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.
When less is more
Producing large ductile iron axle housings can be a challenging task. The part shown above was well into production when a shrinkage defect was noticed during machining. After several attempts to find a solution, the foundry contacted MAGMA to evaluate the part design.
Castings with a tailwind
The world‘s leading manufacturer of wind power turbines, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, with its headquarter in Jutland, Denmark, strongly supports the development of wind power casting technology. The subsidiary Vestas Castings Group AS is the key supplier of castings for their wind power turbines. Compared to welded parts, castings offer much ...
Taking advantage of free flowing currents
Verdant Power is a recognized leader in the emerging marine renewable energy industry, using dam-less hydropower to convert energy found in flowing water currents.
Going beyond just finding the shrink...
It is not just shrinkage that determines the final quality of a steel casting. Casting process simulation of steel castings also goes much further than just finding the shrink. In the case shown here, initially the gating and risering was developed for a drive tumbler that produced a high quality part, but the customer’s main interest was ...
Getting it right the first time
Risering of castings is supported through the determination of the local thermal modulus. This modulus describes the relationship between the heat content of a volume and the cooling power of the surrounding surfaces. For example, the hot spot with the largest thermal modulus (in this case 1.13 cm) must be fed by a riser with a higher modulu...
- 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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