What Is Continous Casting Simulation Software?
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Continuous casting simulation software is used in the metal casting industry to assist the founder engineers in simulating the casting in software programs before the actual mass production of casting in the plant ensuring high-quality defect-free continuous slabs, billets and blooms.
This simulation software simulates the molten metal from the pouring operation, mould filling, partial skin solidification (shell formation), exit from the copper moulds and full solidification of the casting slab while it passes through the supporting rollers until the slab is cut into pieces.
Other aspects such as feed rate, cutting speed, molten metal feed, cooling rates and yield are also analysed.
Following is the list of efficient software used for the simulation of the continuous castings.
Continuous castings are produced using a continuous casting process.
List of Investment Casting Simulation Software
- MagmaSoft
- TherCast
- Flow-3D
Continuous Casting Simulation Software Analysis
What analysis does continuous casting simulation software do?
- This continuous casting simulation software helps foundry engineers analyse billet, blooms and slabs.
- Crack formation in the sides of the billet during the continuous casting process.
- Warpage, distortion, bending and buckling in the casting slab cross sections such as I, L, C and T-sections.
- Helps in deciding the distance between the rollers and the feed rate of the rollers.
- Load, force and pressure are induced on the supporting rollers while the metal is passed out of the copper metal die.
- Time taken to fill the mould cavity as tundish fills the mould at a continuous rate, the same rate at which the metal is passed through the mould.
- The volume of the metal required in the mould and the tundish.
- Appropriate strength in the solidification of the molten metal at the walls of the copper mould while the billet is passed through the mould with the help of the starter bar.
- Helps in analysing the feed rate of the starter bar and metal cooling process and maintaining defect-free casting.
- The software assists in determining the deflection, blowholes, buckle, hot tears, stress, strain, shear, porosity and open-hole casting defect.
- Analysis of the type of cooling required to cool the metal strip or slab using an air and water cooling system.
- Reduce accidents and improve the safety environment and production capacity of the continuous casting machine.
Continuous Casting Simulation Software Application
What metal continuous casting products, components and parts are simulated using continuous casting simulation software?
Continuous casting simulation software is used for analysing, studying, learning, designing and production of the following castings made from stainless steel, copper and aluminium.
- Bloom and billets (I, C, T and L)
- Columns and beams.
- Rails section and ingots
- Frames and channels.
- Wire ropes and tubes.
- Axels and tie rods.
- Wire rods and cables.
- Strips, coils and bars.
- Shafts and spindles.
- Cylindrical liners and links.
- Heat exchanger channels.