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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…
Casting
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…
Casting
Die Casting, HPDC, part design, die design, casting development loop, digital tuning, die cycling, simulation, Porosity, Workflow, Macros, Automatization, Renault, ESI
Use of a cognitive simulation model of the driver to support the Virtual Human Centred Design (V-HCD) of ADAS and automated vehicles
This paper presents a research programme jointly implemented by IFSTTAR and ESI group in order to develop an integrative simulation platform able to support the human centred design of future Advanced Driving Aid…
Virtual Systems & Controls
Driver Model, Virtual Human Centred Design, Simulation, ADAS, Vehicle Automation
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…
Casting
Electric Steelmaking Coupled Multiphysics Simulation by Finite Elements
State of the art computer aided coupled multiphysics simulation tools can be advantageous in the understanding and design of industrial processes. This paper presents such a tool for electric steelmaking, metallurgical…
Casting, CFD
STEELMAKING, CASTING, METALLURGY, INDUCTION HEATING, MAGNETIC STIRRING, SURFACE HARDENING, FINITE ELEMENTS, EDGE ELEMENTS, COUPLED MULTIPHYSICS, COMPUTER SIMULATION
Virtualization Of High Vacuum And High Performance HPDC Machine For Top Quality Casting
OEM and automotive market is driven foundry suppliers to high performance castings: high structural integrity, high mechanical properties, welding and heat treatment. These requirements are typically obtain with gravity…
Casting
HPDC, CASTING SIMULATION SOFTWARE, VACUUM DIE CASTING, DCM, MACHINE
Verification Of Continuous Casting Process Of Steel Round Billets Using Numerical Modelling
Continuous casting technology is currently the primary method in production of steel billets and slabs. The primary and secondary cooling must ensure the continuous casting of steel without strand breakouts and other…
Casting
Steel, continuous casting, numerical modelling, metallurgical length, hot tears
Hydrogen Tracking In Production Of A Special Forging: From Ingot Casting To Heat Treatment Using Simulation
Hydrogen has been and always will be a source of various problems within steel production because of its generally detrimental effects on processing characteristics and service performance of steel products.…
Casting
Hydrogen Flakes, Microstructure, Casting Simulation, Forging Simulation, Heat Treatment Simulation
Microporosity Prediction and Validation for Ni-based Superalloy Castings
Microporosity in high performance aerospace castings can reduce mechanical properties and consequently degrade both component life and durability. Therefore, casting engineers must be able to both predict and reduce…
Casting
Part Ejection in Magnesium High Pressure Die Casting
One important process step in Magnesium HPDC (High Pressure Die Casting) is the ejection of part from the mold. Due to solidification and cooling down the part shrinks onto the mold. To overcome the strong forces that…
Casting