The routing node Refractory Coat Mold provides the following option:

The process Mold Refractory Coat provides the following option:

The Core Refractory Coating operation (under the Core Refractory Coat process) provides the following options:

The processes Refractory Coat Oven Dry and Refractory Coat Air Dry provide the following options:

(Provided by the routing node Refractory Coat Mold.)

By default, the number of coating applications for the mold cavities is specified by the cost model variable defaultNumMoldRefractoryCoatingApplications (1 in starting point VPEs). With this setup option users can override the default on a per-part basis.

This setup option determines the number of occurrences of the Mold Refractory Coating process. Note that the mold is assumed to be dried after each application. See Mold Refractory Coat.

(Provided by the Mold Refractory Coat process.)

By default in starting point VPEs, refractory coating is sprayed onto the mold cavities, if they are coated. Administrators can customize the default with the cost model variable defaultMoldRefractoryCoatingMethod. With this setup option, users can override the default on a per-part basis.

Application method drives cycle time, which depends on Number of Coating Applications, mold surface area, and application rate. Application rate is looked up by application method in the lookup table tblRefractoryCoating.

Application method also drives coating material costs, which is calculated based on output volume per unit time (looked up in tblRefractoryCoating) and cost per unit volume (specified by the tool shop variable Refractory Coating Cost).

See Mold Refractory Coat for more information.

(Provided by the Mold Refractory Coat process.)

By default, the number of operators coating the mold is specified by the cost model variable defaultMoldRefractoryCoatingNumOperators. (1 in starting point VPEs). Users can override the default on a per-part basis with this setup option. See also Mold Refractory Coat.

(Provided by the Mold Refractory Coat process.)

This is the time to prepare and mix the coating for the mold cavities for one production batch of parts. By default, this is specified by the cost model variable defaultRefractoryCoatingMoldPreparationTime (0.25 hours in starting point VPEs). (The use of a slurry mix is assumed by default in starting point VPEs.) With this setup option, users can override the default on a per-part basis.

(Provided by the Core Refractory Coating operations.)

By default in starting point VPEs, cores are assumed to be coated. Administrators can customize the default with the cost model variable defaultCoreRefractoryCoatingInclusion. Users can override the default on a per-cored-GCD basis with this setup option.

(Provided by the Core Refractory Coating operations.)

By default in starting point VPEs, refractory coating is sprayed onto cores. Administrators can customize the default with the cost model variable defaultCoreRefractoryCoatingMethod. With this setup option, users can override the default on a per-cored-GCD basis.

Application method drives cycle time, which depends on Number of Coating Applications, core surface area, and application rate. Application rate is looked up by application method in the lookup table tblRefractoryCoating.

Application method also drives coating material costs, which is calculated based on output volume per unit time (looked up in tblRefractoryCoating) and cost per unit volume (specified by the tool shop variable Refractory Coating Cost).

See Core Refractory Coat for Sand Casting for more information.

(Provided by the Core Refractory Coating operations.)

By default, the number of coating applications for cores is specified by the cost model variable defaultNumCoreRefractoryCoatingApplications (1 in starting point VPEs). With this setup option, users can override the default on a per-cored-GCD basis.

This setup option helps determine the number of occurrences of the Core Refractory Coating process. Note that cores are assumed to be dried after each application.

See Core Refractory Coat for Sand Casting for more information.

(Provided by the Core Refractory Coating operations.)

By default, the number of operators coating the core for a given GCD is specified by the cost model variable defaultCoreRefractoryCoatingNumOperators. (1 in starting point VPEs). Users can override the default on a per-part basis with this setup option. See also Core Refractory Coat for Sand Casting.

(Provided by the Core Refractory Coating operations.)

This is the batch setup time for coating the specified GCD’s cores, that is, the time to prepare and mix the coating for the current GCD's cores for one production batch of parts. By default, this is specified by the cost model variable defaultRefractoryCoatingCorePreparationTime (0.25 hours in starting point VPEs). (The use of a slurry mix is assumed by default in starting point VPEs.) With this setup option, users can override the default on a per-cored-GCD basis.

(Provided by the Refractory Coat Oven Dry process.)

This is the time to oven dry and cool one machine load of molds and/or cores. By default, it is specified by the cost model variable defaultOvenDryAndCoolTime (19 minutes in starting point VPEs). Users can override the default with this setup option.

See Refractory Coat Oven Dry for Sand Casting for more information.

(Provided by the Refractory Coat Air Dry process.)

This is the time to air dry and cool the mold and all cores belonging to one part. By default, it is specified by the cost model variable defaultAirDryAndCoolTime (60 minutes in starting point VPEs). Users can override the default with this setup option.

See Refractory Coat Air Dry for Sand Casting for more information

(Provided by the Refractory Coat Oven Dry process.)

This is the time to set up the oven for one production batch of coated, oven-dried molds and cores. If any cores or molds have a second coating then the drying setup is doubled. By default, this is specified by the cost model variable defaultRefractoryCoatingOvenDryPreparationTime (0.25 hours in starting point VPEs). With this setup option, users can override the default on a per-part basis.

(Provided by the Refractory Coat Air Dry process.)

This is the time to set up the floorspace for one production batch of coated, oven-dried molds and cores. If any cores or molds have a second coating, the drying setup is doubled. By default, this is specified by the cost model variable defaultRefractoryCoatingAirDryPreparationTime (0.25 hours in starting point VPEs). With this setup option, users can override the default on a per-part basis.

(Provided by the Refractory Coat Oven Dry and Refractory Coat Air Dry processes.)

This is the number of operators that are assumed to load and unload cores and/or molds for drying. By default, it is specified by the following cost model variables: