Casting Simulation of Cast Iron Rotor Disc using ProCAST

Abstract

Many researchers reported that about 90% of the defects in castings are due to wrong design of gating & risering system and remaining 10% are issues related to actual manufacturing processes. By replacing the existing trial and error casting method with casting simulation in foundry, can reduce the rejection rate (defects) of the products from 8.5 to 3.5%. This paper discusses the study of solidification behaviour of Cast Iron rotor disc and detection of hot spots in castings with the help of casting simulation software ProCast.