Inegi Uses ProCAST to Manufacture Customized Hip Prostheses in a Cost Effective Way
FundiçãoMedicina 
“Scientific methods can always save us time and cost. ProCAST is just that tool helping foundry men find the right solutions. For investment casting process, ProCAST can generate different layers of shells and with wrapping outside. This helps predict the temperature field more precisely.”
Challenge
Manufacturing of Hip Prostheses involves casting of parts that have a challenging length-to-diameter ratio. Using intricate casting processes and valuable titanium alloys the objective is to achieve very high levels of soundness so that a prosthesis will have a long life even when required to withstand over a million cyclic loads per year as it does its job within a human body. The long and costly lead times of the conventional trial and error approach to prosthesis design had to be replaced by new methodology employing advanced casting simulation to achieve a cost effective manufacturing process.
Benefits
- Shop floor trial and error cut drastically by virtual mold assessment and by re-designing of gates, risers, and wrapping schemes.
- Foundry men now have a software tool that guides them towards optimal solutions
- Shortened time to delivery
- Significant cost savings.
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