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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter, background of this study is described according to the studies and project preview. Problem statement of this project study is defined and stated in this
chapter. The scope of this project study and the project report organization are described clearly. A Gantt chart also is shown in this chapter to monitor and
guideline for accomplishing this project.
1.1 Background of Study
Now days, production tooling is used widely in manufacturing field. For additional information, production tooling is a working or manufacturing assistance of a
specialized nature which unless substantially altered or modified are limited in use to a specific production line or the performance of a work. This project studied on
how to produce the part in production tooling. Production tooling is very important to manufacture company because every part produced must be held while it is
machined, joined, or inspected or has any number of other operations performed on it Edward, 2011. So whether the part is big or small and simple or complex of an
operation, there is a need to accurately locate and secure properly using production tooling such as clamping throughout the operation. Apart from that, the use of
production tooling can also increase the current degree of freedom to do work where operators can do the assessment the right way and safely. Besides that, production
tooling is very effective for mass production and it is also one of the best ways to minimize setup cost.
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The molten metal flow simulation is used to predict and determine the quality of the product. This simulation is very necessary in this project to produce production
tooling. Thus, computational fluid dynamic is one of the methods for simulation analysis. Computational fluid dynamic, which is known as CFD, is the analysis of
system involving fluid flow, heat transfer and associated phenomena such as chemical reactions by mean of computer based simulation Versteeg and
Malalasekera, 2007.
This project studies about design and analysis the molten matrix composite flow of sand casting process which shows capability in designing the mould and its features
according to product requirement. This computer based simulation is important because it can simulate the molten matrix composite filling into the mould cavity.
Furthermore, simulation and analysis of the thermal flow and the stress test can be implemented into this project to detect any defect such as porosity that may happen
in the mould during the casting process. The result of this simulation is very important to indicate the perfect the mould design and improvement can be done by
redesigning the mould without having to produce them.
This project presents the design and analysis of production using CFD. The simulations of molten metal flow are studied.
1.2 Problem Statement
