Typically, all semi-solid metal casting processes have critical small process windows, so mould concept and layout of the casting process have to be developed much more accurately than in 'normal' metal casting.

Cast-Designer could be used for several various physics of semi-solid modeling with different numerical models, such as non-Newtonian flow.

• What are the right casting temperature, fraction solid and flow velocity?
• What are the suitable mold tempering approaches?
• How do melt viscosities, flow velocities, local fraction solids and local temperatures of the melt develop during filling?