THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR PC-BASED CASTING SIMULATION SYSTEM
Why do almost 600 companies and schools
worldwide use SOLIDCast™? BECAUSE IT
WORKS!! No other casting simulation program
offers POWER, EASE OF USE and ACCURACY
like SOLIDCast.
Investment Cast Shell in a Sand Bed
SOLIDCast simulates castings poured in gray iron,
ductile iron, steel, aluminum, copper-base,
magnesium, nickel-based and almost any other alloy.
A database of several hundred alloys, with all
pertinent properties, is included.
SOLIDCast can simulate molding processes such as
green sand, chemically-bonded sand, investment and
permanent mold. You can use sleeves (insulating or
exothermic), chills, hot topping, cooling channels,
heating elements and just about anything else that is
used in the metal casting process.
A Single Feeding Zone in a Ductile Iron Casting
Analyzed with the Riser Design Wizard
With SOLIDCast you can import 3D models from
CAD, or build your own models without CAD.
SOLIDCast contains both Gating and Riser Design
Wizards™, tools that allow you to rig new castings in just
a few minutes, using actual simulation results, not
guesses based on simple geometry. Since casting alloy,
mold material and mold inserts are all considered, there
is no more accurate way to rig a casting than with the
Gating and Riser Design Wizards!
Aluminum Rigging System Designed by the
SOLIDCast Gating and Riser Design Wizards
Graphics are the most sophisticated available, with fully
movable 3D models, X-ray images, high-resolution color
plots and Windows video files. Send movies to anyone
with a Windows PC!
SOLIDCast lets you see how your casting will solidify
before you make patterns, dies and costly mistakes.
Pour test castings on the computer, not the foundry floor!
Design gating systems and test them out before making
your first casting. Casting simulation helps you to
shorten lead times, produce higher quality and
improve yield. All of this means lower costs, higher
profits and improved marketability for your foundry.
Contact us for details about this exciting technology.
David Schmidt – FSI (Wisconsin Office)
Phone: 262-644-0785 Email: Dave@finitesolutions.com
Larry Smiley – FSI (Ohio Office)
Phone: 513-737-7300 Email: Larry@finitesolutions.com
Web Site: http://www.finitesolutions.com
 FLOW MODELING FOR MOLD FILLING USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
FLOWCast™ is the fluid flow modeling module from
Finite Solutions, Inc. FLOWCast works in conjunction
with models created by SOLIDCast™.
Fluid flow modeling lets you see how molten metal will
move through gating systems and fill the mold.
FLOWCast models convection, conduction and
radiation in the mold cavity, so you can analyze your
casting and gating design to predict and minimize
flow-related defects such as misruns due to
premature solidification, or oxide formation or mold
erosion due to excessive velocities during filling.
Initial Filling of Iron Castings Showing Metal
Temperature in the 10 Casting Pattern Layout
Metal Velocity Prior to Misrun in two Copper
Castings
FLOWCast is a full-featured CFD (Computational Fluid
Dynamics) simulation, based on the Navier-Stokes
equations for fluid flow. With FLOWCast, you can view
progressive temperature, fluid velocity and fluid pressure
during the fill, from any angle of view.
FLOWCast is integrated with SOLIDCast and uses
models and meshes created with SOLIDCast. Since
SOLIDCast is the world's easiest-to-use casting modeling
system, flow modeling has never been easier. Just import
your casting model from 3D CAD or build your model
using SOLIDCast tools, mesh the model, and run
FLOWCast to simulate mold filling.
Results from a FLOWCast simulation can be used in
SOLIDCast to model the final solidification of the casting,
resulting in a completely integrated casting modeling
system. Design and analysis of gating and mold filling
with FLOWCast is as simple as solidification modeling
with SOLIDCast.
Flow Path Tracing in an Aluminum Sand Casting
Contact us for more details about this exciting echnology.
David Schmidt – FSI (Wisconsin Office)
Phone: 262-644-0785 Email: Dave@finitesolutions.com
Larry Smiley – FSI (Ohio Office)
Phone: 513-737-7300 Email: Larry@finitesolutions.com
Web Site: http://www.finitesolutions.com
 OPTIMIZATION OF CASTING PROCESS DESIGN USING SOLIDCast™ and HyperOpt®

OPTICast™ is an amazing software tool that works in

conjunction with the SOLIDCast™ solidification modeling
system. OPTICast uses the HyperOpt® system from “X-ray” view showing
simulation of optimized
Altair Engineering, Inc., the leader in the field of riser feeding
optimization software.

