Archive for category: News

The Aalen Foundry Colloquium 2024 was an important meeting place for experts and innovators in die casting. The event in Aalen presented the latest technologies and methods in the foundry industry.

The focus was on sustainable and efficient casting processes. Teraport’s veoCAST, which sets new standards in the validation of casting designs, was also present. The latest version of veoCAST offers advanced functions for precise geometry analysis and undercut calculation, which are essential for optimising sensible slide demoulding directions.

“We are pleased to present the latest features of veoCAST at the Aalen Foundry Colloquium 2024,” said Dr. Stefan Wittmann, Product Manager for veoCAST. ”Our improvements are based, among other things, on the growing requirements of megacasting, a topic that is naturally of concern to many in specialist circles. The positive feedback from our customers confirms the value of our continuous improvements.”

In addition, veoCAST contributes to environmentally friendly component design with extensive functions for material savings.

‘mido’ also received a lot of attention. Mido revolutionises tool cost calculation by deriving cost drivers directly from 3D CAD models, enabling fast and accurate cost estimation.  “Mido represents a major step forward in terms of standardisation, accuracy and speed in tool costing,” said Philipp Hübner, Product Manager for mido at Teraport.

The colloquium featured live demonstrations that gave attendees hands-on experience with the latest tools and techniques. This hands-on approach facilitated a deeper understanding of how innovations can be implemented in real-life scenarios. In addition to the technological presentations, the event provided valuable networking opportunities. Industry leaders, researchers and practitioners exchanged insights and forged collaborations. “The Aalen Foundry Colloquium is not only a platform for innovation, but also a catalyst for change in the entire industry,” noted Dr. Wittmann. The 2024 Colloquium emphasised the dynamic progress in the die casting industry and the industry’s commitment to innovation and sustainability.

With the release of veoCAST 7.8, Teraport once again presents significant advances in terms of design validation in casting technology. The update provides an optimized visualization, which enables users to perform more precise geometry analyses. In addition, the newly introduced calculation of undercuts allows a more precise evaluation with regard to slider demoulding directions and non-demouldable part geometries. With this additional information, manufacturing processes can be planned more precisely. Furthermore, performance improvements allow the optimized handling of particularly large components. “We have deliberately focused on the topic of optimizing calculation speed. We are preparing ourselves for the fact that our customers want to analyze ever larger components in the course of giga-casting while maintaining the same quality and accuracy of results. In this way, we want to ensure that the time advantage and simplicity with which veoCAST generates valuable results is not restricted, even for components that are tens of times the size of conventional casting parts,” comments Managing Director Raphael Heilig on the new release. “The implemented improvements are the result of numerous discussions with our customers and illustrate our ongoing commitment to delivering solutions that are not only accurate and meaningful but also easy to use and fast. True to the veoCAST motto, a large part of the findings of a filling simulation can be delivered in a fraction of the time.”

For more information on veoCAST and to experience the benefits of its latest features apply for a test license here:

 veoCAST – Testlicense

At the end of November, the year seems almost over, but as usual, a very special highlight awaits the tool and mold making industry. The Toolmaking Academy Aachen, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Boos, is calling for the annual meeting. In addition to stimulating discussions about the future of tool and mold making, especially in the field of international competition, the “Excelence in Production” award “Toolmaking of the Year” was also on the agenda. The award ceremony took place in the historic Coronation Hall of Aachen City Hall, where emperors and kings received their insignia eons ago.

The winners can be admired on the EiP website.

The event was framed by a trade exhibition. Here, experts presented future-oriented products and solutions for all aspects of tool and mold making. And ‘mido’ the “Next Generation Tool Cost Calculation” was of course also there.

“We can draw a thoroughly positive conclusion,” said Teraport Managing Director Raphael Heilig after the event. “The WBA Annual Meeting offers a perfect platform for networking. Not only did we receive very good feedback on our mido solution, but we also gained many new impressions of the functions that such software will need in the future. Keywords such as “CO2 footprint”, big data and better standard manufacturer connection are just a few of the points that will soon be on the mido feature list.”

For more information about mido and how it can help you, visit https://vxmido.com.

For the 28th time, Fakuma took place in Friedrichshafen from October 17-21, 2023. This time, visitors from all over the world were also able to find out about “mido”, the revolutionary solution for feature-based tool cost calculation. The Munich-based company Teraport presented the latest addition to its product family to an interested trade audience. “We are really thrilled with how good the feedback on mido has been. From tool manufacturers to Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs, interested parties confirm that our software really does address the issue of tool cost calculation in a way that has never been seen before,” says Teraport CEO Raphael Heilig.

Functions such as direct CAD integration and the simple workflow are particularly impressive. With mido, the user analyzes cost drivers directly on the 3D CAD model, defines his cavity layout and derives a valid mold configuration. The user is then shown this graphically and can find out about production, material and purchased part costs in the detailed cost breakdown. The great thing is that even non-experts can obtain meaningful analysis results thanks to the system guidelines, while experts can also make settings down to the smallest detail.

Let mido inspire you now! Request a test license now at – www.vxmido.com!

In June it was finally that time of year again. The Moulding Expo called to Stuttgart and the tool and mould makers came. For the first time “mido” was also present. In the constantly growing challenge of modern product development, cost transparency as early as possible is often the difference between failure and success. Looking at key technologies such as plastic injection moulding, die casting or sheet metal stamping, the costs for moulds and tools are the most important cost factor for the final price of the part. With mido, tool cost calculation becomes an easy task to master. The idea of a visually supported, rule-based tool and mould configuration in combination with the automatic detection of cost drivers on 3D CAD models was well received at the Moulding Expo. “We were really overwhelmed by the positive feedback at the fair,” summed up mido Product Manager Philipp Hübner. “We received a clear signal from tool and mould makers as well as OEMs that mido is a clear step ahead of everything the market has to offer so far. Such feedback naturally motivates us to further optimise the still young product and to develop it into the market leader”.

Let yourself be inspired by mido now! Request a test licence now at www.vxmido.com!