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Towards Enhancing the Potential of Injection Molding Tools through Optimized Close-Contour Cooling and Additive Manufacturing

Gries, Sebastian ; Meyer, Guillaume ; Wonisch, Andreas ; Jakobi, Reinhard ; Mittelstedt, Christian (2021):
Towards Enhancing the Potential of Injection Molding Tools through Optimized Close-Contour Cooling and Additive Manufacturing. (Publisher's Version)
In: Materials, 14 (12), MDPI, e-ISSN 1996-1944,
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00019389,
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Item Type: Article
Origin: Secondary publication via sponsored Golden Open Access
Status: Publisher's Version
Title: Towards Enhancing the Potential of Injection Molding Tools through Optimized Close-Contour Cooling and Additive Manufacturing
Language: English
Abstract:

This work deals with the parametric optimization of the position and form of a conformal cooling used in the injection molding industry. Based on a literature survey, an optimization routine concerning the parameter optimization of cooling system designs was developed and implemented with the help of the software package Moldflow. The main objective of the optimization is to reduce the cooling time; the second is to obtain an optimized homogeneous temperature distribution over the complete tool surface. To enable a comparison of the new close-contour solution with a classical manufacturing process, an optimized cooling system simulation, based on a conventional manufacturing solution, was established. It can be shown that the optimized close-contour cooling design offers significant advantages that cannot be exploited using classical manufacturing. Finally, the additive manufacturing of a prototype in the framework of powder bed fusion is documented as a proof of concept.

Journal or Publication Title: Materials
Volume of the journal: 14
Issue Number: 12
Publisher: MDPI
Collation: 18 Seiten
Classification DDC: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 600 Technik
Divisions: 16 Department of Mechanical Engineering > Institute for Lightweight Construction and Design (KluB)
Date Deposited: 30 Aug 2021 12:16
Last Modified: 30 Aug 2021 12:17
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00019389
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URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-193894
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Keywords: additive manufacturing; powder bed fusion; optimization; injection molding; closecontour cooling

URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/19389
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