NovaFlow & Solid CV

High Pressure Die Casting

NovaFlow & Solid Cv is a mould filling and solidification simulation package based on advanced fluid flow and heat transfer theories. New meshing technology and new advanced numeric models, Control Volume Meshing (CVM) make it the most efficient simulation package on the market. NovaFlow & Solid requires less than one hour to set up a complete simulation including start-up, meshing and running. The resulting simulation will be extremely accurate in accordance with your 3D drawings. MoSt oF the casting methods on the market can be simulated, such as low pressure die casting, high pressure die casting and tilt pouring. All commercial alloys can be simulated, aluminium alloys, copper-, zinc- and magnesium-based alloys and all types of mould and core materials that exist on the market. SiMulatioNS viSualiSe the consequences of a certain design of gating systems and moulds. Casting defects such as oxide inclusions due to excessive turbulence, cold-shuts,

shrinkage cavities and slag inclusions can be avoided by optimising the design of the gating and venting system. CvM teChNology allowS the surface of the 3D model to control the shape of the mesh elements on the border of the casting. This creates cubic elements inside the casting as well as border cells on the boundary of the casting. CVM technology has the following advantages in comparison with FDM/FEM methods: - For most castings, simulation time is reduced to around 10 per cent with the same or improved accuracy (FDM) - A higher accuracy in simulation, thanks to perfect description of the 3D model. All sections are correct in size (FDM) - Needs less cells to define the casting geometry and ensures faster simulations and smaller result files (FDM) - The meshing process is completely automatic and only takes seconds (FEM)

- Enables more advanced calculations, such as gas flow, contact task (stress) or full mould process (FDM) iN additioN NovaFlow & Solid CV has the following unique functionalities: - A formula function for creating your own criteria, for example shrinkage prediction. This function also enables the calculation of Dendrite Arm Spacing (DAS) - With the particle tracer function, users can more accurately simulate flow behaviour and also induce slag particles into the melt for tracing

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NovaFlow & Solid CV

High Pressure Die Casting

High Presure Die Casting

NovaFlow & Solid CV

hardware

3D Import Import of binary and ASCII STL files Possibility to add one solid to another Import of cooling channels and filter STL fixing Boolean functions Extension functions Positioning functions Characteristics Includes advanced database based on constitution diagrams Accounts for gravity during simulation Calculates air gap formation or heat transfer coefficient Cooling and heating channels draw or import Cycling simulation with multiple cooling phases Saving mould temperature from a rough meshed cycling simulation into a fine-meshed flow & solid simulation. Enables extremely fast cycling simulations Velocity trigger function (Set in the 1st and 2nd phase) Trigger filling time. Setting velocity in 1st phase and filling time in 2nd phase Piston position controlled velocity The 3rd phase, i.e. the compression phase, can be simulated. Accurate shrinkage predictions can be obtained Vents, for calculating air bubbles Particle trace function (tracking of slag inclusions) Sensors, measuring velocity, pressure, temperature, liquid phase and cooling rate at a certain point Flow meter, measuring the efficiency of an ingate

Simulation Fastest and most accurate simulation package on the market Multiple processor support The easiest package for setting up and rerunning a simulation Calculation of velocity, pressure, temperature, liquid phase and local solidification time Macro shrinkage prediction with the shrinkage criteria and micro shrinkage prediction with the Niyama criteria Mesh size is limited to RAM. In Windows 32-bit 3 maximum GB is possible. With 64 bit, the limitation is more or less removed Results presentation Powerful browsing and slicing in x, y and z directions Built-in animation functions for presentation of results, creation of AVI and real time AVI movie files Two or more simulations can be viewed simultaneously in the browser Printing facility in all modules Possibility to save simulations in BMP or JPEG formats in each module

Requriments: 1) PC with Dual Core or Dual Processor or QUAD Core 2) Microsoft Windows XP Pro or later installed. 3) RAM 8 GB 4) Minimum 200 GB hard disk, 7200 rpm 5) Monitor or graphics card with 16-bit colours and 1280 x 1024 in resolution. 6) DVD-R/RW 7) Graphics card supporting OPEN GL

Velocity

Liquid Phase Fraction

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