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Rapid Heat Control for Thermoplastic Injection Tooling Using Lattice Structures as Heat Exchanger

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Since conventional cooling systems with channels are not adequate to achieve a high aspect quality with a short cycle time, a better concept has to be used to control the fast variation of temperature in the mold, close to the injected part. Recently, with advanced manufacturing technologies like 3D-printing, rapid heat cycle molding are developing, using for example lattice structures as heat exchanger inside the mold. Our work proposes an experimental study to analyze the influence of four lattice structures that were specifically designed for this industrial application. An instrumented bench was developed at the laboratory scale, to test the thermal efficiency of the lattice. The material and geometry of the lattice structures were selected based on their thermomechanical properties and their efficiency as a heat-exchanger. The instrumentation of the bench consists in measuring the flow rate and the pressures in the fluid, and also the temperatures at various locations. This allows us to determine the performances of the lattice structure. The results show that the denser the lattice structure, the better, whether considering the mechanical resistance or the thermohydraulic performances. The key element to understand this phenomenon is the average velocity of the fluid flowing inside the lattice structure, accelerating when the porosity decreases and thus bringing a more intense heat exchange.
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hal-03761908 , version 1 (26-08-2022)

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Arthur Lepoivre, Denis Edelin, Nicolas Baudin, Jérôme Soto, Maxime Villière, et al.. Rapid Heat Control for Thermoplastic Injection Tooling Using Lattice Structures as Heat Exchanger. Key Engineering Materials, 2022, 926, pp.1850-1863. ⟨10.4028/p-1zcpjl⟩. ⟨hal-03761908⟩
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