ESI Group (ISINFR0004110310), a pioneer and world-leading supplier of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes, announces today the release of its unique suite of simulation solutions dedicated to the foundry industry ProCAST 2009 and QuikCAST 2009.

Towards an integrated environment

Version 2009 of ESI’s foundry portfolio is a first step towards complete integration into a single environment: ProCAST 2009 and QuikCAST 2009 results are now shown in a common viewer, Visual-Cast.

Visual-Cast is a complete, productive and innovative post processing environment for foundry applications. It represents the next generation of state-of-the-art plotting and animation control solutions. The new viewer Visual-Cast boosts the productivity of foundry engineers by performing automated tasks and generating customized reports within a multiple window environment. It allows for an easy and fast interpretation of graphical results using foundry criteria and animation control.

The benefits for the user of this new common environment are an all-in-one framework speeding up data exchange and resulting in better productivity and rendering.

ProCAST 2009

ProCAST is an advanced and complete tool which is the result of more than 20 years of collaboration with major industrial partners and academic institutions all over the world. The ProCAST solution offers an extensive suite of modules and foundry tools to meet the most challenging industrial requirements. The software, based on powerful Finite Element technology, also enables the prediction of deformations and residual stresses and can address more specific processes like semi-solid, core-blowing, centrifugal, lost foam and continuous casting.

ProCAST 2009 hosts a variety of new features and improvements.