Thermal management for composite tooling

A system comprising:

• a computer comprising a hardware processor and a storage media that stores instruction that when executed by the hardware processor perform a method for additive manufacturing of a tool for forming a composite part with an integrated heat sink, the method comprising:
• obtaining a digital representation of a tool to be manufactured;
• performing, using one or more hardware processors, a first thermal topology optimization process of the digital representation using one or more thermal computer models;
• determining, using the one or more hardware processors, a first thermal hot spot of the tool after manufacture using the first thermal topology optimization process;
• creating, a first digital representation of a first integrated heat sink that is configured to mitigate the first thermal hot spot based on the first thermal topology optimization process;
• and
• generating the tool and the first integrated heat sink using a manufacturing tool, wherein a shape of the first integrated heat sink is based on the first thermal topology optimization process of the tool.

A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions, for execution by a hardware processor, to perform a method for manufacturing of a tool for forming a composite part with an integrated heat sink, the method comprising:

• obtaining a digital representation of the tool to be manufactured;
• performing, using one or more hardware processors, a first thermal topology optimization process of the digital representation using one or more thermal computer models;
• determining, using the one or more hardware processors, a first thermal hot spot of the tool after manufacture using the first thermal topology optimization process;
• creating, a first digital representation of a first integrated heat sink that is configured to mitigate the first thermal hot spot based on the first thermal topology optimization process;
• and
• generating the tool and the first integrated heat sink using a manufacturing tool, wherein a shape of the first integrated heat sink is based on the first thermal topology optimization process of the tool, wherein a shape of the first integrated heat sink is based on the first thermal topology optimization process of the tool.