{"id":23268,"date":"2024-11-05T09:38:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T02:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aie.com.vn\/?p=23268"},"modified":"2024-11-05T09:38:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T02:38:16","slug":"from-die-design-to-defect-free-castings-shiva-tool-tech-achieves-80-time-reduction-with-altair-inspire-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aie.com.vn\/en\/from-die-design-to-defect-free-castings-shiva-tool-tech-achieves-80-time-reduction-with-altair-inspire-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"From Die Design to Defect-Free Castings: Shiva Tool Tech Achieves 80% Time Reduction with Altair Inspire Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Shiva Tool Tech is an automotive manufacturing focused, industrial powerhouse based in Pune, India. With over 25 years of experience in designing and manufacturing of gravity die casting (GDC), low-pressure die casting (LPDC), high-pressure die casting (HPDC) Dies, the company supports customers from manufacturing process design to the production stage. Manufacturing processes include milling, drilling, hardening, grinding, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining, Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM), inspection and polishing to get the final assembly of the casting die.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Obtaining a Defect-free Die Design \u2013 Efficiency in the Process<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n

At Shiva Tool Tech casting dies are designed and manufactured for automotive and non-automotive components like brackets, crankcase, housing, cylinder heads, compressor housings, manifolds, alloy wheels, etc. with a lead time from 3 weeks to 8 weeks depending upon the complexity of the project.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The casting die designs are developed based on years of experience for components received form their customers in the form of the computer-aided design (CAD) and or engineering drafts. Once the die for the casting is designed, it is manufactured and assembled at their facility. The die is then sent to the customer for carrying out the physical casting trial. The cast part manufactured from the new dies is sent back to Shiva Tool Tech with an inspection report and defects identified. The die design is then modified to eliminate the defects. This entire process takes about 3-4 physical iterations to get a defect-free die design.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Realizing the value of simulation software in optimizing this design and manufacturing process to save time and money. Shiva Tool Tech began outsourcing casting simulation when needed. However, outsourcing the simulations were expensive and time consuming. In addition to paying for every iteration, the turnaround times for simulation from the service providers were long. This led them to explore options of bringing the expertise in house by investing in simulation software. They chose Altair\u2019s casting simulation software Inspire Cast which met their requirements for ease of use, accuracy of results, speed of computational analysis, rich visualization of results while remaining within budget considerations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Inspire Cast in the Casting Simulation Process:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The updated process at Shiva Tool Tech now involves Inspire Cast in two phases:<\/span><\/p>\n