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3D-Printing of Tooling Parts
适用行业
- 设备与机械
适用功能
- 产品研发
用例
- 添加剂制造
服务
- 硬件设计与工程服务
挑战
选择性激光熔化 (SLM) 是一种增材制造技术，可用于生产具有随形冷却通道的模具部件。由于工具插件的重新设计和优化，ABB OY, Drives and Controls 能够极大地减少电缆索环的循环时间。零件的优化几何形状不仅缩短了周期时间，而且还减少了生产中的报废零件。
对该刀片实施随形冷却的案例研究的目的是提高生产效率并提高产品质量，从而减少缺陷产品。
客户
ABB
关于客户
ABB 是电力和自动化技术领域的全球领导者。该公司总部位于瑞士苏黎世，拥有 145,000 名员工，业务遍及约 100 个国家。
解决方案
在这项研究中，为工具嵌件设计了六种不同的通道轮廓，其中一种类似于具有传统冷却的零件，以提供与传统制造的比较。通道轮廓针对 SLM 技术进行了优化，考虑到的因素包括面向下的表面角度以减少对支撑的需求、通道之间的最小壁厚以及通道的尺寸和形状。在构建所有各种冷却通道剖面之前，进行了水流和热导率模拟，并且零件在模拟中已经显示出略微不同的冷却行为。
SLM 的使用导致周期时间和生产成本的大幅减少。通过在注塑模具中使用随形冷却插件，将冷却时间从大约 30 秒减少到大约 6 秒，从而能够将循环时间从 60.5 秒减少到 14.7 秒。
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