MAGMAiron
Quality improvement and cost reduction through

¬ Robust Methoding  of gating and risering
¬ Optimization of metal treatment and metallurgy
¬ Minimizing production risks
¬ Making use of all cast iron's potential for mechanical properties
¬ Strengthening  customer relations
¬ Optimized casting concept

The quality of iron castings is, to a large degree, dependent on the material, melt practice and melt handling used. The module MAGMAiron considers these special processing conditions in the prediction of feeding, microstructure and mechanical properties in iron castings. MAGMAiron makes use of microscopic kinetic growth models to calculate the solidification behavior of cast iron materials. MAGMAiron determines the type and quantity of the precipitated graphite. The total shrinkage, and the associated potential for porosity formation, is determined from the sum of the shrinkage or expansion of the individual phases that are present. Further, the microstructure distribution and the local mechanical properties are quantitatively predicted.