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Author: Jayesh M Rathod, Sr. General Manager & Head - Diecasting Engg.
Godrej Tooling Division, Vikhroli, Mumbai - 79. Contact: jmr@godrej.com
Abstract:
Business environment is riding high on Technological developments wherein Technological
changes are fast paced. The agility of an organisation decides its future sustainability.
Approach shall be to develop competency by keeping abreast with trends and technology.
Designers are Growth Engine of any Organisation and driving factors of the Growth Engine are
Innovation, Technology, Knowledge & Skills.
All the above driving factors of Designers are interlinked.
Technology and Knowledge helps Die designers to innovate and Develop New
products and processes.
Designers should strive to reduce carbon footprint by optimizing designs and lowering
the machine tonnage requirement.
Exploitation of Design modelling and simulation softwares will help to validate new
concepts in Die designs.
The challenge is to overcome the temptation of believing Juggad as innovation, Lack of drive,
Ad hoc and quick fix solutions, lack of effort to invest in education, analysis and innovation.Let
us motivate the doers and find solutions as below.
b. Casting Optimization:
Die designers should bear in mind that
Product designers are concerned more
with the functional aspects of the Parts,
Hence, many a time, product changes
become necessary to make it suitable
for
casting
process.
A mandatory process of Product
Validation, at the initial study phase of
Die design, will eliminate the need for
changes/modifications at the final stage.
The
take
3. Green Initiatives:
Die casting process by itself is polluting
and energy guzzling process. All the
development activity should be directed
towards conserving energy and enhancing
c.
Fig. 17 Summary
Dies and mould making Industry forms the face of technological development of the economy.
All the good Die makers originated from Developed economy and vice versa. It is imperative of
Die makers to give back to society in the form of innovative & green products.
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