air Cleaner Cover Using Moldflow Simulation
Table 4
Converting results of the midsurface mesh via Moldflow preprocessing.
| | Processing parameters | Unit | Simulation values |
| | Mesh Type | — | Midplane | | Total number of nodes | No. | 23254 | | Total number of injection location nodes | No. | 1 | | The injection location node labels | — | 1 | | Total number of elements | No. | 46428 | | Number of part elements | No. | 46360 | | Number of sprue/runner/gate elements | No. | 68 | | Number of channel elements | No. | 0 | | Number of connector elements | No. | 0 | | Average aspect ratio of triangle elements | — | 2.0344 | | Maximum aspect ratio of triangle elements | — | 16.7113 | | Element number with maximum aspect ratio | — | 44141 | | Minimum aspect ratio of triangle elements | — | 1.1553 | | Element number with minimum aspect ratio | — | 6855 | | Total volume | cm3 | 5447.5958 | | Volume filled initially | cm3 | 245.5855 | | Volume to be filled | cm3 | 5202.0103 | | Part volume to be filled | cm3 | 5089.9284 | | Sprue/runner/gate volume to be filled | cm3 | 112.0817 | | Total projected area | cm3 | 6144.9301 |
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