At Next Chapter, we’re redefining how plastics are molded by integrating conformal cooling with 3D printing into innovative tooling solutions. Our approach ensures uniform cooling, reduces cycle times, and enhances part quality, all tailored to your specific molding challenges.
Traditional cooling channels are limited to straight lines, often failing to reach complex geometries within a mold. This can lead to uneven cooling, resulting in warpage, sink marks, and longer cycle times. Conformal cooling channels, designed to follow the intricate contours of the mold, address these issues by providing uniform cooling throughout the part.
Using advanced metal additive manufacturing, Next Chapter designs and produces conformal cooling channels that are impossible to achieve with conventional machining. This technology allows for:
Whether you’re in automotive, medical, consumer goods, or packaging, Next Chapter’s conformal cooling solutions are customized to meet your industry’s specific requirements. Our team collaborates with you to design cooling strategies that enhance performance and efficiency.
Traditional cooling methods won’t solve tomorrow’s molding challenges. Next Chapter is already there solving tomorrow’s challenges with conformal cooling inserts engineered and produced with additive manufacturing technology.
Conformal cooling delivers the greatest value for complex part geometries, thick sections, tight tolerances, and high-volume production. Any application where cooling limits productivity or contributes to quality issues can benefit from a more optimized cooling strategy.
The level of improvement depends on the part design and application, but many manufacturers see meaningful reductions in cycle time along with improved part consistency and lower scrap rates. Our engineering team evaluates each project to determine where conformal cooling can deliver the greatest production advantage.
In many cases, yes. Existing molds can often be evaluated to determine whether conformal cooling inserts or redesigned tool components can improve performance. During our engineering review, we assess your current tooling and recommend the most effective path to increase productivity and extend tool performance.
Traditional machining limits where cooling channels can be placed. Additive manufacturing removes those constraints, allowing our engineers to create complex cooling paths that closely follow the part geometry. Combined with our tooling expertise, this enables molds engineered for faster heat removal, improved process stability, and long-term production performance.
Ready to improve your molding process with conformal cooling and 3D printing? Contact us today to discuss how our innovative tooling solutions can benefit your production.
