Sand casting
Sand casting is the most versatile casting process, allowing for any size and shape of castable products, limited to small series and expensive parts. Designers must get it right the first time, more than any other process, because of the cost of wasting a single part. THERCAST® is perfectly suited to simulate this process with a variety of sand available in the database, taking into consideration any element of the assembly from sand mold, inserts, cores, to gating. Users test out and optimize the design and process parameters to produce a defect-free part. THERCAST® provides results including filling, solidification, porosities, air entrapment, and residual stresses.
THERCAST® has a dedicated template that simulates the casting of your alloy in a sand mold with inserts taken into account if necessary.
Thanks to its ability to take into account the complex behavior of the solidifying alloy, as well as all the thermal and mechanical interactions between the part and the mold, THERCAST® allows you to predict the final shape of the part, along with any internal defects (shrinkage) and stress distribution in both the part and the mold.
