Fabricate Mould Insert with Conformal Cooling Channel Using Selective Laser Melting

Abstract:

Selective Laser Melting (SLM) technology can be used to fabricate plastic mould with complex conformal cooling channels directly and rapidly. In this paper, 316L stainless steel powders were used to produced a mould with an emphasis on attaining excellent mechanical properties.The precision, density and mechanical properties of parts were studied. Simulation and experimental results showed: the mould manufactured by SLM reveals good accuracy and performance, and the cooling efficiency of conformal cooling channels in mould has been greatly improved and the uniformity of cooling has been also upgraded.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 502)
• Pages: 67-71
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.502.67
• Online since: April 2012
• Authors: Li Wang, Qing Song Wei, Peng Ju Xue, Yu Sheng Shi
• Keywords: Conformal Cooling Channel, Selective Laser Melting (SLM)

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