Conformal Cooling in Mold Cavity
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Conformal Cooling.
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Description
With this enhancement, you can now create conformal cooling channels. Unlike conventional cooling channels that are straight and drilled into the mold, the conformal cooling channels closely follow the shape of the part that you want to mold. This ensures uniform cooling of the part resulting in a better quality.
Conventional Cooling Channels
Conformal Cooling Channels
The Conformal Cooling command enables you to create the following two types of conformal cooling channels:
Conformal Cooling command enables you to create the following two types of conformal cooling channels:• 
Project—Creates a cooling channel by projecting the curves at a specified offset distance from the reference surfaces.
Project—Creates a cooling channel by projecting the curves at a specified offset distance from the reference surfaces.• 
Spiral—Creates a spiral cooling channel based on a pitch between the start and end planes at a specified offset distance from the reference surfaces.
Spiral—Creates a spiral cooling channel based on a pitch between the start and end planes at a specified offset distance from the reference surfaces.
The command enables you to create cooling channels with different cross-section profiles such as Circle, Half Circle, Tear Drop, Ellipse, and Hexagon.
It also enables the automatic creation of a counterbore with different cross-sections on the inlet and outlet locations.
Benefits
This enhancement provides the following benefits:
• Enables uniform cooling of molds
• Leverages additive manufacturing
• Consistent with Mold Design workflows
Additional Information
Tips: | None. |
Limitations: | No known limitations. |
Does this replace existing functionality? | No. |
Configuration option associated with this functionality: | None. |