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The Story

Sheffield Forgemasters (SFIL), with their years of experience, had developed a mold design expertise to optimally utilize their current facility. A new approach with a range of engineering, design and metallurgical skills of their engineers coupled with the usage of ProCAST, resulted in new sucessful ingots within the confines of the existing capitale quipment.

The "Big" Challenge

Sheffield Forgemasters (SFIL) known for their ability to produce large steel castings had a task cut out to produce an ingot weighing approximately 300 tons, larger than any ingot made by them in the past. Ingots
of this size offer no room for error, and foundries need to “get it right” the first time and every time.

The Benefits

"Using ProCAST software, SFIL was able to analyze several virtual scenarios before delivering a ‘right first time’ ingot casting. After forging it to produce the final roll shape and Non Destructive Testing (NDT), it was evident that this was the highest integrity ingot ever produced at SFIL".
Dr Jesus Talamantes-Silva
Group Research and Development Director
Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd

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