[HTML][HTML] Design and fabrication of conformal cooling channels in molds: Review and progress updates

S Feng, AM Kamat, Y Pei - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021 - Elsevier
Conformal cooling (CC) channels are a series of cooling channels that are equidistant from
the mold cavity surfaces. CC systems show great promise to substitute conventional straight …

A comprehensive review of injection mold cooling by using conformal cooling channels and thermally enhanced molds

S Arman, I Lazoglu - The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing …, 2023 - Springer
Conformal cooling channels (CCCs) are employed to improve the cooling rate due to the
equal distance from the mold surface. CCCs play a key role in mold injection productivity by …

[HTML][HTML] A hybrid cooling model based on the use of newly designed fluted conformal cooling channels and fastcool inserts for green molds

A Torres-Alba, JM Mercado-Colmenero… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The paper presents a hybrid cooling model based on the use of newly designed fluted
conformal cooling channels in combination with inserts manufactured with Fastcool material …

Experimental and numerical analysis for the mechanical characterization of petg polymers manufactured with fdm technology under pure uniaxial compression stress …

JM Mercado-Colmenero, MD La Rubia, E Mata-Garcia… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the numerical and experimental analysis performed on the polymeric
material Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (PETG) manufactured with Fused Deposition …

Dynamic conformal cooling improves injection molding: Hybrid molds manufactured by laser powder bed fusion

A Kirchheim, Y Katrodiya, L Zumofen, F Ehrig… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
To achieve a certain visual quality or acceptable surface appearance in injection-molded
components, a higher mold surface temperature is needed. In order to achieve this, injection …

Optimization design of cooling system for injection molding mold of non-pneumatic tire

H He, Y Xing, R Wang, Y Lu, L Zhang, F Li - Thermal Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-pneumatic tire has the advantage of puncture resistance and low-energy consumption,
which is the development target of new type tire. Injection molding is a vital molding method …

A new conformal cooling system for plastic collimators based on the use of complex geometries and optimization of temperature profiles

JM Mercado-Colmenero, A Torres-Alba… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The paper presents a new design of conformal cooling channels, for application in collimator-
type optical plastic parts. The conformal channels that are presented exceed the thermal and …

Process parameters optimization in plastic injection molding using metamodel-based optimization: a comprehensive review

S Kitayama - The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing …, 2022 - Springer
This paper comprehensively reviews the process parameters optimization in plastic injection
molding (PIM) using the metamodel-based optimization. The PIM is a typical manufacturing …

Characterization of epoxy-based rapid mold with profiled conformal cooling channel

CC Kuo, YJ Zhu - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Based on the experience of the foundry industry, reducing the demolding time is the key for
mass production of wax patterns with sophisticated geometries. Integration of numerical …

A numerical framework for three-dimensional optimization of cooling channels in thermoplastic printed molds

BA Storti, V Sobotka - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The rapid progress of additive manufacturing (AM) technology in the last few decades has
unlocked new potentials for the injection molding industry by enabling the quick and cost …