Integrated Database Development for Casting Design and its Application to Casting Simulation

Abstract:

Development of integrated database including casting shapes with their casting design, technical knowledge, and thermophysical properties of the casting alloys were introduced in the present study. For the shape database, a number of casting products are scanned by using by using industrial computer tomography and compiled to the shape database. Each shape data in the database has also parametric 3D modeling data, not only the product but also its casting design. If casting engineer want to design new casting, similar casting shape with casting design can be easily retrieved from the shape database, and easily modified and adapted to the new casting. Technical knowledge of the various casting processes and their manufacturing process of the castings were compiled and the search engine for the knowledge was developed. Database of thermophysical properties of the casting alloys were obtained by the experimental study or calculation based on CALPHAD approach, and the properties were used for the in-house computer simulation of casting process. The databases were linked with intelligent casting expert system developed in e-design center, KITECH. It is expected that the databases can help non casting experts to devise the casting and its process. Various examples of the application by using the databases were shown in the present study.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 783-786)
• Pages: 2142-2147
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.783-786.2142
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: In Sung Cho*, Jeong Tae Kim, Jeong Kil Choi
• Keywords: Casting Design, Foundry, Integrated Database, Shape Recognition, Thermophysical Properties

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