In die casting, temperature control units are used to pump the water/oil through the mold. Depending on the size of the tool, 2-8 temperature control units are required. The compact, flow-optimized temperature control manifolds (approx. 100 mm long and 50 mm in diameter) are screwed directly to the outlet and inlet pipes of the temperature control unit and divide the cooling medium flow directly at the temperature control unit into several parallel cooling circuits. This means that the existing circuits can be supplied with fewer temperature control units and temperature control units are no longer required. The bionic design results in optimal fluid mechanics conditions with minimal energy loss. The temperature control manifolds were simulated and optimized using FEM and CFD simulation. T ...