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CAPABILITIES

ENGINEERING

World-class technology meets XX collective years of engineering expertise

From ideation through production, the Engineering teams at Neenah Foundry and Advanced Cast Products develop robust, cost-effective casting designs for the Industrial and Infrastructure markets utilizing cutting-edge 3D modeling and simulation software.

ENGINEERING TOOLS
  • 2D Cad Software: AutoCad
  • 3D Cad: Creo, Solidworks, AutoCad Inventor
  • FEA: Creo Simulate & Solidworks
  • Casting simulation software: Magma (Iron flow) & C+M (sand flow)
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Neenah Foundry and Advanced Cast Products utilize additive manufacturing (3D sand printing) technology to create sand cores and molds that aid and enhance the casting development process.

Benefits:

  1. Reduced lead time for prototypes
  2. Ability to cast geometry that would not be feasible with standard foundry tooling
  3. Tooling cost reduction via elimination of core box and/or pattern tooling
CONVERSIONS

  

Steel Fabrication to cast iron
STEEL FABRICATION TO CAST IRON

The NEI engineering team strives to streamline the conversion process of a steel fabrication to an iron casting so our customers can rapidly recognize the following benefits.

  • Piece price reduction
  • Improved durability and wear characteristics
  • Reduced parts inventory by combining multiple welded components into a single iron casting
  • Ease of assembly – Machined iron castings provide better accuracy than laser-cut, welded fabrications
  • Weight reduction – Iron has ~8% lower density than steel
  • Design options – Casting geometry provides flexibility vs. fabrications

Neenah offers full 3D modeling and simulation services to develop a robust casting design, and works with Tier 2 suppliers (machining, heat treat, paint, etc) to provide the most cost-effective solutions.

Aluminium to cast iron
ALUMINUM TO CAST IRON

Cast iron often provides benefits over aluminum castings, including:

  • Improved strength and stiffness
  • Better fatigue properties
  • Reduced piece price
  • Better wear resistance
  • Less embodied energy
  • Weight neutrality – can be achieved through utilization of Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI)
DFM
DFM (DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING)

Early supplier integration is critical to the design process. Involving the Neenah Engineering team up front provides benefits to both Neenah and the customer:

  • Reduced lead time to finalize design
  • Improved casting quality
  • Costs can be minimized up front, saving time and money vs. revising the design after production begins