Mould tools

A considerable use of Concept Laser LaserCUSING® technology is in the manufacture of conformal cooled cores, and inserts used in the Injection Mould industry. Conformal cooling is a phrase which is used to describe the use of internal complex cooling channels to significantly improve the water-cooling effect of plastic injection moulds, as a result reducing cycle times. The designs of such channels are software-driven and simulated, although the actual core or insert is built layer by layer with all the internal complexity, on a Concept Laser machine. Conventional methods do not provide this level of overall complexity, so for many years have never achieved the most efficient solutions regarding maximising performance and minimising cycle time.