Highlights in MAGMASOFT® 5.5
HIGHLIGHTS OF MAGMAiron 5.5
Quantitative prediction of shrinkage related defects with a new powerful feeding model taking into account
- Convective heat transport during solidification
- The metallurgical state of the melt
- Inoculation effects on precipitated eutectic graphite
- Atmospheric and local metallostatic pressure on feeding flow
- Graphite expansion and austenite shrinkage
- Flow resistance in mushy zones during solidification
- Impact of mold stability on porosity
HIGHLIGHTS OF MAGMAsteel 5.5
Prediction of microstructure and material properties for low and high-alloy steel grades
- Consideration of austenitic grain size
- Extension of the limits for alloying elements
- Transfer of segregation results from the casting process into the heat treatment simulation
- New results for microstructure as well as for mechanical properti
HIGHLIGHTS OF CORE DISTORTION AND STRESS
Prediction of core deformation as a function of
- Mechanical behavior of different sand and binder systems
- Thermal loading including buoyancy during filling and early stage solidification
- Consideration of core print layout and positioning
- Pressure dependent description of the bonded porous sand material
- Time and temperature dependent mechanical data
HIGHLIGHTS OF MAGMAhpdc 5.5
New possibilities to predict the transport of entrapped air during mold filling offering
- new algorithms for air transport in the melt and quantitative air results
- curves for predicting the amount of air and evaluating the die venting
- vacuum as a variable for virtual DoE and optimization of venting
- extended feeding model for die casting considering the third phase
- evaluation of all volume deficits (entrapped air and shrinkage porosity) in one result
- more accurate calculation of the locking force
HIGHLIGHTS OF MAGMA CC 5.5
- Calculate continuous casting processes for steel using a bow type machine
- .Improved modeling of starting phase for continuous casting processes for Aluminum DC casting.
- Predicting risk for cracks in continuous casting. New results help to understand the crack sensitivity.
HIGHLIGHTS IN MAGMASOFT® 5.5
The new usability developments help you to achieve your goals faster and easier.
- Interactive 3D-visualization of projects
- Easy organization of geometries
- Effective image generation in Multiview
- New quality criteria for evaluating casting roundness and flatness
- Extended possibilities of MAGMAinteract®
- Web download of MAGMASOFT®
Press Release
Benefits for Users and Decision Makers – the New MAGMASOFT ® 5.5
Efficient casting development, safe starts of production and robust production windows are the focus of the foundry industry. With this in mind, the new MAGMASOFT ® Release 5.5 makes significant contributions for creating even more value in casting design, in toolmaking and in the foundry. Particular emphasis has been placed on further simplified and efficient use of the software and its results. Find more information in the press release.
