Development of CAD software package of intellectualized casting technology

Abstract

Based on the numerical simulation of solidification, a computer aid design (CAD) software package of casting technique was developed to design the rising system intelligently. The software can calculate the size and locate the situations of the isolated melts. According to the liquid shrinkage of each isolated melts and the standard parameters of risers in the database, the riser’s situation and the size can be identified intelligently as long as the riser’s shape is selected. 3-D software and simulation analysis of CAST soft/computer aid engineering (CAE) software show that the design of the riser and the running system is feasible.

Keywords

CAD / casting technique / isolated melts / rising system / running system / database

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