{"id":1380,"date":"2023-10-17T21:17:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T20:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/?page_id=1380"},"modified":"2024-02-09T14:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T14:18:49","slug":"about-conform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/about-conform\/","title":{"rendered":"About CONFORM"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1380\" class=\"elementor elementor-1380\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3838e4c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"3838e4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53b2aa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53b2aa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">About CONFORM<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-hyavati elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"hyavati\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-890654c\" data-id=\"890654c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-866d39a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"866d39a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is CONFORM?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8b4b0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8b4b0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONFORM is an acronym for a project titled \u201cDevelopment and Performance Analysis of Sustainable Conformal Cooling Channels\u201d. This project is being worked upon by a Research Support Officer I and a number of supervisors with the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Malta. This project is funded by the Transdisciplinary Research and Knowledge Exchange Centre (TRAKE), an EU-funded programme.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The CONFORM project is a multi-disciplinary project which focuses on polymer engineering and sustainability.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d59d6d\" data-id=\"0d59d6d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-653789c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"653789c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1184\" height=\"1119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TRAKE.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1498\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TRAKE.png 1184w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TRAKE-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TRAKE-1024x968.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TRAKE-768x726.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1184px) 100vw, 1184px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c27418e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c27418e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abc450e\" data-id=\"abc450e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f102c8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f102c8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Injection-moulding-machine.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Injection-moulding-machine.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Injection-moulding-machine-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Injection-moulding-machine-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Injection-moulding-machine-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Injection-moulding-machine-1536x974.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c95069\" data-id=\"5c95069\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4b7e2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4b7e2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Injection Moulding?\u200b<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e9b650 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e9b650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Injection moulding is one of the most widely used manufacturing processes in the plastic industry. This process is also very energy intensive and, therefore, in the constant strive for a more sustainable manufacturing industry, injection moulding has been the focus of many studies which aim to create a more sustainable plastics manufacturing process. The injection moulding cycle consists of various phases. However, the longest phase of the cycle is the cooling phase, which typically takes up around 60-80% of the overall cycle time. Therefore, in order to create a more sustainable injection moulding cycle, the cooling phase is the most effective portion of the cycle to focus on.\u00a0 [1] [2] [3]\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10a78df elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10a78df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a1e156\" data-id=\"5a1e156\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e583ad4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e583ad4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Types of Cooling Channels<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc5f8c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc5f8c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Traditionally, conventional cooling channels were used in injection moulds. Conventional cooling channels are channels the geometries of which only consist of straight lines. The constraint to straight lines came about as the only way of manufacturing the cooling channels into the mould was through the use of drills. However, with the advent of metal 3D printing, so came the advent of what are known as Conformal Cooling Channels (CCCs). CCCs are created during the manufacture of the mould using metal additive manufacturing. This is why CCCs can take on various complex geometries, allowing them to follow the geometry of the plastic part to be produced more closely. This is advantageous because when uniform distance is kept between the cooling channel and the surface of the plastic part, more homogeneous cooling is possible. Inhomogeneous cooling leads to defects in the plastic part including warped side and sink marks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f062d10\" data-id=\"f062d10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b8d15f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b8d15f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"893\" height=\"1060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Conventional-vs-conformal-cooling-channels-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1502\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Conventional-vs-conformal-cooling-channels-1.png 893w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Conventional-vs-conformal-cooling-channels-1-253x300.png 253w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Conventional-vs-conformal-cooling-channels-1-863x1024.png 863w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Conventional-vs-conformal-cooling-channels-1-768x912.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f98c8c3 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f98c8c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-313a30b\" data-id=\"313a30b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2de3c4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2de3c4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/H3rENmpNgO1HLgKkjYbz-1-b2quo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1503\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/H3rENmpNgO1HLgKkjYbz-1-b2quo.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/H3rENmpNgO1HLgKkjYbz-1-b2quo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/H3rENmpNgO1HLgKkjYbz-1-b2quo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/conform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/H3rENmpNgO1HLgKkjYbz-1-b2quo-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07168df\" data-id=\"07168df\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-078ff7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"078ff7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CONFORM\u2019s Aim<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d2cced elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d2cced\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The aim of the project CONFORM is to design a novel type of CCC to make the cooling phase more effective and efficient. The effectiveness of the cooling phase relates to the quality of the plastic part produced and the efficiency of the cooling phase refers to the cooling time. By making the cooling process more effective and efficient, CONFORM is creating a more sustainable injection moulding process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About CONFORM What is CONFORM? CONFORM is an acronym for a project titled \u201cDevelopment and Performance Analysis of Sustainable Conformal Cooling Channels\u201d. This project is being worked upon by a Research Support Officer I and a number of supervisors with the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Malta. 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