ADSTEFAN Ver.10

ADSTEFAN Ver.10 is a casting process simulation suite developed by Ibaraki Hitachi Information Service Co., Ltd. It helps foundry and manufacturing engineers virtually evaluate mold filling and solidification to reduce defects, shorten development cycles, and optimize gating, risers, and process parameters before tooling is built. Designed for ferrous and non‑ferrous alloys across sand, gravity, die, and investment casting, ADSTEFAN supports end‑to‑end workflows from CAD import and meshing through analysis and reporting.

Key capabilities:

• Mold filling analysis to study flow behavior, free-surface progression, turbulence effects, and potential air entrapment.
• Solidification and cooling simulation with temperature- and time-dependent property handling, helping identify hot spots, feeding challenges, and porosity risk.
• Materials and mold database with temperature-dependent thermophysical properties and user‑definable entries for alloys, mold media, and process consumables.
• CAD interoperability and mesh generation with local refinement to capture gates, runners, and critical features.
• Post-processing and reporting tools for visualizing velocity, temperature, pressure, and solid fraction, plus quantitative probes and animated results.
• Support for parameter studies and automation to compare design alternatives and process settings.

Typical benefits include improved casting quality, reduced trial-and-error on the shop floor, and faster iteration on tooling and process designs. As a modern release in the ADSTEFAN family, Ver.10 emphasizes accuracy, robustness, and usability to help teams make reliable, data-driven decisions throughout casting development.

ADSTEFAN Ver.10 is developed by Ibaraki Hitachi Information Service Co.,Ltd.. The most popular version of this product among our users is 10.0. The name of the program executable file is adstefan.exe.