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Throughout the manufacturing industry, casting process simulation is now widely accepted as an important tool in product design and process development to improve yield and casting quality.

ESI Group's technology leadership in the industrial metallurgy field is based on a comprehensive set of metallurgical oriented simulation solutions enabling the casting industry to:

• Shorten lead time for mold development
• Reduce trial and error
• Reduce yield and improve part quality
• Investigate new material or processes

ProCAST

the leading Finite Element solution for casting process simulation

Based on powerful Finite Element solvers and advanced specific options developed with leading research institutes and industries, ProCAST provides an efficient and accurate solution to meet the casting industry needs. Compared to a traditional trial-and-error approach, ProCAST is the key solution to reduce manufacturing costs, shorten lead times for mold developments and improve the casting process quality.

ProCAST provides a complete solution covering a wide range of casting processes and alloy systems:

• High pressure die casting,
• Low pressure die casting,
• Investment casting,
• Sand casting and gravity die casting,
• Loast foam and semi-solid materials

CALCOSOFT

for fast and efficient modeling of continuous casting processes.

CALCOSOFT is dedicated to the simulation of continuous casting processes including :

• Horizontal and vertical continuous and semi-continuous casting
• Direct chill casting
• Strip casting
• Twin-roll casting
• Hazlett process

CALCOSOFT also includes specific and advanced modules which can be tailored to fit particular needs in the field of solidification simulation:

• macrosegregation,
• grain structure,
• primary and secondary phase,
• solid state transformation,
• porosity,
• hot tearing.

PAM-QUIKCAST

a fast and efficient solution for casting process evaluation,

Originally created by foundry professionals from Aluminium Pechiney in 1985, PAM-QUIKCAST offers a complete industrial solution to foundries and delivers realistic predictions at each step of the casting process.

PAM-QUIKCAST is a single integrated industry-specific software package which allows the user to perform predictive evaluations of the entire casting process from the filling to the solidification including phase changes. It allows for the simulation of arbitrarily complex parts made of cast iron, steel or aluminum. Its validated technology is based on powerful Finite Volume solvers with efficient self-correction features which result in realistic results with high mesh independence.

About ESI Group

ESI Group is a world leading provider of simulation software for testing, validating and improving product performance and manufacturing processes. Substantially reducing costs and development lead times, the Virtual Try-Out Space solution enables a continuous improvement of the process.

For more information, please contact Muriel Michelet
Muriel.michelet@esi-group.com
www.esi-group.com

 

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