Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for gravity die casting companies.
A checklist built from how gravity die casting companies work, to print or save as a PDF and bring to any supplier meeting.
What the software should cover
Tick each one that matters to your business.
- Casting specification library
- Melt and alloy records
- Die and core register
- Pour and machine planning
- Fettling, X-ray and pressure tests
- Outside process and machining routes
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For owners
- For planners
- For furnace and casting crews
- For the quality desk
- For stores and dispatch
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Batches by die with test status
- Metal charged against good castings
- Rejects by cause, die and melt
- Dies by pours since service
- Cores used by pattern and lot
- Heat treatment and machining lots sent out against lots returned
- Amounts owed by each customer, longest outstanding first
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Spectrometer result import
- Weighing scale input
- Barcode and batch label printing
- Accounting software export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Can a casting batch be traced to its melt and die?
- How are cores handled?
- Does it record the die coat and preheat?
- Can it show metal yield?
- How are outside heat treatment and machining tracked?
- Can brass and aluminium be handled together?
- Can we start with open orders?
- What do we get back if we stop using it?
- How is pricing set?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Melts are not tied to castings
- Die temperature and coat drift
- Cores arrive late or in the wrong lot
- Rejects are counted at the end
- Heat treatment and machining sit outside
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