Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Volume 117, Issue 11-12, Pages 3805-3817Publisher
SPRINGER LONDON LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-021-07928-0
Keywords
Conformal cooling channels; Microchannels; Additive manufacturing; Direct metal laser sintering
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This study explores the unsupported manufacturability and efficiency of CCC geometries in different cross-sections, finding that pentagon shapes have the most efficient cooling capacity. The research reveals that production-induced sagging affects the flow in channel geometries produced without CCC supports.
Manufacturability without supports in design studies for additive manufacturing (AM) brings many advantages such as time, cost, part surface quality, and design freedom. It is thought that the geometries that can be produced without support will help the more widespread use of AM technologies. In this study, the unsupported manufacturability and efficiency research of conformal cooling channel (CCC) geometries created in cylindrical, wide oval, drop, hexagonal, narrow oval, and pentagonal cross-sections were conducted in the direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) system. The study offers innovation in terms of showing the usability of different channel geometries in CCC applications. The study shows that the pentagon form has the most efficient cooling capacity among the comparatively handled geometries. The results are obtained by a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis study on computer-aided design (CAD) data of the actual state channel geometry obtained by CAD and post-production micro-CT scanning of the design and presented in tables. This research shows that the production-induced sagging problem affects the flow by narrowing the channel hydraulic diameter in channel geometries produced without CCC supports.
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