Duraloy ADDS SOLIDIFICATION MODELING!

As part of their on-going efforts to produce the highest quality castings available, Duraloy announced recently that they have purchased equipment and software capable of performing solidification modeling on casting designs. Duraloy engineers recently spent several days at the suppliers facility learning how to set up, operate the system to make modifications to casting designs, using the program.

Solidification modeling is a computer operated system that enables the operator to put a proposed cast design on a computer and then predict how the casting will solidify after pouring. This information allows the casting designer to make modifications to the gating, risers and flow-tubes to minimize internal shrink and other casting defects, before the part is actually cast.

Additionally, Duraloy has hired Zack Clark (pictured above), a student coop from the University of Pittsburgh, and trained him in solidification modeling. He is spending his summer working on existing patterns and figuring out how they can be redesigned to maximize yields, minimize scrap, which ultimately reduces the overall cost of the part. This will allow Duraloy to offer their customers the highest quality parts at the most competitive price!

Alberto "Jib" Jablonski (pictured above), Duraloy's Vice-President of Foundry Engineered Products, is leading the integration and implementation of the new solidification modeling project for Duraloy. "This new system will have a very positive effect on the quality of the castings we supply from the very first use. We are really happy to have the program", Jablonski said.