Sand, core, melt and casting records kept together from pattern to dispatch.
Follow a casting from enquiry through pattern, core box, green sand mould, induction furnace melt, pour, shakeout and fettling to the material certificate the buyer asked for. Each casting links to its pattern, mould date, heat number and defect history, so a complaint about a shrinkage cavity traces back to one ladle. Everyone works from one plan. Rejections and bentonite test readings share a record.
- Pattern list, defect codes and metal grades keyed in under the names your foundry uses
- Open orders and pattern rack inventory migrated from your sheets
- Certificate layouts and acceptance limits checked by your quality lab before first use
Patterns, core boxes, methylene blue clay tests, moulding lines, heats and fettling all report into one casting record, with heat numbers, rejection counts and Brinell readings beside each pattern. Material certificates and pattern-wise defect analysis are then printed straight from what the floor already entered, so nobody retypes Friday’s figures.
What goes wrong before the software.
How the work flows through it, step by step.
- 1
Enquiry and quotation
A drawing or sample arrives with grade and quantity, and the estimator prices pour weight, yield, cores, fettling and testing, keeping each revision beside the customer’s drawing number.
- 2
Pattern and plan
The order is matched to a pattern and core box, or a new pattern is raised with the pattern shop. Mould, core and pour days follow.
- 3
Core making and moulding
Cores are blown, cured and shelved by number. Cope and drag moulds come off the line and are counted against plan, with sand readings logged for the shift.
- 4
Melting and pouring
Charge, magnesium ferrosilicon treatment, inoculation, spectrometer analysis and ladle temperature are recorded per heat, and every mould poured from that ladle is linked to it.
- 5
Shakeout and fettling
Castings are knocked out, shot blasted and fettled, and each rejection, such as a cold shut or sand inclusion, is entered against its defect, pattern and cause.
- 6
Testing and dispatch
Test bar results attach to the heat, and the packing list, delivery note and invoice travel with the lot to the buyer’s gate.
What is inside.
Every module can be switched on, left out or changed to match how your team already works.
The business modules it is built from.
Each one is also available on its own, or inside a system built for you.
- Estimate/Quotation Management
Quotes are priced from metal grade, casting weight, cores and fettling hours, and each revision is kept so repeat orders start from the last accepted rate.
- Product Management
Every pattern and core box is stored with its customer, flask size and mould count, giving the planner one list to book the moulding line from.
- Production Planning
The daily mould plan per pattern is set against pour days, and boxes made are counted so a missed pour shows up while the ladle is still hot.
- Stock Tracking and Alerts
Cured core stock is counted by pattern and flagged when it will not cover the moulds planned for the shift on that line.
- Batch and Serial Tracking
Each heat is numbered with its charge and analysis and carried to the moulds poured, giving a clean trace from casting back to ladle.
- Quality Control
Each rejection is entered against pattern, defect and shift, which turns the heap of scrap in the bin into a pattern anyone can read.
- Job Work Management
Castings sent for machining or coating go on a delivery note, and the receipt back updates quantity and shows what the vendor still holds.
- Invoice Management
A packed lot becomes a delivery note and tax invoice, using your tax rules and each customer’s currency.
How we would put it in.
Setup, data migration, integrations and anything built on top.
One system, each person sees their part.
For foundry owners
See moulds poured, rejections by cause, orders due and cost per tonne of good castings without waiting for the weekly meeting in the office.
For moulding supervisors
Read the day’s mould plan, record boxes made on each line, and note the ones that missed the pour so the planner hears before the ladle cools.
For the sand lab
Log each shift’s clay, moisture and compactability readings, then see how sand drop, scabs and veining line up with them across the week.
For melt shop and quality leads
Enter heat details and test bar results, then sign the certificates before the lot leaves the gate. Disputes later cite those entries.
For planners and sales
Quote by weight and process, then promise dates from the pour plan rather than from memory or from whatever the moulding foreman remembers.
The numbers the owner asks for.
- Moulds made against plan by pattern and shift
- Rejections by defect, pattern and shift
- Clay and compactability readings beside rejection rate by hour
- Cured core stock against planned moulds
- Heats poured and castings accepted per ladle
- Fettling hours per casting and per customer
- Open orders by promised date, with balances due
Who this is built for.
- Grey iron foundries casting manhole covers, brake drums and pump housings
- Ductile iron foundries pouring pipe fittings, hubs and gearbox cases
- Green sand and furan resin sand shops with their own core room
- Jobbing foundries carrying hundreds of recurring patterns
- Foundries that send a material certificate with each lot
When it is not the right choice.
- An art foundry that pours a handful of bronze moulds each month will do fine with a notebook and a wall calendar.
- Pressure die casters and lost wax shops will find Gravity Die Casting Company Management Software or Investment Casting Company Management Software closer.
Adapted to your business before it goes live.
You are not handed a login and left to it. The product is set up around your records, your people and the tools you already use.
Works alongside
- WhatsApp or other messaging
- Spectrometer readings by import
- Accounting export
- Weighbridge entries
Questions owners ask before a demo.
How are sand readings used?
Each moisture, compactability and clay reading is time stamped and shown beside the moulds and rejections of the same shift, so runs of sand drop or scabs become easy to spot.
Can it handle ductile and grey iron together?
Yes. Each grade carries its own treatment steps, such as magnesium nodularising for ductile iron, and its own test needs, and every heat is recorded under the grade poured.
Does it manage core stock?
It counts cores made, cured and issued by pattern, and a pattern whose cores will not last through the moulds planned for the shift gets flagged.
How do we enter rejections?
Supervisors pick the defect from your own list and the casting’s pattern at the shakeout bench, and the count joins the shift record without a second entry.
Can castings go out for outside machining?
Yes. A delivery note records quantity, vendor and expected return, and the received count updates the order once the machined pieces come back.
Can we load our patterns and open orders?
Yes. The pattern register and open orders come from your sheets, and the pattern keeper checks the list before go-live.
Who owns the heat and test data?
You do. Export of patterns, heats and certificates is agreed in writing at the start of the work, before a single record is loaded.
How is it priced?
Plant size and user count decide it. You watch a demo built on one of your typical patterns before any quotation is drawn up, so the figure rests on real work.
Can I see scrap value for one pattern?
Yes. Rejections are counted per pattern with metal weight, so the cost of a recurring defect such as sand drop or shrinkage is plain.
Does it help with weighbridge entries?
Weights from the weighbridge can be keyed or imported against receipts of pig iron and scrap and dispatches of castings.
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