CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

24 November 2009

Product News

CD-adapco and Access Unveil STAR-Cast, a Mould Breaking Tool for Casting Simulation

CD-adapco and Access announced the first public release of STAR-Cast, a new tool that revolutionizes industrial casting simulation. Developed in collaboration between a provider of CAE technology and recognized international experts in casting and metallurgy, STAR-Cast brings ease-of-use and automation to the simulation of casting processes, and introduces a new level of multi-disciplinary sophistication to simulation results.

Based around the advanced technology that powers CD-adapco’s CAE software tools STAR-CCM+ and STAR-CD, STAR-Cast provides a comprehensive process for multiphase casting simulation - liquid, solid and gaseous –including conjugate heat transfer, a sharp resolution of the filling front, free-surface fragmentation, motion of trapped gas bubbles in melt, natural convection in melt and gas.

“STAR-Cast is an entirely new concept in Casting Simulation that for the first time places industrial strength simulation technology in the hands of foundrymen, casting designers and tool makers,” says CD-adapco President Steve MacDonald. “The partnership between CD-adapco and ACCESS has resulted in a formidable tool that I sincerely believe will lead to unprecedented levels of innovation and cost-reduction in industrial casting.”

Access Managing Director Robert Guntlin says, “STAR-Cast is a best practice example for excellence in science demonstrated in application. The joint knowledge from CAE technologies, materials research and metal casting processes opens the door to a new realm of simulation technology in industrial casting”.

STAR-Cast is a true compelling engineering simulation solution for a broad range of casting processes:

   Gravity Sand Casting

   Gravity (tilting) Die Casting

   Low pressure and Counter Pressure Casting

   Centrifugal Casting

   Continuous Casting

About Access

Access is an independent research centre associated with the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH) in Germany. 50 engineers and scientists are pooling a diversity of individual skills to merge both scientific and technological know-how in materials and processes with a special focus on metallic materials and casting processes.

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