Cooling channel method

The double hot/cold channel method is a fairly conventional way of making conformal cooling work. However, normally it’s difficult to get all the cooling channels linked in parallel to each other. Under the menu item, Implementation, a circular-parallel layout is shown.

In the picture above, a typical bucket-edge is shown with conformal cooling. Normally this type of mould cavity is made from Ampco® material with only cooling applied in the base. Making it with LaserCusing decreases cycle time and increases mould lifetime.

The example shown has a double hot/cold spiral in the base, which is usually quite expensive to do. Using the hybrid method to fabricate this component, we start with two easy-to-machine parallel cooling channels in a plate, and then simply build up the bosses and ribs by additive Lasercusing! Typical channel diameters are between 0.1 and 0.2" (2-5mm).