Contour-adapted cooling

Components of virtually any complexity, especially those with undercuts and internal cavities (Figure 4.131), can be manufactured. This property usually is not important for cavities, because the component must be able to be removed from the mold. But it is the basis for an optimized internal structure, for example, for contour-adapted cooling channels (see Fig 1.290, surface cooling, in Section 1.11.2.5). 

FIGURE 4.132 Mold insert with copper insert and contour-adapted cooling (source FhG-IWS)... 

Interior channels can be made in a process which puts the idea of contour-adapted conformal cooling into reality. 

Heated platen presses are good for bonding flat or moderately contoured panels when faster cure cycles are desired. Platens are heated with steam, hot oil, or electricity and are easily adapted with cooling water connections to further speed the bonding cycle. 

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