Frame of a wind turbine generator in cast iron

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The Story

Cast iron are important industrial materials offering to the design engineer unique combinations of high strength, wear resistance, ductility and toughness. Cast iron can exhibit a wide range of properties obtained through the microstructure control. Therefore,in order to better understand the shrinkage behavior of cast iron during solidification, ESI has developed a micromodel to simulate the formation of the microstructure. The change in density during solidification and the resulting mechanical properties at ambient temperature can now be calculated based on the microstructure.

The Challenge

Meet the customer’s quality standard by accurately predicting and optimizing microstructure, mechanical properties and porosity formation in large cast iron wind power turbine castings.

The Benefits

Foundry:
Suppression/reduction of physical trials, Reduction of recovering and rejecting causes, Enhanced understanding of process capability, Casting/process optimization, Better fit with customer requirements.
Customer:
Effective and early design for manufacturing

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