B. Ravi

Abstract: Imagine simulating the solidification temperatures of a casting model that you received as an email attachment on your smart phone (Fig.1). Just upload the model to a cloud-based simulation server, which sends back colour-coded results to your phone within minutes. You can identify hot spots that need to be connected to feeders to prevent shrinkage porosity, or cold spots that may not fill properly and need to be close to ingates. Need to know more about how to design feeding and gating systems, or how to improve the part design for castability? Check out online lesson videos. Want to learn more? Visit the online library, defects museum or projects gallery. This is not science fiction. All these are freely available at E-Foundry, an online portal dedicated to casting design and simulation.