“X-ray” view showing

simulation of current
riser feeding

Cast Iron Casting with Optimized Riser Design

Now, for the first time, the technology of automated design

is brought to the foundry in the form of a practical and
easy-to-use design tool. OPTICast can help you to improve
your yield and your quality to an optimum point, while
Original Riser Design freeing design engineers from the repetitive task of trial-
and-error design.
What does OPTICast do?

OPTICast actually automates the simulation process! Start

with an initial design for a casting, with gating and risering,
typically created in the SOLIDCast modeling system, using
the Gating and Riser Design Wizards™. Then select the
following elements:

Design Variables: Design elements that are allowed to

vary. For example, the height and diameter of a riser. It
could also be the metal pouring temperature, or the preheat
temperature of an investment shell.

Constraints: Used to determine whether a particular

design is acceptable. For example, the foundry engineer
might specify a minimum acceptable yield percentage, or a 12% yield improvement, automatically,
maximum acceptable level of macroporosity. with guaranteed casting quality!

The Objective Function: States what the foundry engineer Contact us for more details about this exciting technology.
is trying to achieve. Examples might be to maximize the
yield, minimize shrinkage or minimize solidification time.

Once these elements are identified, the user then launches

an Optimization Run. This consists of a series of
simulations in which the design conditions are varied under
the control of HyperOpt, model changes are made and
simulation results are evaluated, all completely
automatically, until the desired result is achieved.
David Schmidt – FSI (Wisconsin Office)
Using OPTICast, the foundry engineer can start with an Phone: 262-644-0785 Email: Dave@finitesolutions.com
initial design and allow the computer to do the work of Larry Smiley – FSI (Ohio Office)
modifying the design and running simulations to achieve an Phone: 513-737-7300 Email: Larry@finitesolutions.com
optimum result. Web Site: http://www.finitesolutions.com
 Pricing
SOLIDCast™ Simulation Software US$17,500

Sold as a site license. Multiple copies allowed at one physical location. Multiple-site discounts available.
Price includes program use, updates and technical support for one year.
Continuing updates/support available for US$2000/year/site after first year.

FLOWCast™ Fluid Flow Module US$12,000

Sold as a site license. Multiple copies allowed at one physical location. Multiple-site discounts available.
Price includes program use, updates and technical support for one year.
Continuing updates/support available for US$2500/year/site after first year.

Note: SOLIDCast is required to run FLOWCast.

OPTICast™ Casting/Process Optimization Module US$8,000

Sold as a site license. Multiple copies allowed at one physical location. Multiple-site discounts available.
Price includes program use, updates and technical support for one year.
Continuing updates/support available for US$2500/year/site after first year.

Note: SOLIDCast is required to run OPTICast.

Hardware Requirements

We recommend the following for running SOLIDCast and OPTICast:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 or better, or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core or better
2 GB RAM
100 GB Hard Drive
Windows XP Professional(2001 or newer release) or Vista

Running SOLIDCast and FLOWCast:

Increase RAM to 4 GB, hard drive to 200 GB and configure Windows with the /3GB startup option

David Schmidt Larry Smiley

Finite Solutions Inc Finite Solutions Inc
4769 Highland Park Dr 2931 Hamilton New London Rd
Slinger WI 53086-9441 Hamilton OH 45013
Tel 262/644-0785 Tel 513/737-7300
Fax 262/364-2537 Fax 513/737-7302
Email Dave@finitesolutions.com Email Larry@finitesolutions.com
Web Site: http://www.finitesolutions.com