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VTT INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS BY CONROD TEAM ConiferCast ® Gravity With ConiferCast ® gravity it’s possible to simulate sand castings from filling to fully solidified product. Problems associated with entrapped air, oxidation inclusions, folds, laps and wearing of the mould during filling and prediction of hot spots, hot cracking and macrosegregation during solidifying can be estimated from the simulation results. ConiferCast ® HPDC High Pressure Die Casting is a very demanding process to simulate because of the high velocities and thin walls. ConiferCast ® HPDC offers an efficient tool for simulating the whole High Pressure Die Casting process. It can be used for the simulation of the filling and solidification but also for simulating the shot sleeve process that injects the metal into the mould. ConiferCast ® Advanced Advanced casting processes and manufacturing methods such as semi-solid and thixocasting, lost foam casting, low pressure die casting, sand core blowing and composite matrix inserts can be simulated using ConiferCast ® Advanced. VTT INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS P.O.Box 1702, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland Tel. +358 9 456 5586, Fax. +358 9 460 627 www.vtt.fi ConiferCast ® Flow and heat transfer in the channels affectsthe quality of the cast product significantly. ConiferCast ® HPDC it is possible to optimise the shot sleeve process to minimise cavitation and the amount of trapped air. Courtesy of M. Sc Markku Eljaala, Foundry. CONTACTS Matti Sirviö, [email protected] Sami Vapalahti, [email protected] Jukka Väinölä, [email protected]
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VTT INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS
BY CONROD TEAM
ConiferCast ® GravityWith ConiferCast® gravity it’s possible to simulate sandcastings from filling to fully solidified product. Problemsassociated with entrapped air, oxidation inclusions, folds,laps and wearing of the mould during filling and predictionof hot spots, hot cracking and macrosegregation duringsolidifying can be estimated from the simulation results.
ConiferCast ® HPDCHigh Pressure Die Casting is a very demanding process tosimulate because of the high velocities and thin walls.ConiferCast® HPDC offers an efficient tool for simulatingthe whole High Pressure Die Casting process. It can beused for the simulation of the filling and solidificationbut also for simulating the shot sleeve process that injectsthe metal into the mould.
ConiferCast ® AdvancedAdvanced casting processes and manufacturing methodssuch as semi-solid and thixocasting, lost foam casting, lowpressure die casting, sand core blowing and composite matrixinserts can be simulated using ConiferCast® Advanced.
VTT INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMSP.O.Box 1702, FIN-02044 VTT, FinlandTel. +358 9 456 5586, Fax. +358 9 460 627www.vtt.fi
ConiferCast®Flow and heat transfer in the channels affectsthequality of the cast product significantly.
ConiferCast® HPDC it is possible to optimisethe shot sleeve process to minimise cavitationand the amount of trapped air.
Courtesy of M. Sc Markku Eljaala, Foundry.
CONTACTSMatti Sirviö, [email protected] Sami Vapalahti, [email protected] Jukka Väinölä, [email protected]
ConiferCast® is a computer programfor simulating casting processes thatinvolve metal flow and solidification.It has been divided into differentsolver modules with increasingcapabilities according to the process.ConiferCast® also offers accessorymodules for e.g. materials data anddesigning. It uses world famousFLOW-3D® fluid simulation softwareas a calculation engine. The program isbased on the fundamental laws of mass,momentum and energy conservation.FLOW-3D® has been supplied witha large variety of auxiliary physicalmodels. This allows the user to simulate
an extremely wide range of physicalphenomena taking place during prosessingof metals from liquid tate down to roomtemperature.
CONIFER CAST PRE AND POST PROSESSING
WHAT CAN BE SIMULATEDSteel, iron, aluminium, magnesium,copper and other metals
Sand Casting
High and low pressure die casting
Lost foam casting
Tilt pour casting
Centrifugal casting
Semi-solid and thixocasting
Composite matrix inserts and filters
Location of inclusion, folds and laps
Sand core blowing
Hot cracking criterion
Deformation and stresses
Inverse module to calculate materialparameters from experimental data
IDS-program to calculate materialparameters for steels
Design Expert for creating a castingsystem for a product by utilisingSTL-files
SHOT SLEEVE SimulationIn the cold chamber die casting processmolten metal is injected into the die cavityby means of a plunger which forces themetal flow through a horizontally mountedcylindrical shot sleeve. Usually, the shot sleeveis only partially filled with molten metal.The remaining volume of the shot sleeve isfilled with air. With ConiferCast® possibleair entrapment can be simulated and thesimulation results can be used as boundarycondition for filling simulation.
HIGH PRESSURE DIE CASTINGTogether with adiabatic module and freesurface modelling it is possible to simulateair entrapment during the filling process.
-SIMULATION SOFTWARE FOR FOUNDRIES
ConiferCast® is a powerful software bundle with a possibility to include all the necessary tools for castingsimulations. Basic version consist of a riser library and a light version of the designer module.
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CONIFER GRAVITY
CONIFER HPDC
CONIFER ADVANCEDGEOMETRYLIBRARY
FLOW -3D
IDS & CASBOA
INVERSE CHEMSHEET
DESIGNER
ConiferCast®
