Casting processes on the shop floor involve ladles, plungers, stoppers and dies, whose movements and rotations affect the fluid flow. By simulating the impacts of such Moving Objects on fluid flow behaviour and molten metal temperature, analysis accuracy can be improved. Simple though it may sound, the simulation of Moving Objects was considered difficult with a conventional simulation algorithm. ADSTEFAN’s Movement Object function makes it possible and contributes to the optimisation of the casting designs and production conditions.
Casting simulation software ADSTEFAN’s robust, efficient and powerful Moving Object function enables casting experts to consider the movement of rigid objects such as a ladle and a plunger in High-Pressure Die Casting, a ladle and a stopper in gravity casting, or a ladle and a mould in tilt casting.
A rotating ladle in gravity casting.
A stopper drawn from a cup in gravity casting.
In the casting world, many casting practices involve moving parts directly in contact with liquid metal. For example, a moving ladle pours molten metal into a mould or a sleeve – while in the High-Pressure Die Casting process a plunger pushes metal into the die cavity, and in the Tilt Casting process, the moulds rotate. Conventional simulation algorithm, however, neither contemplates the shapes and properties of these Moving Objects nor the positions, angles, and velocities thereof. Modelling these movements effectively in fluid flow analysis can produce more accurate insights on fluid flow behaviours and molten metal temperatures.
ADSTEFAN, a state-of-the-art metal casting simulation software, provides enhanced Moving Object functionality for its users. Its enhanced features extend to the rotations around arbitrary axes like the rotations of a ladle and a mould in tilt casting, which enables accurate analysis of the temperature and behaviors of the fluid flow.
The moving object function can be applied in many cases.
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