Conference proceeding
Implementing casting design software: Costs, strategies and realized benefits
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN'S SOCIETY, VOL 105, Vol.105, pp.877-882
1998
Abstract
As part of a 1995 research project conducted for the American Metalcasting Consortium (AMC), the suppliers and users of casting design software were surveyed about the implementation of such software. While the primary focus of the research was on integration of the casting design environment, the results of the survey efforts allow the estimation of implementation costs and benefits, assessment of current software performance, and the identification of successful implementation strategies.
Differences were found in both the capabilities and component implementation costs, based on the software typically chosen for Else on particular computing platforms. These differences are also reflected in the utilization strategies for effectively employing casting software.
The differences in casting software platforms do not overly affect the realized benefits or the implementation time, though. Average improvements of 25% or more were realized for parr design time, casting tooling design rime, tooling construction time, production time, labor costs, rework costs and yield increase. The mean improvement rate realized may be affected by the software employment strategy, however.
A few differences were found in the user assessments of the casting software performance for particular platforms, and strong limitations were noted with respect to the potential for including off-the-shelf casting software in an integrated casting design environment. Based on these findings, this study concludes with a scenario describing the current stare of computer-aided casting design.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Implementing casting design software: Costs, strategies and realized benefits
- Creators
- D H JensenC BeckermannG W FischerV Srinivasan
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN'S SOCIETY, VOL 105, Vol.105, pp.877-882
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1998
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984231944702771
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