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News Release from: Magma | Subject: Magmasoft v4.4
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 15 March 2006
Simulation software updated with flow
solver
Flow solver lets users analyse complex filling conditions and components with extremely thin walls, and is included in latest version of casting simulation software.
The latest version of Magma's casting simulation software, Magmasoft v4.4, has been available since early 2006 It includes added features and possibilities to evaluate the simulation
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 16 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The flow solver lets the user analyse complex filling conditions, and is also for components with extremely thin walls.
Added criteria for the evaluation of the filling behaviour can indicate potential defects resulting from the fluid flow behaviour.
These include the tracking of entrapped air and possible oxide inclusions during the filling or the evaluation of the casting performance of different gates.
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Flow lengths can be determined as well as the age of the melt during the filling process.
Information about the local heat balance for the tool can be created for the permanent mould casting process, which is important for the layout of cooling channels as well as for the thermal regulation of the die.
This allows the optimisation of the tool regarding productivity and die life time.
The high pressure die casting module Magma HPDC considers local squeezing.
The version of the iron casting module Magma Iron lets the user predict mechanical properties of cast iron with compacted graphite.
Both the modules for tilt casting and simulation of the rotacaster process have been extended.
Using the Magmalink module, the user can transfer Magmasoft results to various FE programs.
Hence, the quality of crash, life time and performance analyses can be improved.
It is possible for the first time to import scanned computer tomography data into Magmasoft and compare them with simulation results.
The optimisation program Magma Frontier transforms a simulation program into a tool for process optimisation or optimised casting design.
The version includes a collection of features for the presentation of results.
The Magmapost module visualises vectors and air entrapments and allows the automatic creation of images and movies in various clippings.
Deformed casting geometries as well as preadjusted geometries can be exported.
The user can create individual criteria based on all Magmasoft results and consequently adjust the results according to needs.
The internal communications within the company as well as with customers is supported by Magmasoft through a presentation composer.
The composer allows the creation of 3D objects and the export of animated presentations of the simulation results.
The downloadable viewer can be used to visualise such presentations and interactively rotate, enlarge or move geometries and results.
Hardware platforms supported include Windows, Linux and certain Unix platforms from single processor versions up to parallelised cluster versions.
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