MAGMA ECONOMICS enables the quantitative evaluation of costs, energy consumption and CO₂ emissions together with quality criteria directly in MAGMASOFT^®.

MAGMA ECONOMICS Example: Guided Cylinder on a DISA Line

• An iron foundry is looking to optimize a guided cylinder on its DISA line in terms of costs.
  The gating and risering system used so far was optimized to ensure a short pouring time of approx. 10 seconds.
  The quality of all 64 cylinders was flawless, as shown here by the porosity result.
• All results were calculated with MAGMA ECONOMICS
  The cost per cylinder was set at € 0.22 with a carbon footprint of 0.37 kg.
• To reach the goal, a new gating and risering system was designed. MAGMASOFT® was used to simulate both feasibility and potential cost savings.
• The simulation not only proves the technological feasibility, but also confirms costs savings of 10 %, despite a 35 % increase in pouring time.
• Thus, the foundry reached its goal.
  In addition, the CO₂ footprint was reduced by approximately 14 %.