Solidification Modeling
Johnson Matthey Ltd., Precision Castings Division, is pleased to offer our customers the value-added service of Solidification Modeling of their investment castings. This technology allows Johnson Matthey engineers to determine potential problem areas such as shrinkage or hot tears in a casting design before the casting is produced.
The heart of the technology is based on Johnson Matthey's ability to work with 3D drawings, coupled with a PC based software program which simulates the pouring of hot metal of any alloy into the assembled virtual shell, and allows the metal to cool and solidify in real-time authenticity, revealing areas which will contain shrinkage or other heat related problems via visual indicators at the completion of the cooling of the castings. This approach is an extremely accurate way for Johnson Matthey to predict these problem areas in any casting design.
With this advance knowledge of potential problems, Johnson Matthey can work with the customer to revise, eliminate, or reduce design elements which may contribute to these types of casting defects, resulting in savings in time and costs. In addition, the critical decision of placement of gating can now be evaluated and tested without time consuming trial and error runs, resulting in more accurate costing, advanced knowledge of design changes required to facilitate gate placement, and overall casting quality improvement.
Please contact your Johnson Matthey Casting Specialist to learn how Solidification Modeling can help you achieve better casting results while saving costs.
