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Heat pipes (Thales) • Goal: The ability to produce a custom heat pipe without the limitations of conventional production methods is a great added value for Thales. Within the framework of the project, important knowledge about the possibilities of printing heat pipes has been obtained. However, the research is not finished yet. Thales now hasContinue reading “Biz 1 Case 5 – Heat pipes (Thales)”

Hybride prints (PM Bearings) Satge 1: • Purpose: Printing a linear guide with teeth, by printing a teeth made of stainless steel 316L on an existing linear guide made of stainless steel 420.• Approach: Pilot research: printing a stainless steel 316L tie rod on an existing RVS420 guide, breaking it on a tensile testing machine,Continue reading “Biz 1 Case 4 – Hybride prints (PM Bearings)”

Surface roughness (Protype) • Objective: To investigate the relationship surface roughness and draft angle of a 3D printed mold.• Approach: printing test samples, carrying out roughness measurements, testing mold• Outcome: 3D printing at an angle of 1˚ to 6˚ has no negative influencethe roughness, and the relationship between roughness and draft angle has been establishedContinue reading “Biz 1 Case 3 – Surface roughness (Protyp)”

Printed rack and linear guide (PM Bearings) • Objective: To investigate whether the production flexibility of linear rack and pinion guides can be increased by producing them by means of 3D metal printing• Approach: desk research, (topological) design, simulation, printing, testing• Result: 3D metal printing of linear guides with rack is possible• Profit for theContinue reading “Biz 1 Case 2 – Printed rack and linear guide (PM Bearings)”

Injection mold cooling systems • Goal: saving weight of molds, increasing the complexity of molds, reducing the production time of molds,• Approach: desk research, topological design, simulation, research into the compressive strength of hollow structures in mold parts• Result: Design for a topologically optimized lightweight mold with a (theoretical) 37% lower weight than the conventionalContinue reading “Biz 1 Case 1 – Injection mold cooling systems”