Conformal cooling channel

Basic concept diagram of conformal and conventional cooling channels
Process type	Injection moulding process

Conformal cooling channel is a cooling passageway which follows the shape or profile of the mould core or cavity to perform rapid uniform cooling process for injection moulding or blow moulding processes.

Further reading

• Emanuel Sachs; Edward Wylonis; Samuel Allen; Michael Cima; Honglin Guo (May 2000). "Production of injection molding tooling with conformal cooling channels using the three dimensional printing process". Polymer Engineering & Science. 40 (5): 1232–1247. doi:10.1002/pen.11251. hdl:2152/69894.
• Xiaorong Xu, Emanuel Sachs and Samuel Allen, The design of conformal cooling channels in injection molding tooling Polymer Engineering & Science, Volume 41, Issue 7, July 2001,pages 1265–1279
• D.E. Dimla; M. Camilotto; F. Miani (15 May 2005). "Design and optimisation of conformal cooling channels in injection moulding tools". Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 164–165: 1294–1300. doi:10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2005.02.162.
• J.C. Ferreira; A. Mateus (25 November 2003). "Studies of rapid soft tooling with conformal cooling channels for plastic injection moulding". Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 142 (2): 508–516. doi:10.1016/S0924-0136(03)00650-2.
• K W Dalgarno, T D Stewart, 2001 Manufacture of production injection mould tooling incorporating conformal cooling channels via indirect selective laser sintering, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 215, 1323-1332,
• Au K. M.; Yu K. M. (2007). "A scaffolding architecture for conformal cooling design in rapid plastic injection moulding". The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 34 (5–6): 496–515. doi:10.1007/s00170-006-0628-x. S2CID 111289536.
• Au K.M.; Yu K.M.; Chiu W.K. (2011). "Visibility-based conformal cooling channel generation for rapid tooling". Computer-Aided Design. 43 (4): 356–3. doi:10.1016/j.cad.2011.01.001. hdl:10397/17785.
• Park H. S.; Pham N. H. (2009). "Design of conformal cooling channels for an automotive part". International Journal of Automotive Technology. 10 (1): 87–93. doi:10.1007/s12239-009-0011-7. S2CID 110942233.
• Au K.M.; Yu K.M. (2011). "Modeling of multi-connected porous passageway for mould cooling". Computer-Aided Design. 43 (8): 989–1000. doi:10.1016/j.cad.2011.02.007. hdl:10397/18795.
• Au K. M.; Yu K. M. (2006). "Variable radius conformal cooling channel for rapid tool". Materials Science Forum. 532–533: 520–523. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.532-533.520. hdl:10397/28534. S2CID 137428436.
• Au K.M.; Yu K.M. (2014). "Variable Distance Adjustment for Conformal Cooling Channel Design in Rapid Tool". Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 136 (4): 044501. doi:10.1115/1.4026494.