Foundry Tooling & Die Design
High-Pressure Die Casting (HPDC) Gate Velocity & PQ² Calculator
Determine optimal cavity fill time ($t_f$), critical gate velocity ($v_g$), ingate area ($A_g$), and $PQ^2$ operating window matching for aluminum, magnesium, and zinc die casting dies.
Casting Parameters & Machine Inputs
Total net weight of metal entering the die cavity and overflow wells.
Average critical wall thickness governing thermal freezing time.
Average operating temperature of H13 tool steel die surface.
Ingate entry velocity (Al: 35–55 m/s, Mg: 45–80 m/s, Zn: 30–45 m/s).
Diameter of shot sleeve cold-chamber plunger tip.
Calculated Gating & PQ² Metrics
Max Cavity Fill Time ($t_f$)
0 ms
Required Ingate Area ($A_g$)
0 mm²
Runner Cross-Section
0 mm²
Fast Shot Plunger Speed
0.0 m/s
PQ² Machine Operating Window & Ingate Layout
Volumetric Flow Rate $Q$: 0.0 L/s
Metal Pressure $P_m$: 0.0 MPa
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