One connected record from pattern and melt to heat treatment and certificate.
A casting leaves the foundry carrying its heat number, ladle chemistry, weld repair history, furnace load and keel block results. Enquiries, patterns, moulding plans, melts, fettling, normalising and EN 10204 3.1 certificates all feed one casting record. Melt shop, quality, planners and sales read the same figures.
- Pattern list, heat log fields and buyer certificate layouts keyed in as your shop records them
- Open orders, pattern stock and customer list brought over
- Certificate and inspection rules checked by your quality people before use
Steel Foundry Management Software suits shops that run patterns, induction heats, moulds, fettling, weld repair and heat treatment all under one roof. Each casting keeps its heat number, ladle chemistry, gouging and repair history, furnace load and coupon result. The material test certificate is then drawn from records the shop has already entered.
What goes wrong before the software.
How the work flows through it, step by step.
- 1
Enquiry and quotation
A drawing arrives with grade, weight and quantity. The estimator prices the casting from pour weight, yield, fettling and heat treatment, and every revision is kept.
- 2
Pattern and planning
The order is matched to an existing pattern or a new pattern job. Moulds, cores and a pour date are booked against the melt schedule.
- 3
Melt and pour
The melt shop records charge, aluminium deoxidation, spectrometer reading and tapping temperature. Boxes poured from the ladle are tied to that heat.
- 4
Shakeout and fettling
Castings are numbered after shakeout. Cutting off gates and risers, grinding and weld repair are then recorded against that number, so the shop floor history stays with the piece.
- 5
Treatment and testing
Castings are loaded into furnace charges. Test bars go to the lab, and magnetic particle, ultrasonic or radiographic results are entered when they return.
- 6
Certificate and dispatch
The certificate is drawn from heat, coupon and treatment records. Packing list, delivery note and invoice follow, and the order closes.
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
Quotations are priced from pour weight, yield, fettling hours and treatment. Each revision stays attached to the drawing it was based on.
- Batch and Serial Tracking
Each heat number is held against furnace, charge and spectrometer reading, then carried onto every casting poured from that ladle.
- Stock Tracking and Alerts
Scrap grades, returns, ferro-alloys and graphite electrodes are received, charged and counted, with reorder levels raised before the furnace runs short.
- Production Planning
Boxes are planned by pattern and pour date, with core readiness checked so a melt is not tapped before its moulds are closed.
- Quality Control
Dimensional, magnetic particle, ultrasonic and coupon results are entered per casting, with rejections tied to defect type and pattern.
- Job Work Management
Castings sent to an outside furnace or machining vendor are issued and received back by delivery note, with quantity and vendor recorded.
- Document Management
Chemistry, Charpy figures and treatment details are filed with the certificate, so any past certificate is found by casting or heat.
- Invoice Management
The packing list becomes the delivery note and tax invoice, with currency and tax per customer, and balances shown oldest first.
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 heats poured, castings in repair, orders due and cost per tonne shipped without walking the shop.
For the melt shop lead
Enter charge, additions and tapping temperature for each heat, then see which boxes are waiting for metal.
For the pattern shop and moulding
Find the pattern, core boxes and revision for an order. Plan boxes against pour dates.
For quality and the lab
Enter spectrometer, coupon and NDT results, then review each certificate before it leaves the gate.
For sales and dispatch
Quote castings, promise dates from the moulding plan, and release finished castings with the right paperwork.
The numbers the owner asks for.
- Heats poured by furnace and grade, with tonnes charged against tonnes shipped
- Castings by stage: moulded, shaken out, in fettling, in repair, in treatment
- Weld repair count and hours by casting and pattern
- Inspection rejections by defect type, such as hot tear, misrun or inclusion, and pattern
- Furnace loads with castings per cycle and order
- Open orders by promised date and customer
- Customer dues, oldest invoice first
Who this is built for.
- Steel foundries pouring carbon, low-alloy and stainless castings
- Foundries making valve bodies, pump casings and wear parts to drawing
- Jobbing steel foundries serving mining, rail and power customers
- Shops with their own pattern store and heat treatment furnaces
- Foundries that issue material test certificates with each lot
When it is not the right choice.
- A foundry that only pours a handful of one-off castings a month can manage with a heat register and a spreadsheet.
- Iron foundries and non-ferrous die casters will find Foundry Component Manufacturer Management Software or Gravity Die 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
- Spectrometer readings by import
- WhatsApp or other messaging
- Accounting export
- Weighbridge entries
Questions owners ask before a demo.
Can a heat feed castings for several orders?
Yes. Every piece poured from one heat carries its number, while a certificate lists only the lines of its own order.
Does it record weld repair?
Yes. Every repair is logged with welder, electrode and hours against the casting, so repeat repairs show on the pattern and the order.
How are heat treatment loads handled?
The operator builds a load from castings of different orders. The cycle reference is attached to each casting, and the certificate reads from it.
Can it link to our spectrometer?
Yes, by file import against each heat, or by typing the figures in. A direct feed from the instrument depends on its model and is scoped during implementation.
Who sets up the certificate format?
Your quality staff and ours do it together. Acceptance rules differ per buyer, so each layout is reviewed on your side.
What about outside processes such as machining?
A piece sent out for machining or coating is booked to a vendor with a count. On return, the quantity received is checked against that count.
Can our pattern store be loaded?
Yes. The register is imported from your sheet with revision, rack and customer, and the shop confirms it before go-live.
Who owns the heat and test records?
You do. The quotation names the files you get back, covering heats, castings and results, so leaving is a known step.
What drives the cost?
Furnaces, users and certificate formats shape the figure. A demo on steel castings runs first, and the written offer follows.
What happens when a casting is scrapped?
The rejection is recorded with defect and stage. A replacement casting from the next heat tops up the order.
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