Technical papers

Renault employs ESI QuikCAST to Define Standards for Quality Castings

THE CHALLENGE To define design rules for filling & feeding systems across different product lines to enhance competitiveness and achieve quality casting production. THE STORY Traditional methods in the past had…

Added Value of Process Modelling in Development of Automotive Die Casting Parts

Porosity in high performance castings can reduce mechanical properties and consequently degrade both component life and durability. Automotive Market increasingly requests High Performance Castings with high structural…

BIG DATA FOR THE INDUSTRIAL OPERATION PERFORMANCE

WEBINAR BIG DATA How Big Data Can help you to improve Industrial Operation Performance

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The Practical and Effective Deployment of Virtual Casting

It can be an interesting journey when a foundry moves from quite conventional process design methods to one based on virtual prototyping technology, i.e. computational or virtual casting. Specific examples are discussed…

Influence of Computational Grid and Deposit Volume on Residual Stress and Distortion Prediction Accuracy for Additive Manufacturing Modeling

Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing offers unique advantages in terms of cost, lot size and manufacturability of complex products. The energy used however leads to distortions during the process. The distortion of single…

Integration of Machine Learning and Visualization for Effective Design Exploration

The world of CAE is experiencing continued growth in the number of variables involved in a Design of Experiments, either from combining various domains or expanding the complexity of models. Engineers are now facing…

ESI VPS multiscale performance simulation for laser structured Composite-Metal joints

An economic utilization of modern engineering materials can only be achieved through a combination of different materials depending on the local design requirements. This further leads to questions about the joinability…

Modelling Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing Defects

The qualification of powder bed fusion processes is based on lengthy and expensive experimental trial and error. If models can be applied to predict process details and determine the probability of manufacturing defects…

Design and Analysis of Composite Front Bumper Crush-can System

Composite materials provide an avenue to achieve weight savings in structural automotive components due to their low density, high structural performance, and excellent energy absorption during impact. However, many…

Influence of Powder Bed Characteristics on Material Quality in Additive Manufacturing

In powder bed based Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes like Selective Laser Melting (SLM) or Electron Beam Melting (EBM), the spatial distribution of the individual powder particles is typically unknown. Nevertheless…