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 …

Design and optimization of conformal cooling channels for injection molding: a review

BB Kanbur, S Suping, F Duan - The International Journal of Advanced …, 2020 - Springer
The recent developments in the additive manufacturing make easier and affordable the
fabrication of conformal cooling channels (CCCs) compared with the traditional machining …

Application of new triple hook-shaped conformal cooling channels for cores and sliders in injection molding to reduce residual stress and warping in complex plastic …

A Torres-Alba, JM Mercado-Colmenero… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The paper presents a new design of a triple hook-shaped conformal cooling channels for
application in optical parts of great thickness, deep cores, and high dimensional and optical …

[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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] In-situ monitoring of deformation in rapid prototyped injection molds

S Krizsma, NK Kovács, JG Kovács, A Suplicz - Additive Manufacturing, 2021 - Elsevier
The ever growing demand for reducing costs and decreasing the time to market in today's
plastics industry makes rapid tooling and rapid prototyping a highly researched area. 3D …

Design, simulation and optimization of conformal cooling channels in injection molds: a review

HM Silva, JT Noversa, L Fernandes… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The manufacturing of conformal cooling channels (CCC's) is now easier and more
affordable, owing to the recent developments in the field of additive manufacturing. The use …

A new conformal cooling design procedure for injection molding based on temperature clusters and multidimensional discrete models

A Torres-Alba, JM Mercado-Colmenero, D Diaz-Perete… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a new method for the automated design of the conformal cooling system
for injection molding technology based on a discrete multidimensional model of the plastic …

[PDF][PDF] Review of conformal cooling system design and additive manufacturing for injection molds

Z Wei, J Wu, N Shi, L Li - Math. Biosci. Eng, 2020 - researchgate.net
This paper points out the significance of cooling in injection molding and briefly reviews the
development of cooling systems. The focus of this survey is on the physical model …

A holistic approach to cooling system selection and injection molding process optimization based on non-dominated sorting

J Gotlih, M Brezocnik, S Pal, I Drstvensek, T Karner… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study applied a holistic approach to the problem of controlling the temperature of critical
areas of tools using conformal cooling. The entire injection molding process is evaluated at …