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Written by Håkan Fransson, Technical Manager simulation at NovaCast Biscuit simulations Historically, most simulations of high pressure die casting process have been done with the so called ”biscuit” method. The ”biscuit” method means that you ar...

We have now lived with COVID-19 for a couple of months and the whole NovaCast team is healthy and more accessible than ever. Although, we are still acting under recommended precautions by the national authorities. Still, we are working from home, ...

The new ATAS MetStar version 10.1 is out now. Besides several updates to improve the stability and effectiveness of our metallurgical process control system, we have added the following: • Curve Comparison live in the production unit and after ...

Being a Good Guy means helping out, so we're doing the Good Guy share.  Throughout these confusing days with social distancing and in some cases complete isolation, we would like to offer 2-months tests of selected programs for free*. Whether ...

In response to the ongoing spread of COVID-19, NovaCast Systems AB has made a decision to cease all business travel outside of Sweden. At this stage, we are unable to provide an estimate on when we will lift this travel restriction. Employees who are...

We are proud to release NovaOne - the gravity version! NovaOne Gravity is an innovative casting process simulation tool that simulates mold filling and solidification. With NovaOne Gravity, you can simulate gravity sand casting, gravity permanent ...

An intense but exciting week in Nürnberg at EUROGUSS is now over and we are already looking forward to 2022! Johannes Jerg, long-time NovaFlow&Solid user, had a very interesting lecture at EUROGUSS about advantages and hurdles when using the c...

Just like previous years, we are supporting the Swedish WWF (World Wildlife Fund) in their important work against the critical climate changes we are facing all over the globe. WWF believes in fighting the consequential threats and building a ...

By Håkan Fransson Technical Manager, Simulation The casting process has been used for more than 5,000 years to produce castings for varying applications. Castings are becoming lighter, stronger and increasingly defect-free, but there remains room...

Don Tittensor, Technical Sales Manager at our Brittish partner ASMET, presented the essence of controlling melt chemistry using thermal analysis (ATAS MetStar) at the Scottish Branch ICME. Click here to view his full presentation. For questions...

Too soon to long for next GIFA? Check this out. Thank you for making GIFA 2019 the best in NovaCast history.

Nu söker vi en teknisk säljare till vårt huvudkontor i Ronneby som kommer att jobba med marknadsföring, säljprocess och säljstrategi. Avsikten är att främst jobba på den skandinaviska och tyska marknaden. Låter detta intressant? Läs mer och ansök ...

We would like to thank all visitors that stopped by to say hi or to see our systems at IFEX in Delhi, India. It's always inspiring for us to meet and greet curious customers and possible new users. Now, we are gathering full forces for GIFA in June -...

Just like last year, we are supporting the Swedish WWF (World Wildlife Fund) in their important work against the critical climate changes we are facing all over the globe. WWF believes in fighting the consequential threats and building a safer...

We are looking for a sales person to join our team, preferably with experience and competence within foundry technology, to our HQ office in Ronneby, Sweden. Interested in knowing more? Contact our CEO Martin.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth to talk HPD simulation solutions at ALUCAST.

We are happy to announce the release of NovaMethod 2018 (SP2) and our brand new module: Toolbox! Besides faster loading time, NovaMethod 2018 offers improved stability, improved blend tool (with new centreline), enhanced sketch mode functionality,...

One of our metallurgical process control experts, Per-Eric Persson, held a lecture about increasing precision and yield in casting by simulation of the solidification process based on realistic material data evaluated from an ATAS MetStar system. ...

Our metallurgical expert, Andrej Kump, were at IFC Portoroz, Slovenia, presenting a Comparison of solidification properties in plain sand cup versus test castings with different modules using thermal analysis. Click here to read the abstract of the c...

We are proud to announce the release of NovaFlow&Solid 6.4! Here are a few of the new features and updates: • The solver 1 uses the non-equilibrium model for the solidification modelling. It enable more accurate simulation with microstructure...

Registration is now open to our ATAS MetStar workshop in October 2018. Improve the metallurgical process control in your foundry with ATAS MetStar at Swerea SWECAST’s facility in Jönköping, Sweden, on October 3-4, 2018. Click here for more info...

Today, it's exactly one year until GIFA 2019 starts. We have already begun planning and preparing features and activities for you to experience in Düsseldorf in June next year. Many things are currently secret, but one thing that we can reveal...

