{"id":6043,"date":"2017-09-22T13:04:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T11:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/?p=6043\/"},"modified":"2023-03-17T10:34:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T09:34:14","slug":"next-generation-heat-exchangers-in-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/en\/6043\/next-generation-heat-exchangers-in-3d-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Next generation heat exchangers in 3D printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Additive manufacturing<\/strong> and <strong>metal direct 3D printing<\/strong> is growing fast in the manufacturing, and being also employed and tested for next generation <a href=\"http:\/\/en.tempco.it\/solutions-en\/heat-exchangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>heat exchangers<\/strong><\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/eere\/success-stories\/articles\/eere-success-story-3d-printing-enables-new-generation-heat-exchangers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Maryland<\/a> is indeed developing heat exchangers produced using metal direct 3D printing to make lighter, cheaper and more efficient exchangers, achieving <strong>increased thermal transfer by 20%<\/strong> in heating and cooling applications.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/maryland-researchers-take-heat-exchangers-into-next-century-with-revolutionary-3d-printed-design-2-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9174 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/maryland-researchers-take-heat-exchangers-into-next-century-with-revolutionary-3d-printed-design-2-1-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/maryland-researchers-take-heat-exchangers-into-next-century-with-revolutionary-3d-printed-design-2-1-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/maryland-researchers-take-heat-exchangers-into-next-century-with-revolutionary-3d-printed-design-2-1.jpg 589w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another great advantage of additive manufacturing is the possibility to design more <strong>efficient and complex designs<\/strong>, and quickly, reducing the manufacturing process from months to weeks. Leveraging on automated design algorithms is possibile to create unique shapes, aimed to increase surface thermal exchange boosting the thermal efficiency. In addition, the components are <strong>printed in a single-piece<\/strong>, avoiding secondary finishing processes and brazing, so that resistance to high-pressure and leakage can be strongly improved.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3D-printing-exchangers-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9176 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3D-printing-exchangers-1-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3D-printing-exchangers-1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3D-printing-exchangers-1.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The goal is also to minimize the size and weight of heat exchangers, and <strong>saving on material waste<\/strong> in comparison to traditional manufacturing methods. That is also due to the possibility to realize extremely thin material thickness, building leak-tight exchanger walls as thin as 200 micrometers. The one-part design and additive manufacturing also ensure greater reliability combined with predictable and repeatable print quality, also for complex and unusual geometries, allowing to produce all types of parts using titanium, stainless steel and nickel super alloy.<\/p>\n<p>The miniaturized air-to-refrigerant heat exchangers produced by now are intended for HVAC and refrigeration applications, for commercial and residential <strong>air-conditioning or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/en\/5604\/heat-pumps-how-do-they-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heat pumps systems<\/a><\/strong>, but they pave the way for industrial versions as well. Researchers are currently developing a 10 kW prototype, to be tested in a three-ton heat pump, aiming if all goes well for commercial production within the next 4 to 5 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Additive manufacturing and metal direct 3D printing is growing fast in the manufacturing, and being also employed and tested for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64,73,63,143,66,473],"tags":[927,3537,177,127,3538,486,138,535,161,137,537,928,382,926],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Next generation heat exchangers in 3D printing - Tempco Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/en\/6043\/next-generation-heat-exchangers-in-3d-printing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Next generation heat exchangers in 3D printing - 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