Casting Simulation Software for several production processes, such as mould pre-heating, mould filling, solidification and cooling.
Vulcan is a Finite Element software designed as a defect-prediction tool for the foundry engineer, in order to correct and/or improve his/her casting process, even before prototype trials are produced.
Vulcan helps the foundry engineer to enter a minimum requirement of information, and to analyse the results in a simple and effective manner, allowing the complete simulation of the following processes:
• Gravity sand casting.
• Gravity die casting.
• Gravity tilt pouring.
• Low pressure die casting.
• High pressure die casting.
The software package consists of:
• Graphical interface and mesh tools
• Mould filling solver
• Solidification and cooling solver: Thermal and thermo-mechanical(Casting shrinkage).
The software runs on a PC (Windows operating system) performing simulations of:
• Cycling: mould regime temperatures
• Filling evolution: Velocities, temperatures, turbulences, pressure
• Solidification: Temperature evolution, phase-change, deformation, shrinkage, stresses of both cast and mould
• Cooling: Temperature evolution of the solidified part, either inside the mould or de-moulding.
• Mechanical: Loading of the part after manufacturing for studying the residual stress evolution.