The Board of NovaCast has paid a rewarding visit to our dear friends at AB Lundbergs Pressgjuteri in Sweden. Lundbergs is a well-kept aluminum high pressure die casting foundry located in Vrigstad, Sweden. They have been using NovaFlow&Solid s...

Today, our new colleague Howard Weinberg makes his first day with our North American team. Howard is a Casting Simulation Specialist based in Chicago, USA and his new role at NovaCast will be within sales of NovaFlow&Solid and ATAS MetStar in ...

NovaCast Systems AB is responsible for your personal data under the EU directive GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). We handle all personal data in accordance with this privacy policy, regardless of where the person is located geographically. ...

The stress calculation module to our casting simulation software has been heavily improved during the last few years and here are the major updates: • Irregular mesh in mold – Reducing the number of elements a lot of which reduce calculation time ...

Our partners EKW Kremen exhibited at Opatija in Croatia, where one of our team members, Andrej Kump, visited.

We would like to express our appreciation for all our participants at the user meeting 2018 in Ronneby, Sweden.  We are proud to have showed you our hometown and we are glad to hear you enjoyed other user's presentations, our technical sessions an...

TS International, our Korean partners, attended the Korea Foundry Society expo to show ATAS MetStar and NovaFlow&Solid.

Our Korean partner TS International had an inspiring kick-off meeting with JinHeung Foundry and KiTech with focus on increasing melting efficiency and reduction of energy consumption for casting process using ATAS MetStar in their manufacturing proce...

Thanks to all who visited us at Metalcasting Congress in Fort Worth, Texas. See you at CastExpo next year!

We attended the annual mini-fair at Swedish Foundry Association's expo in Södertälje, Sweden.

ATAS MetStar 9.2.8 will be distributed on March 5, 2018 to all TPA customers. This new version has been upgraded with important features to encourage operators of ATAS MetStar to reach a higher precision in the metallurgical conditions by using th...

This year, our annual user meeting (ATAS MetStar and NovaFlow&Solid gravity) will be held in NovaCast's capital Ronneby, Sweden on April 25-26, 2018. As always, we will show you the latest features, upcoming development, give you some tips and tr...

Another great Euroguss show is now completed and as always, we were co-exhibiting with our HPD partner in Germany, ARGE Metallguss. Thanks to everyone who visited us!

We would like to thank every partner, user and visitor for helping us to make this year's IFEX the most successful yet. We hope you had a chance to meet our newest team member, Mani, who specializes in high pressure die casting. If not, or if you'...

Instead of sending Christmas cards, we have just like previous years decided to donate to charity. This year, we decided to support World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF, in their work against climate change. Similar to our mission, WWF is working with ...

Want to learn about the basic rules of designing castings and how casting process simulation can help you design correct castings? Then watch this webinar through Altair where one of our simulation experts, Håkan, guides you using NovaFlow&Sol...

Today, we had a workshop at Chalmers University in Gothenburg. Chalmers has been a university partner to us for almost 15 years. We arrange 1-3 workshops at Chalmers every semester to give their students the possibility to use their theoretical know...

On November 21, we had a very interesting user meeting in Istanbul for Turkish NovaFlow&Solid users. We truly appreciate everyone's enthusiasm and engagement during the meeting. Hope to see you next time!

A walk to Paris by NovaCast's team in Sweden. It started out as a peaceful race against the same goal - to together reach Paris by foot in a few weeks to raise internal awareness of the importance of daily exercise. The original idea was also ...

By Håkan Fransson, Technical Manager Simulation Filtration of the melt during casting is an important part of foundry technology. Filters are used by different types of casting material/methods, but especially for casting material that easily crea...

We would like to thank everyone who participated at our NovaFlow&Solid user meeting in Chicago last week. We truly hope you found it interesting to learn more about the latest version as well as getting hints of what's to come. See you next ti...

We attended Altair's American ATC 2017 in Detroit on October 9-10 with great success. Learn more about our partnership with Altair here.

Today we arranged our very first user meeting in India. It was a day filled with innovative discussions as well as interesting presentations from users. Thank you all participants who made this meeting such a success! Our metallurgical expert...

