Metalcasting Industry Roadmap
automatically to drawings. Computer-driven technology should be used to automatically pick a starting place to leverage the ability to compare and modify solid model geometries to a set of standard and proven designs of select parts that are easy to cast. Smart software should be used to create casting designs that would be of high value to both foundries and part designers. Public domain, not profit-centered, shareware software or open source software will allow all designers to take advantage of casting technology. Whether designers have a new part that they are making in their basement or a new part at a multi-million dollar company, they need widely available tools to create cast parts. Creating cast feature libraries will enhance software capabilities through datasets that will enable designers to better leverage their native CAD software to create FDVW GHVLJQV &UHDWLQJ DQ LQWHUQHW WRRO VXFK DV ³&DVWLQJ 'HVLJQ IRU 'XPPLHV´ ZLOO provide a simple overview of casting design to offer the basic resources for designing a cast part. Software will be critical to reach the next generation of customers. Educating customers on new designs and redesigns of parts as castings through a foundry toolkit will help foundries teach customers what works for casting and what does not. Foundries could continuously evolve the toolkit based upon their capabilities and customer base. Capturing best practice knowledge in a software design toolbox is critical as an aging manufacturing workforce is replaced with the next generation. The loss of tribal knowledge is a great threat to the U.S. manufacturing base. With decades of experience ready to walk out the door and a disconnect due to the gap of generations in the workforce, a great challenge exists for America to be able to make the parts it has historically made. This also means that knowing what has historically worked is lost also on the OEM side. Developing a system to capture this knowledge and enable the next generation to use it will reap dividends in both expanded capabilities and development of future enhancements.
Key Tasks
x Customize design for castings x &UHDWH ³Casting Design for Dummies´ x Utilize a foundry toolkit x Automate casting design process x Optimize designs based on foundry processes x Create cast feature libraries x Leverage new technologies x Use ³sPDUW´ design software x Capture best practices in a design toolbox x Apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) and expert systems x Automate drawings to apply casting design principles
Target Outcomes
x Useful tools for casting design x Effective use of cast part designs x Advanced state of technology for the casting design process
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