NovaFlow&Solid CV

Introduction to
NovaFlow&Solid CV

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Faster!
Easier!

Higher Precision!

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Characteristics
• Meshing method used is Control Volume – a combination of cubic elements
and fraction cells
• Automatic meshing = meshing complete within seconds
• Simulates Mouldfilling, Solidification and stresses
• Simulates all commercial casting methods including all types of gravity
casting, Investment casting, Low Pressure die casting and High pressure die
casting.
• Simulates all commercial materials such as Gray and Ductile Iron, Steels of
all kinds, Aluminium, Magnesium, Zinc, Copper-Based alloys and Super
Alloys.
• Windows Based system only.

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Meshing CV mesh

Border cells describe the surface and cubic cells are used
One cell can contain different materials
when the cells are not effected by the boundary.

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Meshing comparison - FDM mesh

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Meshing comparison - CVM mesh

The amount of mesh elements is the same!!!

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3D Import
• Import of STEP (assembly or single) and STL files (binary or ascii)
• Import channels, cores, chills, sleeves, moulds, filters….
• Change accuracy on stl and STEP
• Move and rotate parts
• Close gaps between solids
• Create outer shell for the shell moulding process

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Initial Settings
• Set gatings
• Set vents
• Assign material properties to each solid
• Use different filling alternatives : Gravity casting, Ladle pouring over lip,
bottom pouring, Low-pressure diecasting and High pressure diecasting
• Use different solidification settings depending on method
• Shrinkage model settings

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Simulation
• Calculating with or without gas in the mold
• Calculating with or without convection
• Autosaving result by time steps
• Temperature as result field in casting, medium and mold and channels
• Velocity viewing in m/s
• Liquid phase fraction
• Solid phase fraction
• Pressure viewing in the melt
• Air/gas entrapment
• Air/gas pressure
• Macro and micro shrinkages

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Simulation
• Filling time in 3D
• Air contact time for oxide skin prediction
• Mold contact time
• Tracer particles with flow length
• Tracer particles with age
• Velocity vectors in 3D and 2D section mode for tracking turbulence
• Solidification time and local solidification time
• Porosity prediction caused by hot spots
• Porosity prediction caused by entrapped gas
• User field – Our so called formula function where the user can create his
own results by combining already calculated fields, for example
calculation of SDAS – Secondary dendrite arm spacing.

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Browser - Post processor
• View all results saved in 3D or 2D.
• Create automatic reports with settings, results and pictures
• Create movies in AVI or WMV format
• Auto generation of movies by one click method
• Create pictures in JPEG; BMP; PNG or GIF format
• Export any of the saved 3D results to standard format
• Export results like shrinkages or deformation as an STL file

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NovaStress - Post process calculation
• Uses Elasto-Plastic model
• Contact task with mould hardness
• Export of stress results to external FEM program like ANSYS
• Displacement X,Y and Z
• Von Mises Stress
• Maximal and Minimal principal stress
• Hot tear prediction
• Effective plastic strain = Cold crack prediction
• Yield stress
• Pressure
• Sensors for all fields
• Measuring function

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NovaStress - Crack prediction

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