The presentation of the results of the research project 'TurbuStruk', funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK), brought together many of these trend topics. Together with Christian Wege from the Institute of Production Engineering and Machine Tools (IFW), Felix Mehrens from the IKK investigated the influence of surface structures in temperature control channels of injection moulds on turbulent flow. The idea behind structuring the walls of the cooling channels is to create a turbulent flow with improved heat transfer compared to laminar flow, which can reduce cooling and cycle times. This reduction leads directly to increased productivity, cost effectiveness and improved energy efficiency of the plastic parts produced.
In addition to the IKK, the IFW and the Institute for Product Development (IPeG), other institutes of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Leibniz University of Hanover took part in the CIRP ICME '24 and presented their latest results from their respective research areas in interesting lectures.
Participation in CIRP ICME '24 underlines the importance of research at IKK and its contribution to sustainable and innovative production in plastics processing. At the same time, the three-day conference focused on professional exchange, including with non-specialist research areas, as well as networking. In addition to gaining inspiration from other research projects, feedback on project results and establishing contacts for possible future interdisciplinary collaboration were important aspects of participation.
