Case Studies
The following examples demonstrate how our customers successfully exploit MAGMASOFT® in order to realize better casting quality, cost savings or reduction of development times.
Problem corrected – case solved
An HPDC client in India who is a large manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters for both domestic and export markets, experienced porosity problems with a cast component from one of their suppliers after machining the casting on the top side.
Solving casting surface defects
The surface of a die casting suffered from peeling or had two-tone discolorations. Sometimes a second buffing was required to eliminate these surface problems.
Two for one
The productivity of the casting of a cover was to be improved. Originally, the part was produced using a single cavity die and fulfilled all quality requirements. To increase productivity, a change to a twocavity die was wanted, without making any compromises regarding casting quality.
Keeping thin-walled castings straight
Through the production of complex, thin-walled structural castings in light alloys, the foundry industry has been in a position to substitute castings for components that were classically sheet metal fabrications. These structural parts are characterized, in addition to their geometric complexity, by the requirements on strength and ductilit...
Washing die lube problems away
A throttle body produced on a dual-cavity die showed large porosities in a boss but “only“ in half of the castings. The size and color of the defects led to the conclusion that this was caused by die lube trapped on the bottom of the boss of one of the two cavities.
- Die casting
- Casting quality
- Cast component optimization
- Profitability and resource efficiency
- Casting design
- Automotive applications
- Heavy industries and wind power
- Permanent mold
- Cast iron
- Steel
- Nonferrous
- Core and mold
- Tool and pattern making
- Heat treatment
- Microstructure and properties
- Stresses and distortion
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