High-efficiency heat exchangers
Heat exchangers transfer thermal energy from one material flow to another. However, producing these parts is very complicated: the individual components are often manufactured and assembled using different processes.
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Heat exchanger for an oil storage system -
Heat exchanger for a canned motor pump -
Heat exchanger for a bearing bracket
Challenge
As a result, many heat exchangers can only be made with large dimensions and component weights.
Solution
Additive manufacturing processes make it possible to produce components in compact dimensions and without joints, making special geometries such as gyroid structures just as feasible as thin wall thicknesses.
Customer benefits
Our customer benefited from a space-saving lightweight design. We were also able to increase efficiency substantially by optimising the ratio of surface area to volume.
