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Designate casting parts, gravity direction, gates, and components.
Components
Identify predefined components, or create virtual components (cores, chillers, risers, sleeves, overflows, the mold, coolers, and filters).
Shot Sleeve
In High Pressure Die Casting, a shot sleeve is a piston sleeve that advances the liquid in the chamber to the mold.
Add/Edit Shot Sleeve
Create and edit a virtual shot sleeve in Inspire Cast.

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Model Setup
Designate casting parts, gravity direction, gates, and components.
- Cast Part
  Define the casting parts, filling system, and gravity direction.
- Gate
  Identify predesigned gates, or create and edit virtual gates.
- Components
  Identify predefined components, or create virtual components (cores, chillers, risers, sleeves, overflows, the mold, coolers, and filters).
  - Core
    A core is used to create the interior shape of a model. It is commonly used in sand casting, but it can also be used in other processes.
  - Chiller
    A chiller is used to accelerate the solidification in a specific area of a metal casting mold.
  - Riser
    A riser is a reservoir of material built into the mold to prevent porosity resulting from shrinkage.
  - Sleeve
    A sleeve is a sand component that is placed around a riser.
  - Overflow
    Overflows are cavities in the die that act as vents for air to escape and as traps for excess metal flow.
  - Squeeze Pin
    Squeeze pins can help prevent porosity in a finished part by compressing a particular region of the molten metal during its solidification.
  - Mold
    A mold contains the cast part and any casting components.
  - Cooler
    A cooling system is used in high-pressure die casting to provide heat dissipation and to maintain a constant temperature relative to the mold. This helps ensure tension-free cooling of the cast parts.
  - Filter
    A filter is a casting component applied to the gating system to catch impurities and to have flow control over the liquid as it passes through it.
  - Shot Sleeve
    In High Pressure Die Casting, a shot sleeve is a piston sleeve that advances the liquid in the chamber to the mold.
    - Add/Edit Shot Sleeve
      Create and edit a virtual shot sleeve in Inspire Cast.
  - Crucible
    In Gravity Tilt Pour Casting, the crucible is the vessel in a vacillation machine that administers the liquid to the mold.
  - Stalk
    In Low Pressure Die Casting, a stalk is a riser tube through which molten material is forced into the mold.
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Add/Edit Shot Sleeve

Create and edit a virtual shot sleeve in Inspire Cast.

Click the Casting tab.
Click the Components icon.
Click the Add/Edit Shot Sleeve icon.
Click the cookie on the runner to create the shot sleeve.

Note: If there is no cookie already created, Inspire Cast will create it automatically.

Inspire Cast creates a shot sleeve.
Use the microdialog options to define the shot sleeve's length and diameter, and to set its velocity controls.
Right-click and mouse through the check mark to exit, or double-right-click.

Microdialog Options

Define the diameter and length of the shot sleeve.


Option		Description
Diameter		Enter the diameter for an automatically created cookie.
Length		Enter the length of the shot sleeve.
Piston velocity control		Select By Time or By Position.
Add/Remove Data Points		Add or delete rows from the velocity control table.
View Plot		View the velocity plot. Note: Each node corresponds to a line in the velocity control table. You can change the plot by clicking and dragging the nodes.