CASE STUDIES
iTherm® IM Custom made Insert Customer Case
Background information
Our customer that produces thick wall plastic piping was struggling with cycle times when moulding 90° pipe elbows. Their cycle time was 256 seconds.
Plastic elbow
FEA analysis was carried out, predicting a massive cycle time reduction to 125 seconds.
FEA analyis
Based on big potential savings customer decided to replace its current core with conformally cooled iTherm® Core.
Current convetionally made Core
iTherm® Core with conformal cooling channels
Tool scheme with iTherm® Core
Improvements
with iTherm® Custom Made Core
More uniform heat distribution across the working surface
Current convetionally made Core
iTherm® Core with conformal cooling channels
Cycle Time Reduction
Cycle time reduced by 54,7%, from 256s to 116s.
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