The State-of-Art Simulation of High Vacuum and High Performance HPDC with ESI ProCAST: ESI's Virtual Manufacturing Solution for Castings

摘要

Investing in casting technology and optimizing to the right process conditions has never been as important as it is today. Foundry businesses are suffering due to the high costs of production and the challenges of choosing the perfect fit from a variety of processes such as Sand Casting, High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC), Gravity Casting and Low Pressure Die Casting (LPDC), as well as ensuring sound choice of methodology and process conditions. One process of particular interest is the HPDC process: an advanced technology which can give added leverage to the foundry to improve quality, save costs, and reduce scrap rate. A special feature of HPDC based on an evolution of the traditional process is maintaining a High Vacuum during the metal injection. Software editor ESI Group has proven to foundries the strategic value of its virtual manufacturing solution in simulating the performance of the High Vacuum HPDC processes: ESI ProCAST empowers foundries to get the methodologies and process conditions right, to deliver high quality castings while minimizing cost and time.