ProCAST

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.

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 software solution allowing for predictive evaluations of the entire casting process including mold filling, solidification, microstructure and thermo-mechanical simulations. It enables to rapidly visualize the effects of mold design and allows for correct decision making at an early stage of the manufacturing process.

ProCAST covers a wide range of casting processes and alloy systems including:

• high and low pressure die casting,
• sand casting, gravity die casting and tilt pouring,
• investment casting, shell casting,
• lost foam and centrifugal casting.

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 for Advanced Solidification Analysis

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.

CalcoSOFT is the result of intensive and long term collaborations with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and leading industrial partners including: ABB/Alstom/Siemens, AETC, Assan, Alusuisse/Alcan, Böhler, Corus, Doncasters, Elkem, GM, Howmet, Hydro Al, PCC, Pechiney, Rolls Royce, Snecma, Umicore and VAW/Hydro.

PAM-QuikCAST™ A Comprehensive Physics-Based Software Package for Casting Simulation

Cutting costs and reducing the time to market is one of the most pressing problems for the automotive industry today. PAM-QuikCAST is designed to help the user achieve these goals. 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 and cooling. 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 and Finite Element solvers with efficient self-correction features which result in comprehensive realistic results with high mesh independence.

PAM-QuikCAST is used by the highly-competitive foundry industry to meet its market demands. By replacing hardware prototypes with simulation they deliver better quality products within shorter lead-times.