Additive Manufacturing for Enhanced Cooling in Moulds for Casting

DOI

10.2991/iwama-16.2016.11How to use a DOI?

Keywords

additive manufacturing; low-pressure die casting; conformal cooling

Abstract

Additive manufacturing allows new design solutions for moulds and dies that can improve quality and productivity in casting processes. Complex cooling channels made by additive manufacturing give fast and reliable cooling and a more accurate control of the solidification. The paper shows a comparison of the cooling time of a die insert with a conventional cooling system and an insert with improved cooling channels. It is shown that improved cooling channels are highly efficient even with air cooling. Air could replace water as cooling medium, which will eliminate the explosion hazard in aluminium casting.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Even Wilberg Hovig
AU  - Vegard Brøtan
AU  - Knut Sørby
PY  - 2016/11
DA  - 2016/11
TI  - Additive Manufacturing for Enhanced Cooling in Moulds for Casting
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop of Advanced Manufacturing and Automation
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 59
EP  - 62
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iwama-16.2016.11
DO  - 10.2991/iwama-16.2016.11
ID  - Hovig2016/11
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