The first case study was one of the earliest applications for the author in terms of simulation. One of the custom­ers came with a RFQ for a group of parts for a compete assembly, mostly with HPDC except one part.

This is a general case of a Flow simulation and its applica­tion and uses in a day to day design of the HPDC design in terms of the following approaches: Flow Solidification Thermal Die Cycling Thermal

Automobile alternator is an assembly of Slip Ring End (SRE) Bracket and a Drive End (DE) Bracket as the casing and the other parts are housed inside them. This customer was complaining of the binding

This part was transferred from another source by the customer and was intended for the export market. The initial batches were supplied in two variants. The first variant failed before and after assembly at customer end

Again this case study was also based on a group of four variants of similar parts developed by the customer else­ where and transferred to CRP. They are cylinder heads of the compressors and needed to be 100% leak tested.

Machining of the casting is one of the neglected areas as far simulation is concerned, though a lot of tools have been available for a long time. This case study describes the effective use of the same in the real life situation

Having realized the potential of the machining optimiza­tion tool, CRP has decided to seamlessly integrate it into the quoting system for accurate machining conceptualiza­tion, precise cycle time computations