Benefits
Problem-Solving and Cost-Savings
Your business sells castings, not cores. Why would you use simulation software on a process that's not your end product? Good question. Arena-flow has many benefits, but they can generally be categorized as Problem-Solving or Cost-Savings.
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Problem-Solving
Consistent core quality is a prerequisite for achieving controllable casting quality. Low-density cores result in core breakage or unacceptable metal penetration. High density cores lead to shake-out difficulty or gas-related casting defects. Uniform, consistent, controllable core quality is desired.
Arena-flow is the only foundry engineering software package which uses the revolutionary CPFD technology to accurately predict sand core filling, miss-fills, density variations and curing, enabling you to "look inside" your tooling to view the sand core creation process. Arena-flow gives you the information needed to accurately and efficiently solve foundry problems. Arena-flow enables you to:
- produce consistent cores with confidence
- gain insight into core-related casting defects
- minimize scrap
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Cost-Savings
While quality is important, it seems everything becomes more urgent when directly impacting the company bottom line. Defects have a cost. The cost increases depending on whether the defects result in merely scrap cores or also scrap castings. If the quality-assurance is not adequate, then castings are put into operation resulting in recalls or a "poor-quality" image, which is far more costly.
Alternately, some foundries have high quality. Here the cost-savings obtained by using Arena-flow are not related to defect reduction, but rather process optimization. Arena-flow enables you to:
- reduce new tooling startup costs
- optimize process cycle time
- minimize capital costs
- minimize scrap
- minimize consumable usage
- reduce machine down time
- reduce tooling maintenance costs
Case Studies
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Cycle Time Optimization
Cost savings are obtained by reducing the cycle time for a cover core.
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Scrap Reduction
Cost savings are obtained by reducing the scrap rate for a cylinder block water jacket core.
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Engineering Confidence
Design new, or modifiy existing, tooling with confidence.
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Quality Improvements
Produce high quality cores, molds and castings.
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