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Chill.STL
Casting.STL
Exo_Sleeve.STL
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Click OK
Click OK
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Select
Import Option from the File Menu
2 Activate
No problems detected
when
Automatic
Fixing
Browse
and select
the CAD
analysing the Chill geometries file chill.STL
Click OK
Click OK
Click
3 OK
Click OK
Switch to Wire&Shaded
Mesh Basic
Shapes Option from the Model Menu
SelectSelect
By extrusion
3 option
display mode to display the
facets
Entity selection must
Extrusion Distance
2 be setInput
to Facet
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Click Apply
when all
Click Close
the
facets
located
at
The inlet volume has
the
top
have
been
been succefully created
selected
1
Switch to the X- View
2
Adjust the mold maximum limit in the Z direction in
order to fit with the top of the tube
Click Apply
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7
Change
Volume
order
with
10 Alloy
Repeat
theRemove
steps
1Priority
22surface
3 domains
4 the
Click
to
delete
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Select
Volume
Repeat
the
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6
7
8
arrows
creating
during
the import and during the
type
to rename
the
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volumes
steps
Alloy
volumes
first
positions
(
filling
order)
View
Volume to
to assign materials
to
the alloy
automatic
fixingClick
sequence
Mold
volume
(display
last position)
the Volume_001
and
mold
volumes
Activate Sandard DB
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9 Activate
Activate
SurfacePriority
Domainorder.
panelClick P
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Select Volume_001 (left
click)
Click 3
5 Start to Start the
Automatic Volume
Click Rename
Click detection
Material
11
Click OK
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Select Input Data Check Model Option from the Process Menu and
the Input Data Check window will appear on the left
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Select Fluid Rate BC ( left click) to set up the initial fluid rate for the filling
Click and Select Add option ( right click) to open the panel definition
Click OK
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Select Velocity BC ( left click) to initialize fluid flow in the inlet volume
Enter
a Velocity
Value
Click and Select Add option (3right
click)
to open the
panel definition
defined in m/s
Click OK
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2
Click OK
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1
2
Click OK
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1
2
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7
5
Activate Imposed (
Metal pouring
temperature remains
constant)
Click OK to
validate
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1
2
Click and Select Add option ( right click) to open the panel definition
2 Enter Emissivity Value
3
4
Click OK
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1
2
Click OK
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Calculation is running now
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Select Volume to load
Click OK
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1
Enter
Minimum
Cut off Solid pockets
Fractionfeeding,
Value select
To analyse
the mushy+liquid
Solid Fraction Contour
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2
Cut Offmin
Option
Activate Below
Option
Click Cut
offback
Icon to
to the
open
the cut-off
Click Contour
to go
Contour
Panel
3
parameter panel
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