USE OF FLOW-3D PROGRAM FOR SIMULATION OF POURING AND SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS OF DUCTILE CAST IRON CASTINGS. PART 1

Pouring and solidification of EN-GJS-400-15 ductile cast iron castings of soft wedge gate valves for PE pipes used in gas pipelines was simulated. The analysis was performed in Flow-3D program. On the basis of the two-dimension documentation provided by Fabryka Armatur JAFAR SA, three-dimension solids were prepared in CAD, which were subsequently subject to simulation analysis of pouring and solidification of castings of gate valves of three sizes: DN50, DN100 and DN150. This paper presents the analysis of iron castings forming DN150 gate valve. The analysis covered different technologies of casting and was the basis for selecting the optimum casting technology, which became the basis for the preparation of design documentation of match plates and models for the performance of prototype castings. The use of Flow-3D program for the simulation of pouring and solidification process of castings for smaller DN50 gate valves will be described in part II.

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