1. MAGNA M a g n a D i g i t e c h I n d i a P r i v a t e L i m i t e d PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT PRESENT METHOD Component Name: U- Bolt Component weight: 6Kgs Number of Castings per Mold: 2nos. Total Good Casting wt : 12Kgs Total Pouring wt : 20kgs Yield : 60%

2. MAGNA M a g n a D i g i t e c h I n d i a P r i v a t e L i m i t e d Picture shows Metal Filling at various intervals The colour scale shows the temperature at each location

3. MAGNA M a g n a D i g i t e c h I n d i a P r i v a t e L i m i t e d Picture shows Solidification at various intervals The colour scale shows the % of Liquid metal available

4. MAGNA M a g n a D i g i t e c h I n d i a P r i v a t e L i m i t e d Picture shows Hotspot inside the Casting & Feeder Hotspot specifies the isolated regions and solidification time

5. MAGNA M a g n a D i g i t e c h I n d i a P r i v a t e L i m i t e d Picture shows the possible porosity areas

6. MAGNA M a g n a D i g i t e c h I n d i a P r i v a t e L i m i t e d PROPOSED METHOD Component Name: U- Bolt Component weight: 6Kgs Number of Castings per Mold increased to: 4nos from 2nos. Total Good Casting wt increased to: 24Kgs Total Pouring wt : 37.5kgs Yield increased to: 64% from 60% PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT

7. MAGNA M a g n a D i g i t e c h I n d i a P r i v a t e L i m i t e d Picture shows Metal Filling at various intervals The colour scale shows the temperature at each location

8. MAGNA M a g n a D i g i t e c h I n d i a P r i v a t e L i m i t e d Picture shows Solidification at various intervals The colour scale shows the % of Liquid metal available

9. MAGNA M a g n a D i g i t e c h I n d i a P r i v a t e L i m i t e d Picture shows Hotspot inside the Casting & Feeder Hotspot specifies the isolated regions and solidification time

10. MAGNA M a g n a D i g i t e c h I n d i a P r i v a t e L i m i t e d Picture shows the possible porosity areas

11. MAGNA M a g n a D i g i t e c h I n d i a P r i v a t e L i m i t e d Result after implementation of this method 1.Number of good casting per mold increased to 4 from 2 2.Yield improved by 4% from present method 3.Additional cost spent on 2 cores and one sleeve per mold will be taken care by productivity increase.