Software for the Optimization of Raw Materials in Casting: A Key to Quality and Competitiveness

摘要

Charge and casting optimization software is not a statement of good intentions: it is the realization of the scientific and technological knowledge of the twenty-first century in a tool thought and designed specifically for foundries. For each casting calculation time is dramatically reduced, errors are eliminated and the cost of raw materials is minimized. The Know-How is logged into a system capable of evolving, transcending the knowledge of a single user and allowing engineers to design models so as to obtain increasingly more accurate and economical castings. The return on investment is almost immediate. Progress in quality, unquestionable. As few foundries today employ optimization systems (they do not reach 5% of potential users), their use is marking a factor of differentiation and positioning relative to the competition, not only due to cost reduction in raw materials (between 5% and 25% depending on the type of foundry), but also due to the gap from the quality point of view. However, what today is a market position factor, in a few years, maybe months, will be a necessity.