Conformal cooling channel

Conformal cooling channel is a cooling passageway which follows the shape or profile of the mould core or cavity to perform rapid uniform cooling process for injection moulding or blow moulding processes.

Conformal cooling channel
Basic concept diagram of conformal and conventional cooling channels
Process typeInjection moulding process

Further reading
  • Emanuel Sachs; Edward Wylonis; Samuel Allen; Michael Cima; Honglin Guo (May 2000). "Production of injection molding tooling with conformal cooling channels using the three dimensional printing process". Polymer Engineering & Science. 40 (5): 1232–1247. doi:10.1002/pen.11251. hdl:2152/69894.
  • Xiaorong Xu, Emanuel Sachs and Samuel Allen, The design of conformal cooling channels in injection molding tooling Polymer Engineering & Science, Volume 41, Issue 7, July 2001,pages 1265–1279
  • D.E. Dimla; M. Camilotto; F. Miani (15 May 2005). "Design and optimisation of conformal cooling channels in injection moulding tools". Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 164–165: 1294–1300. doi:10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2005.02.162.
  • J.C. Ferreira; A. Mateus (25 November 2003). "Studies of rapid soft tooling with conformal cooling channels for plastic injection moulding". Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 142 (2): 508–516. doi:10.1016/S0924-0136(03)00650-2.
  • K W Dalgarno, T D Stewart, 2001 Manufacture of production injection mould tooling incorporating conformal cooling channels via indirect selective laser sintering, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 215, 1323-1332,
  • Au K. M.; Yu K. M. (2007). "A scaffolding architecture for conformal cooling design in rapid plastic injection moulding". The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 34 (5–6): 496–515. doi:10.1007/s00170-006-0628-x. S2CID 111289536.
  • Au K.M.; Yu K.M.; Chiu W.K. (2011). "Visibility-based conformal cooling channel generation for rapid tooling". Computer-Aided Design. 43 (4): 356–3. doi:10.1016/j.cad.2011.01.001. hdl:10397/17785.
  • Park H. S.; Pham N. H. (2009). "Design of conformal cooling channels for an automotive part". International Journal of Automotive Technology. 10 (1): 87–93. doi:10.1007/s12239-009-0011-7. S2CID 110942233.
  • Au K.M.; Yu K.M. (2011). "Modeling of multi-connected porous passageway for mould cooling". Computer-Aided Design. 43 (8): 989–1000. doi:10.1016/j.cad.2011.02.007. hdl:10397/18795.
  • Au K. M.; Yu K. M. (2006). "Variable radius conformal cooling channel for rapid tool". Materials Science Forum. 532–533: 520–523. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.532-533.520. hdl:10397/28534. S2CID 137428436.
  • Au K.M.; Yu K.M. (2014). "Variable Distance Adjustment for Conformal Cooling Channel Design in Rapid Tool". Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 136 (4): 044501. doi:10.1115/1.4026494.
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