Smart Molding International 4-2022

45 www.smart-molding.com simulation & software Figure 1 – Heating up the mold into the quasi-stationary state over several cycles (all pictures: SIGMA) Figure 2 – The temperature distribution on the ejector side shows large temperature differences between core tip and core base Figure 3 – Differences of the curing behavior at a constant mold temperature and at calculated mold temperature (Virtual Molding approach)