HIGH PRESSURE DIE CASTING
Optimal piston velocity profiles, gating designs and overflow positioning
can easily be achieved with simulation even for very thin walled
structures. Thermo-mechanical die cycles can be performed to address
not only the issue of die life but also in-service part performance, thus
reducing manufacturing risks and costs.
 High-pressure die casting
LOW PRESSURE DIE CASTING
 To reproduce industrial production conditions, mold cycles can be performed numerically until the mold has reached steady state temperature conditions. Based on thermal die profiles, mold filling and solidification results, process parameters can be tuned to achieve optimal process quality while reducing time to market.
Low-pressure die casting
LOST FOAM PROCESS
The simulation of lost foam processes requires a detailed physical modeling of the counter pressure generated by the foam combustion as well as the effect of the permeability of the coating and sand. Simulation provides an accurate solution to the complex physics behind lost foam processes.
Lost foam proccess
POSSIBLE SIMULATION PROBLEMS IN CASTING:
*Metal front progression
*Solidification simulation
*Part deformations
*Metal front progression around a core.
*Metal and air visualization in high pressure die casting
*Porosity prediction
*Shrinkage prediction
Microstructure module:
A deterministic model.
It computes solidification and solid state transformations quantitatively and qualitatively. The evolution of the various phase fractions, as well as their related heat release, is derived from physical microstructure models. Phase compositions such as austenite, ferrite, cementite, graphite, pearlite and martensite can be predicted. It also
provides further micro-structural features and material properties such as nodule counts for spheroidal iron and hardness distribution.
* Pearlite distribution in a sand cast spheroidal iron component.
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