We proudly present ATAS MetStar 9.2 that was officially launced today. This version makes our metallurgical process control system even more stabile and user-friendly, as well as more problem-free with a new analyzing tool called MasterMind. &g...

NovaMethod 2017 SP2 is full of enhancements that further integrate ease of use and rapid geometry creation and manipulation capabilities. From large changes to behind the scenes enhancements, you’ll notice improvements that speed workflows in design,...

Written by Håkan Fransson, Technical Manager Simulation Filtration of the melt during casting is an important part of foundry technology. Filters are used by different types of casting material/methods, but especially for casting material that eas...

Our good friend Thorsten Reuther, the Managing Director of Hofmann Ceramic, stopped by the NovaCast HQ. We always appreciate visits from colleagues, partners and customers. When Thorsten mentioned he was in the area we were very excited to welcome...

Release date: September 6, 2017 Webinar sessions: August 29 and 31, 2017 We are happy to announce the release of the next version of ATAS MetStar in beginning of September. This version makes our metallurgical process control system even more sta...

In June, we attended Metef in Verona, Italy together with our friends at SATEF Hüttenes-Albertus. An exciting fair with many interesting meetings, with both old customers and new faces. Thanks to everyone who visited us!

In June 2017, we participated as an Altair Partner at their 9th EATC in Frankenthal, Germany, showing the latest version of our casting simulation software, NovaFlow&Solid. Thanks to everyone who visited us during this three-day event.

We are happy to announce that NovaFlow&Solid 6.3 was released on March 31, 2017. In this new version of NovaFlow&Solid, we have upgraded the complete interface in the program and also further-developed Good Guys' Index. Good Guys' Index is...

Written by our Technical Simulation Manager - Håkan Fransson, through Altair. Historically, foundries have used too high of casting temperatures during high pressure die casting simulations. Many foundries believe there is a minimal temperature dr...

ATAS MetStar 9.1 - Streamlined & easier to use Some news in this release are: • Enhanced communication with external devices (i.e. spectrometer, inoculation machines, wire feeders and charging devices) • Higher precision for analysis of...

As a NovaCast Christmas tradition instead of sending Greetings cards, we have donated money to the Swedish Cancer Society to show our support to affected families. We hope our contribution will help more families spend a lot of Christmas' for years t...

Thank you to all of you who stopped by our booth at Fundiexpo in Queretaro, Mexico. See you next time!

Thank you everyone who attended our user meeting in Malmö!

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Today, NovaCast Systems is launching the most user friendly metallurgical process control system on the market, ATAS MetStar 9.0. Each one that has foundry experience knows the day-to-day challenges of achieving the same quality of the melt betwee...

  Today, we are launching NovaMethod 2016. With NovaMethod 2016 you will be able to work more efficiently than ever for faster 3D modelling. If you are interested in learning more about the new features in NovaMethod 2016, you are welc...

Today NovaCast is launching the fastest casting simulation software ever, NovaFlow&Solid 6.0. Today NovaCast Systems is launching the casting simulation software NovaFlow&Solid 6.0 with a revolutionary adaptive Multi mesh technique and a G...

Would you like to learn more about optimizing the thickness of investment castings for the aerospace industry? Altair is hosting a free webinar where they will highlight the functionality and potentials using NovaFlow&Solid, specifically for in...

Written by Håkan Fransson, CEO of NovaCast Systems AB It may not be 100% correct but I have once said that there is not one single casting part in Sweden that is fully optimized for the casting method. That can also be applied to Europe and the ...

The Manifesto of NovaCast. We believe in the good in you. That you – are one of the good guys. And we believe that if everyone would let the good in them be in charge, it would make a real and significant difference. For you. For your children. And ...

Today NovaCast is launching its revolutionary new Tellurium free cup at GIFA in Düsseldorf. NovaCast has developed a revolutionary new tellurium free cup, the PrEco (Precision Ecological) cup, which provides a safer work environment for the operator...

We are happy to announce that we have signed a Commercial Agency Contract (Casting Process Simulation) with IST Sistemas in Brazil. One of their technicians, Mr Bruno Chimarelli, have during a week visited our head-office in Ronneby to get to know us...

Customers with valid TPAs who have not received the download link are requested to contact NovaCast. More information on how to obtain this version is available from NovaCast.

NovaCast Systems are present at Ankiros, stand H3-B150. Welcome!