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Development Provided by:
DANTE SOFWTARE
7261 Engle Road, Suite 105
Cleveland, OH 44130
Phone: (440) 234-8477
[email protected]
To get the most
accurate Heat
Treatment Modeling
Software available,
contact the experienced
engineering team at
DANTE Software
DANTE Utilities
DCT has developed utility programs that support
the user to expand or customize both the material
and process databases. These utilities process
standard mechanical and dilatometry test data to
derive values used by DANTE. In addition, heat
transfer data sets can readily be derived from
measured time – temperature data.
The Software Utilities Include:
Tool to Design and Optimize Carburization
Process Schedules
Fitting of Phase Transformation Kinetics
Model Parameters from Dilatometry Data
Fitting of Phase Transformation Kinetics
Model Parameters from TTT / CCT Data
Fitting of Mechanical Model Parameters from
Conventional Tension / Compression Tests
Calculation of Heat Transfer Coefficients from
Measured Time –Temperature Data
TTT & CCT Phase Diagram Generation from
DANTE Database
Jominy Hardness Predictor
Point Tracker to Predict Phase and Hardness
from Known Cooling Curves
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A Design Tool
for
HEAT TREAT
SIMULATION
HEAT TREATMENT
DESIGN TOOL
DANTE® is the State-of-the-Art simulation
software, providing improved component and
process design for heat treatment.
DANTE is finite element based software for
simulating carburization and
hardening processes for steel
parts. With DANTE, engineers can
predict the residual stress state in a
part after heat treatment, the
evolution and final volume fractions of
metallurgical phases, hardness, and part
distortion. DANTE couples a multiphase
constitutive model directly with diffusive and
martensitic phase
transformation kinetics
models. For use by
metallurgists, process
engineers, heat treaters
and designers, the
simulation capabilities of
DANTE include heating,
carburization, immersion
quench, gas quench,
spray quench, press or
fixtured quench,
induction hardening, and
tempering.
Benefits of DANTE®
Troubleshoot Heat Treatment Problems and
Lower Manufacturing Costs
Reduce Rework
Reduce / Eliminate Post Heat Treatment
Operations, i.e. straightening, grinding
Improve Quality
Control Distortion, Residual Stress and
Hardness
Enhance Design Capability
Predict the Impact of New Designs or Design
Modifications on Manufacturing
Conduct Less Costly “Virtual” Experiments
Practical Applications
Technical Features
DANTE has been verified for a wide variety of
complex, real-life heat treatment applications. A
powerful and versatile design tool, DANTE
provides valuable insight to your heat treating
process steps.
DANTE is a unique, validated technology
incorporating advanced material models, fullycoupled mechanics and kinetics, and highly
efficient solution algorithms that can bring heat
treat simulation to your desktop.
Optimize Carburizing Schedules
DANTE provides accurate predictions of carbon
profiles and has been applied to not only
simulating, but actually optimizing steel
carburization
processes.
DANTE has
been used to
simulate
conventional
gas, plasma,
and vacuum
carburizing
processes.
Improve Part Performance by Controlling
Residual Stress
The capability of DANTE to provide accurate
prediction of residual stress resulting from the
heat treating operation makes DANTE an
important design tool to help improve part
performance! For example, a quenching process
has been modified to achieve deeper and higher
residual compression for improved fatigue life in
precision gears.
Evaluate Process / Design Changes on Heat
Treat Distortion
The effect of geometric and processing
modifications on the resulting heat treat response
can be assessed rapidly. In particular, quench
hardening
processes
can be
modified
to reduce
distortion
while still
achieving
required
hardness.
Thermal-Diffusion-Mechanical Simulation
DANTE provides flexible, efficient analysis of a
variety of thermal-stress problems, including
austenitization, carburization, quenching and
tempering.
Expanded Material Database
DANTE includes comprehensive material data for
mechanical and phase transformation behavior of
plain carbon, low and medium alloy steels and
carburizing grades of steel. Mechanical data are
generated using conventional tension and
compression tests. Phase transformation kinetics
parameters are determined from ASTM Standard
dilatometry test results. Software utilities based
on optimization methods have been developed to
provide efficient methods for expansion of the
material and process databases by the user.
Validated Technology
The capabilities of DANTE have been validated
using experiments and plant trials. Verifications of
model accuracy include comparisons of predicted
and measured residual stress, hardness,
distortion and phase volumes for a range of
steels and part geometries.
Rapid Solutions / Analytical Efficiency
Small in-core storage – Runs on PC
Runs on Windows and Linux platforms