About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2021 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2021)
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Symposium
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Applications
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Presentation Title |
Conformal Cooling: An Analysis of Additive Cooling Channels |
Author(s) |
Luke Meyer, Steven Patrick, William Carter, Andrzej Nycz, Mark Noakes |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Luke Meyer |
Abstract Scope |
Additively manufactured tools have gained interest for their ability to construct embedded cooling channels within a workpiece, conforming to critical surfaces with minimal post-machining. In applications such as hot stamping, cooling channels are a necessity to prevent the tool from overheating and to reduce overall cycle time. The channels traditionally entail straight-boring channels in a complex network, which takes a significant amount of planning, time to machine, and creates a very expensive tool, all while the channels may not be able to adequately cool the tooling surface. Through the use of flow analyses, thermal modeling, and collected data, a selection of stainless-steel additively manufactured tools with conformal cooling channels will be compared to a similar traditionally manufactured stainless-steel tool with straight-bored cooling channels. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |