Sim-Cast’s scaleable solutions focus on customers needs and requirements by building on quality, with the ultimate aim of minimising waste and adding value. These include the reduction of scrap, waste metal and none value added labour identified and improved with the aid of Sim-Cast services.

 

Sim-Cast Service Map

 

 

Below are details on the range of services offered by Sim-Cast

  New Product Introduction
   
 

Focused on delivering a product to market fast with minimum defects and disruptions, considering;

  • Cost, quality and capacity

  • Design for manufacture and manufactured for design

  • Previous product opportunities

  • Risks & impact on Method Of Manufacture

  • Solution robustness & correlation

  • Program aims and objectives

  • Fully supported introduction of solution

  • Improvements required

 
  Design for Casting
 
  New and old products can be improved through simplification and elimination of waste using Sim-Casts know-how and experience. Casting feeder and sprue design as well as the manufacturing process can be improved with the aim of minimising process steps and increasing quality
 
  Tooling
 
 

Sim-Cast are able to provide assistance with tooling problems as well as being able to deliver whole tooling suites, ranging from wax pattern dies through to inspection fixtures
 
  Furnace Improvement
 
  For Directional Solidification and Single Crystal casting, Sim-Cast are able to offer specialist assistance on the internal design of furnace core, with focus on reliability and repeatability of the thermal performance and gradient.
 
  Cost Reduction
 
 

Sim-Cast are able to provide cost reduction improvements, assisted by their quality tools, focused on delivering a holistic cost improved product addressing the product and the process, considering;

  • Opportunities
  • Risks & impact on Method Of Manufacture
  • Solution robustness & correlation
  • Improvements required
  • Delivery of solution
 
  Cost Modelling
 
  Sim-Cast are able to identify target costs or casting improvements and offer sensitivity analysis, allowing the customer to understand what improvements have the greatest return on investment.
 
  Casting Simulation
 
 

One of Sim-Casts many tools for proving changes to ensure 'right first time' delivery, with minimum risk. Sim-Cast use ProCAST to analyse a range of casting defects and provide sustainable improvements that have been proven to minimise the future risk of defect occurrence.

 

Case Studies

Thermal defects - click to download

Filling defects - click to download

Mechanical defects - click to download

Microstructure defects - click to download
 
  Casting Validation
 
  First Article Inspection support can be provided, with Sim-Cast able to offer independent analysis and assistance with compilation of the report and process.
 
  Sensitivity Analysis
 
 

Using Sim-Casts tools and techniques sensitivity analysis for a product or process can be undertaken to give the customer detailed information of their options and the impact of these choices. This can help identify processes and product features that need greatest control.
 
 

For more information about Sim-Cast's solutions, email us on info@sim-cast.co.uk

 

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