Sigma, the sister company of casting process simulation technologists Magma, based in Aachen, has launched an Autonomous Optimisation solution on its Sigmasoft virtual moulding offer.
Released at Fakuma 2017, the tool allows mould makers to virtually identify the most efficient solution in their designs. Sigma Engineering aims to help users find the best possible solution out of all the possible combinations of a parameter set.
The simulator can aim for a set cycle time, using inputs on mould material, the layout and diameter of the tempering channels, a conformal cooling concept and high-conductivity pins as variables. All the possible combinations of these variables provide around 40,000 different mould configurations.
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