Heat Treatment

Simulation So tware

DANTE® is the State-of-the-Art in heat treatment

simulation so tware, promoting improved
component and process design in heat treatment.

DANTE heat treatment simulation so tware is a

coupled thermal, carbon di fusion, solid mechanics
finite element based program for heat treatment
simulation of steel parts.

Engineers can use DANTE to predict the residual

stress state in a given part a ter heat treatment, the
evolution and final volume fractions of metallurgical
phases, hardness, and part distortion

The DANTE analysis tool couples a multiphase

material constitutive model directly with di fusive
and martensitic phase transformation kinetics
models

For use by metallurgists, process engineers, heat

treaters and designers, the heat treatment
simulation capabilities of DANTE include heating,
carburization, immersion quenching, gas
quenching, spray quenching, press or fixtured
quenching, and tempering. Additionally, the system DANTE Solutions, INC
is interfaced to popular pre and post processors.
DANTE Solutions is an engineering consulting
and so tware company, specializing in metallurgical
process engineering and thermal/stress analyses of metal
parts and components. Started in 1982 by founder
Indian Partner Dr. B. Lynn Ferguson as Deformation Control Technology,
the company has evolved into the premier thermal process modeling
company with its DANTE heat treatment simulation so tware.

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Heat Treatment Design Tool
®
DANTE is the State-of-the-Art in simulation so tware, promoting
improved component and process design in heat treatment.

DANTE is a set of user subroutines used in

conjunction with Ansys or Abaqus finite
element so tware for simulating heat
treatment of steel parts, including heating,
carburizing, liquid immersion quenching,
high pressure gas quenching, spray
quenching, press or fixtured quenching,
induction hardening, and tempering.

DANTE couples a multiphase constitutive model directly with di fusive

and martensitic phase transformation kinetics models. With DANTE,
metallurgists, process engineers, heat treaters and designers can
predict the residual stress state in a part a ter heat treatment, the
evolution and final volume fractions of metallurgical phases, hardness
and part distortion.

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
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.

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.
 Technical Features of DANTE

DANTE is a unique, validated technology incorporating

advanced material models, fully-coupled mechanics,
and highly e ficient solution algorithms that can bring
heat treat simulation to your engineering team.

Thermal-Di fusion-Mechanical Simulation

Improve Part Performance by Controlling
DANTE provides lexible, e ficient analysis of a variety
Residual Stress of thermal-stress problems, including austenitization,
carburization, quenching and tempering.
The capability of DANTE to provide accurate prediction
of residual stress resulting from the heat treating
operation makes DANTE an important design tool to Customize and Expand the Material Database
help improve part performance! For example, a DANTE includes comprehensive material data for
quenching process has been modified to achieve deeper mechanical and phase transformation behavior of
and higher residual compression for improved fatigue plain carbon, low and medium alloy steels, and most
life in precision gears. carburizing grades of steel. Mechanical data are
generated using conventional tension and compression
tests. Phase transformation model parameters are
Evaluate E fect of Process / Design determined from ASTM Standard dilatometry
Changes on Heat Treat Distortion experiments. So tware utilities have been developed to
expand and customize the material and process
The e fect of geometric and processing modifications on databases by the user.
the resulting heat treat response can be assessed rapidly.
In particular, quench hardening processes can be Validated Technology
modified to reduce distortion while achieving required
hardness 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, dimensional
changes and phase fractions for a range of steels, part
geometries, and processes.

Rapid Solutions / Analytical E ficiency

- Two and Three Dimensional Models
- Available for Windows and Linux platforms
 Heat Treatment Process
Capabilities for Modeling
here is the list of heat treatment capabilities for
modeling in DANTE but Not limited to, call us if you
have di ferent process

Heating Methods Cooling Methods

DANTE Utility Programs
- Furnace Heating - Immersion Quenching Methods
DANTE Solutions has developed utility programs that Convection - Spray Quenching Methods
Radiation - Gas Quenching Methods
enable the user to expand or customize the material and - Intensive Quenching Methods
process databases. These utilities process standard - Induction Heating - Air & Fan Cooling
mechanical and dilatometry test data to determine Body Flux - Press Quenching Practices
material parameters used in DANTE. In addition, heat - Fixture Quenching
transfer data sets can be derived from measured time- - Direct Current Heating
Body Flux
temperature data for heating and quenching. Utilities
are also developed to aid heat treaters in design of their
processes such as carburization schedules and
quenching practice.

The Utilities include:

- Gas Carburization Scheduler
- Vacuum Carburization Scheduler
- Phase Transformation Model Parameters Fitting from
Dilatometry Data
- Phase transformation Model Parameters Fitting from
TTT and CCT Diagrams
- Mechanical Model Parameters Fitting from Standard
Tension and Compression Test Data
- Heat Transfer Coe ficient Fitting from Thermocouple
Experiments
- TTT & CCT Diagram Generation from DANTE Material
Database
- Phase and Hardness Prediction for User Defined
Cooling Curves

India- Sole Authorised Partner Sales, Training & Support & Development provided by:

DHIO Research & Engineering Pvt Ltd.,

# 28 (Old No 619/1), 2nd Floor, 36th Cross,
2nd Block, Rajajinagar, Next to Srinivasa
Kalyana Mantapa, Bangalore-560010 India
DANTE Solutions, Inc.
Santhosh N L
7261 Engle Road, Suite 105
Director and CEO
Email : santhosh@dhioresearch.com
Cleveland, OH 44130
Phone ; +91 80 49539628, +91 9591994642, +91 9900138009 www.dante-solutions.com