...Eva C. Silva; Sérgio J. Rodrigues; Hugo L. Rodrigues; Leandro C. Fernandes; Cátia S. Silva; Álvaro M. Sampaio; António J. Pontes Purpose This paper aims to investigate and compares the performance of mould inserts with conformal cooling channels ( CCC ), fabricated via additive manufacturing ( AM...

...Christopher Gottlieb Klingaa; Sankhya Mohanty; Jesper Henri Hattel Purpose Conformal cooling channels in additively manufactured molds are superior over conventional channels in terms of cooling control, part warpage and lead time. The heat transfer ability of cooling channels is determined...

... A systematic methodology is proposed for prior evaluation of the effectiveness of conformal cooling channels to reduce cycle time and/or to reduce the scrap rate. Findings The mould was reengineered considering the SLM process and manufactured. Injection trials were carried out to validate expectations...

...Yuchao Bai; Yongqiang Yang; Zefeng Xiao; Di Wang Purpose This paper aims to verify whether selective laser melting (SLM) could be used for manufacturing mold with conformal cooling channels and determine whether the mechanical properties development of SLM manufacturing maraging steel mold would...

...Khurram Altaf; Ahmad Majdi Abdul Rani; Vijay R. Raghavan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a technique of fabricating profiled conformal cooling channels (PCCC) in an aluminium filled epoxy mould using rapid prototyping (RP) and rapid tooling (RT) techniques and to compare...