Cooling aluminum molds using heat pipes
Abstract
A system was developed to provide zone cooling and more efficient heat removal from an aluminum mold used to make a polyurethane foam part. Heat removal with heat pipes and forced convection was four to six times faster than cooling without heat pipes in still air. Tests are planned to determine if zone cooling will reduce shrinkage depressions in parts fabricated in this mold.
- Publication:
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Final Report Bendix Corp
- Pub Date:
- December 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978bend.reptR....H
- Keywords:
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- Aluminum;
- Cooling;
- Heat Pipes;
- Molding Materials;
- Forced Convection;
- Heat Transfer;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer