The following examples demonstrate how our customers successfully utilize MAGMASOFT® in order to realize better casting quality, cost savings or reduction of development times.

Solving Casting Surface Defects

The wall thickness of this speaker housing was very thin at about 1. ... read more

Fly Wheel Casting Simulation

Large cast iron castings require a high degree of attention in designing the layout, due to the ... read more

New Markets for Casting

During recent years, the market for wind power has grown by orders of magnitude and has created ... read more

Stresses That Could Bring You to Boiling

A boiler manufacturer approached MAGMA with a problem where a casting had failed in use. ... read more

Slag Defects in Plates

Steel foundries producing large components often pay more attention to the solidification ... read more

(Residual) Stress Shortens Lifetime

Especially in the recent past, numerous diesel cylinder heads have been developed that showed ... read more

Head Block Distortion

Many large steel castings are produced with large machining allowances, which directly results ... read more

Going With the Flow and Fighting For Air

Estimates say that 20 % of the costs of producing steel castings can be traced to inclusion ... read more

Getting It Right the First Time

Risering of castings is supported through the determination of the local thermal modulus. ... read more

Going Beyond Just Finding the Shrink

It is not just shrinkage that determines the final quality of a steel casting. ... read more