Additive Tooling & Thermal Prepress
Conformal Cooling Channel DMLS/SLM Mold Tooling Calculator
Calculate turbulent coolant Reynolds number ($Re > 10,000$), Nusselt convective heat transfer ($h_c$), Darcy pressure drop ($\Delta P$), mold cavity standoff distance, and injection molding cycle time reduction for 3D printed mold inserts.
Mold Geometry & Coolant Hydraulics
Internal coolant channel diameter (target 4 to 10 mm).
Water chiller pump volume delivered to conformal circuit.
Cumulative path length of 3D spiral / conformal manifold.
Distance from mold surface to channel centerline (target 1.5–2.2 * Dh).
Thermal Dynamics & Pressure Metrics
Reynolds Number ($Re$)
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Heat Transfer Coeff ($h_c$)
--W/m²K
Pressure Drop ($\Delta P$)
--bar
Cycle Time Reduction
--%
Fluid Velocity ($v$)
--m/s
Pumping Power
--W
Flow Regime: FULLY TURBULENT (Re > 10,000 - High Heat Extraction)
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