The adoption of metallic additive manufacturing (AM) for heat exchangers offers
significant thermal management benefits that range from optimized heat energy
transfer to supporting integrated designs that can reduce weight, size, and
component numbers. The benefits offered by utilizing AM for heat exchangers
transcend industries and have relevance within the aerospace and automotive
industries, where new mobility requirements result in the need for efficient
energy systems, increasingly efficient component design, and higher
temperatures.
Additive Manufacturing of Thermal Management Components in Mobility
Applications examines the critical unsettled issues, such as lack of
understanding regarding metal AM material performance in high-temperature
applications and the absence of significant standardization that goes beyond the
material grades, printing process parameters, and characterization processes for
performance reliability. The report also delves into design, regulation, and
certification.