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Casting Design Research

Process design
Process modeling
Process simulation
Opportunities
Casting System Components

Design for Manufacturing 2


Casting System Components

Design for Manufacturing 3


Metalcasting Lead Time & Cost
Reduction Project
Objectives:
Define an integrated casting design environment
Determine the capabilities of existing software
Consider both expendable mold & permanent mold processes
Tasks:
Complete surveys of software suppliers & users
Determine current industrial practice with casting software
Evaluate costs & benefits of casting design software
Define scenarios for foundry use of software
Develop functional design of an integrated casting design environment

Design for Manufacturing 4


Casting Process Design

Part orientation
Parting line location
Gate(s) and riser(s) design
Pattern/mold design
Process simulation

Design for Manufacturing 5


Casting Design Environment
Pattern/mold Design

Laser CAD Parting line location


Scanning System Shared Database Allowances & draft
Rigging system
Part & mold geometry Tolerance specification
Casting material Shape constraints
properties
CAE Mold material
Applications properties
Performance Capability
Process types &
Dynamics characteristics
Resource availability
Heat transfer Time estimation
FEM Cost estimation
Design optimization

Activity
Manager

CAM Process
Applications Simulation

CNC machining Fluid flow


Rapid prototyping Heat transfer
Solidification
Stress growth
Defects/Quality
Criteria Functions

Design for Manufacturing 6


Integrated Casting Design
Software Environment

Design for Manufacturing 7


Casting Design Software
Functions

Design for Manufacturing 8


Casting Model

Input Parameters Model Output


Part Geometry Casting Geometry
Part Material Production Cost
Tolerance & Finish Solidification Time
Production Requirements Stresses & Defects

Process Design
Casting Process
Parting Line Location
Gating & Risering

Design for Manufacturing 9


Casting Process Simulation

Casting Simulation
Using MAGMAsoft
XM35 Rotor
Part design
Simulation model
Simulation results
Redesign iterations

Design for Manufacturing 10


Continuous Casting Research

Continuous casting process


Workflow production planning
IPSCO Caster model process planning

Design for Manufacturing 11


Continuous Casting Process

Design for Manufacturing 12


Continuous Casting Model

Thickness
Width
Mean
Carbon% Neural
Superheat Network Standard
Casting Speed Deviation
Cooling Rate

Design for Manufacturing 13


Optimization Scheme

Design for Manufacturing 14


Questions & Answers

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