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times for loading and unloading the defects associated with cold box that lets them intuitively engage with
Metal working workpieces. After completion of the core production such as veining and their virtual product. The latest
deburring process, a suction pump finning. Green sand additives can be version brings significant enhance-
fluids
removes the whole media batch supplied to control expansion defects, ments to this user interface, offering
from the work bowl, allowing easy as well as breakdown additives. improved usability, agility and opti-
removal of the finished workpiece Specifically, Foseco offers Noracel mised workflows. Users can now
from the magnetic fixture plate and PUCB sand additives for the reduction build and manage libraries of reusable

placement of the next part in the of common defects such as veining elements that can be shared between
work bowl.
and finning, Mixas free flowing green teams.
The first VG systems have proved sand additives for the prevention of www.esi-group.com
that the complex internal surface expansion defects and Dexil break-

areas of aluminium and titanium com- down improving additive for the Cooling
ponents weighing 30kg-40kg can be sodium silicate process.
automatically and efficiently deburred www.foseco.com
systems
within two to four hours.

www.walther-trowal.de
Virtual

Mould and core prototyping

ancillaries
Q8Oils’ Smart Engineering Solutions
brochure provides an overview of
the company’s metal working fluids
portfolio, including Q8 Baroni, Q8

Lethiguel is Ahresty’s exclusive European partner for Beethoven, Q8 Berlioz soluble fluids,
jet cooling systems.
Q8 Bach neat metal working oils and
Q8 Brahms neat forming oils. The
French company Lethiguel manufac- solutions offered are the result of
Virtual Reality solution IC.IDO enables methodologies
for improving the efficiency of engineering design tures electrical heating and cooling more than 100 years of product
processes at Renault.
systems for non- ferrous foundries development and application experi-
and casthouses. The company is ence.
French virtual prototyping specialist, Ahresty Techno Service Corp’s exclu- Designed in the UK, the brochure

In addition to binders and coatings, ESI Group has introduced the latest sive partner for jet cooling in Europe, will also be translated into various
Foseco offers a range of ancillary version of its IC.IDO 10 virtual reality manufacturing and distributing high languages to cater for the 80+ coun-
products used for the production of solution, featuring the IDO.Illuminate added-value systems to ensure that tries worldwide into which Q8Oils
moulds and cores. These products module to deliver ultra-realistic lighting clients optimise the cooling of critical sells its metal working fluids. The

include release and parting agents, conditions. Rendering performance castings during the solidification phase, brochure features easy-read tables
glues and sealants and sand additives.
is optimised during runtime so users thus enhance quality and productivi- and graphs to help guide customers
A range of release agents is available can benefit from the best possible ty.
to the correct Q8 metal working
for the separation of moulds and balance between visual quality and The main objective of jet cooling is fluid grade and contains details on

cores from pattern equipment. Spe- real-time interactivity. Not only does to master and control heat transfer in how they can contact Q8Oils sales
cific products for the cold set process, this module bring increased produc- the smallest parts of the die during and technical staff.
heat cured process, cold box cores tivity, it also delivers experience for the aluminium solidification phase. www.q8oils.com
and green sand moulds are available. customer presentations by showing Using a jet cooling system is the most

Mould box cleaners are also supplied. the impact of lighting conditions on efficient way yet to precisely cool Deburring
Available products include Acmos, usability or perceived quality.
down the small diameter pins and
Parti Gel and Stripcote parting agents Also part of this release, IDO.Process therefore control shrinkage, polish
for ‘cold’ moulding processes, Acmos is a module that allows for the and material fatigue.

and Stripcote parting agents for shell efficient, interactive and collaborative www.lethiguel.com.
and hot box applications, Acmos (liq- planning and validation of an assembly
uid) and Separit (powder) parting process. IDO.Process introduces a Mould handling
agents for green sand moulds, Separol paradigm within IC.IDO to flexibly

parting agents where the mould or orchestrate and manipulate processes
core is rammed up and Acmosol defined by distinct product and
moulding box cleaners.
resource configurations. In combina- A casting mould for a beer mug after deburring and
Adhesives offered include water- tion with IC.IDO’s immersive expe- polishing.

and solvent-based core and mould rience, IDO.Process addresses the The VG 25 finishing system from
adhesives, Corfix heat setting core demand of industrial engineers and Walther Trowal effectively removes
adhesives and Corfix cold bonding service managers for an agile and burrs from complex parts with diffi-
adhesives.
robust planning and validation envi- cult-to-reach surface areas, including

Sealant and mould and core repair ronment of their respective processes.
internal passages. It ensures that del-
compounds available from Fosceco Unlike other virtual reality solutions, icate part contours are not compro-
include compounds for sealing joints, IC.IDO incorporates real-time physics Omega Foundry Machinery Ltd offers mised and fragile ribs or cross-sections
prints etc and minor mould and core simulation, reproducing realistically a wide range of mould handling are not damaged. Even the inside of

repairs. This includes Corseal sealants the behaviour of virtual objects, such options, whether the user requires a bore holes with diameters of less
forjointingalltypesofcorematerials ascables,hosesandkinematicchains. carouselsystemthatallowsefficient than 3mm can be completely
and for minor core repairs, Tak/Taparil This capability represents a definite use of floor space for moulds from deburred.
sealants for mould and core joints technical advantage to perform reliable 600mm x 800mm up to 1600mm x A recent development is the closed
and Tapa Plast filler material for joint design review and eliminate design loop system for transporting the
1200mm with either six or eight
filling and mould and core repair.
errors from the early stages of the station models available, or a fast loop grinding media. With this innovative
A range of PUCB sand additives is design process. Users also benefit system that can accommodate mould concept, Walther Trowal has signifi-
also offered to reduce common
from an immersive user interface
sizes of 1000mm x 800mm up to
cantly reduced the unproductive

Cast Metal & Diecasting Times January/February 2014