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Automatic Generation of Conformal Cooling Channels in Injection Moulding

Computer-Aided Design, 2022
Sílvia Barbeiro, Ricardo Enguiça, Diogo Lobo   +2 more
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Hydraulic-driven adaptable morphing active-cooling elastomer with bioinspired bicontinuous phases

Nature Communications
The active-cooling elastomer concept, originating from vascular thermoregulation for soft biological tissue, is expected to develop an effective heat dissipation method for human skin, flexible electronics, and soft robots due to the desired interface ...
Dehai Yu, Zhonghao Wang, Guidong Chi, Qiubo Zhang, Junxian Fu, Maolin Li, Chuanke Liu, Quan Zhou, Zhen Li, Du Chen, Zhenghe Song, Zhizhu He   +11 more
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Development of an Automated CAD Framework for Fully Parametric Design of Injection Molds

Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing
Injection mold design is a repetitive and time-consuming process with common individual tasks related to each other. This study presents the development of an automatic computer-aided design (CAD) tool for basic injection molds with complete modeling and
Alexandros-Stavros Toumanidis, Savvas Koltsakidis, Dimitrios Tzetzis   +2 more
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Lattice Structure for Improving Cooling Uniformity in HPDC Mould Corners

Applied Sciences
Conformal cooling channels have demonstrated significant advantages for cast parts and 3D-printed moulds in the high-pressure die casting (HPDC) process. However, the complex geometry of moulds, characterised by small intrusions, sharp corners, and fins,
Essam Abo-Serie, Samuel K. Koranteng-Agyarko   +1 more
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Cost-Efficient Injection Mold Design: A Holistic Approach to Leveraging Additive Manufacturing’s Design Freedom Through Topology Optimization

Applied Sciences
Additive manufacturing offers significant design freedom for injection mold tooling, particularly in optimizing cooling performance and reducing mass.
Julian Redeker, Hagen Watschke, Simon Wurzbacher, Josias Kayser, Karl Hilbig, Thomas Vietor, Okan Sezek, Christoph Gayer   +7 more
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Comparative Study of Surface Roughness in Upskin and Downskin Regions of Conformal Cooling Channel Sections Fabricated with AlSi10Mg, Ti64, 316L in AM-LPBF

Journal of Advanced Research in Natural and Applied Sciences
Conformal cooling channel (CCC), used in many industries such as aviation, molding, biomedical, and robotics, refers to functional fluid channels that provide mass or energy transfer.
Cemal İrfan Çalışkan
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Innovative Metal–Polymer Composite Panels with Integrated Channels for Thermal Management Systems Using Hybrid Friction Stir Channeling—HFSC

Metals
In this research, we assess the feasibility of employing hybrid friction stir channeling (HFSC) to produce composite panels that combined an 8 mm thick AA6082-T6 aluminum alloy and 5 mm thick glass-fiber-reinforced Noryl GFN2. HFSC is an innovative solid-
Arménio N. Correia, Virgínia Infante, Daniel F. O. Braga, Ricardo Baptista, Pedro Vilaça   +4 more
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Surrogate-Assisted Many-Objective Optimization of Injection Molding: Effects of Objective Selection and Sampling Density

Applied Sciences
In injection molding, advanced numerical modeling tools, such as Moldex3D, can significantly improve product development by optimizing part functionality, structural integrity, and material efficiency. However, the complex and nonlinear interdependencies
T. Marques, J. B. Melo, A. J. Pontes, A. Gaspar-Cunha   +3 more
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Topology Optimization of a Milling Cutter Head for Additive Manufacturing

Metals
The rapid growth of the machining market and advancements in additive manufacturing (AM) present new opportunities for innovative tool designs. This preliminary study proposes a design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) approach to redesign a milling ...
Ilídio Brito Costa, Bruno Rafael Cunha, João Marouvo, Daniel Figueiredo, Bruno Miguel Guimarães, Manuel Fernando Vieira, José Manuel Costa   +6 more
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A Review on Injection Molding: Conformal Cooling Channels, Modelling, Surrogate Models and Multi-Objective Optimization. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Gaspar-Cunha A, Melo J, Marques T, Pontes A.   +3 more
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