Digitalizing Castings, from Design to Performance: A producer of specialized shapes is introducing a concept of customization that extends from how a part is to be used to how it functions once it's in place

摘要

Making cast parts "smart" - as seemingly every industrial and consumer product is now - is something of a word game: there are efforts to incorporate sensors or other responsive devices into cast components, and that is mostly a "research and development" stage effort. Making smart castings is rather more in the "commercial development" phase: After two years of development, Schneeberger Mineralgusstechnik is set to introduce a new design and production capability it indicates will support its customers' digitalization strategies, and this effort manages to be smart in both ways.