Industry

Thermally demanding flow components

Impellers, manifolds and heat exchangers have exactly the mass distributions where heat accumulates. Where heat flow is visible before the build, distortion can be steered rather than corrected.

What makes this industry difficult

Closed impellers with curved blades, thin walls and internal flow surfaces are thermally difficult: overhangs and mass concentrations create uneven heat and distortion risk. Internal supports are also close to impossible to remove.

What GENESIS does

Where the physics pays off

Heat accumulation visible before the build

Fast Heat Simulation shows the intensity and extent of overheated regions, layer by layer.

Locally adapted strategy

Smart Hatching steers heat away from critical zones instead of treating them afterwards.

Fewer internal supports

Precisely where manual removal is most expensive, or impossible.

Typical parts

Radial impellers · manifolds · heat-exchange geometries · turbine components

In practice

A part from this industry

Radial impellers · manifolds · heat-exchange geometries · turbine components

On the reference part

16 s

thermal simulation, IN718

625

layers simulated

20°

support-free overhang

Radial impeller, 164 × 79 × 25 mm, printed on an SLM 500 at the Danish Technological Institute.

Renowned universities and companies trust GENESIS

TU ChemnitzUniversity of SiegenAlloyedBeehive IndustriesFraunhoferNADDCONHochschule AalenPhotonische TechnologienRuhr University BochumPremium AerotecEOSNikon SLMDMG MoriColibrium AdditiveAconity3DAdditive IndustriesEplus3D2onelabA-MetalAtlixPlanfinderProfeta

Built with GENESIS

Real parts, prepared in GENESIS and printed on production machines.

Aerospace Bracket

Aerospace Bracket

Tube & Plates

Tube & Plates

Sphere

Sphere

Spiral

Spiral

Impeller

Impeller

Separator

Separator

Satellite Tank

Satellite Tank

What you are trying to solve

Frequently asked questions

How accurate is the fast simulation?

It is built to identify critical regions reliably and derive a strategy from them — not to replace an FEM result. The difference is seconds instead of hours, which is what makes it usable on every build job.

Does it work on closed geometries?

Yes. On test geometries, closed spheres with 0° overhangs were printed with no internal supports at all.

Which nickel-base materials are demonstrated?

IN718 down to 15° support-free overhang, from the OEM technology evaluations.

Does it reduce residual stress too?

More even thermal conditions act on the causes of distortion and residual stress. How much is part- and material-specific — we work that through on your part.