- Provision of fundamental rules of design for cast iron components
- Elimination of potential sources of error
- Monitoring the development of the design for a casting-compatible geometry.
- Reduction of necessary raw casting tolerances and machining allowances
- Optimisation in terms of weight and production costs
- Consultation regarding material selection
- Profitability analysis
- Creation of the requirements profile
- Common environmental analysis
- Creating a blueprint
- Optimisation
- Manufacturing of prototypes
- Serial production launch
Example: consisting of 4 welded assemblies and 25 single parts > transformed into 1 compact casting part (945 kg) > achieved a cost saving of 35%
Redesign
- Reworking a client design
- Simultaneous engineering
- Suggestion for an optimised casting solution
- Topology optimisation, FEM analysis, simulation
- Development of the serial production process
From the welding design to the casting solution
- Simplifying the geometry
- Combining several individual components
- Optimisation of wall thicknesses, weight and stiffness
- Integrating functions
- Cost reduction
