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Design and optimisation of conformal cooling channels in injection moulding tools
D.E. Dimla,M. Camilotto,F. Miani +2 more
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In this article, an optimum and efficient design for conformal cooling/heating channels in the configuration of an injection molding tool using FEA and thermal heat transfer analysis is presented.About:
This article is published in Journal of Materials Processing Technology.The article was published on 2005-05-15. It has received 214 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Conformal cooling channel & Injection moulding.read more
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Influence of the particle size distribution on surface quality and mechanical properties in AM steel parts
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of three different powder granulations on the resulting part density, surface quality and mechanical properties of the materials produced was investigated, and the scan surface quality was compared with two layer thicknesses of 30 and 45μm.
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SLM tooling for die casting with conformal cooling channels
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental study of die-casting dies with conformal cooling fabricated by direct-metal additive techniques is presented, and the main objective is to compare the benefits and limitations of the application to what has been widely discussed in literature in the context of plastics injection molding.
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Automatic design of conformal cooling circuits for rapid tooling
TL;DR: An automatic method for designing conformal cooling circuits, which is an essential component that directly affects the quality and timing for products fabricated by rapid tooling, is presented.
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Applications of laser assisted metal rapid tooling process to manufacture of molding & forming tools — state of the art
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present recent researches related to the application of laser assisted metal rapid tooling process to manufacture molding and forming tools and discuss key technologies of important applications.
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Multi-objective optimization of injection molding process parameters for short cycle time and warpage reduction using conformal cooling channel
TL;DR: In this article, the cooling performance of conformal cooling channel in plastic injection molding (PIM) is numerically and experimentally examined, and it is found from the numerical result that the cooling quality of the conformal channel is much improved compared to the conventional cooling channel.
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Production of injection molding tooling with conformal cooling channels using the three dimensional printing process
TL;DR: In this paper, a tooling set was created to mold a split ring shape and conformal cooling channels were placed in both the cavity and core sides of the tool, and a 2D finite difference model accurately captured the observed temperature histories of the mold.
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The design of conformal cooling channels in injection molding tooling
TL;DR: In this article, a modular approach to the design of conformal cooling channels is presented, where the tool is divided into geometric regions and a channel system is designed for each region.
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A feature-based approach to injection mould cooling system design
TL;DR: A new algorithm for the recognition of features specific to cooling system design is developed and used to solve the initial design problem of a plastic part with a complex shape that is decomposed into simpler shape features.
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Thermal and Design Sensitivity Analyses for Cooling System of Injection Mold, Part 1: Thermal Analysis
Seong Jin Park,Tai Hun Kwon +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a thermal analysis system based on the modified BEM in terms of accuracy and rigorous treatments of B.C.s appropriate for DSA by considering the following issues; (i) numerical convergency, (ii) the series solution in part thermal analysis, (iii) treatment of tip surface of line elements, treatment of coolant, and treatment of mold exterior surface.
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Layer manufactured production tooling incorporating conformal heating channels for transfer moulding of elastomer compounds
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the results of a study designed to assess the extent to which layer manufacturing processes were able to produce production quality tools for transfer molding of elastomer compounds.
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