Skaigh Engineering, a UK-based aluminum gravity die casting specialist, adopted Altair Inspire Cast to address rising part complexity, long lead times, and scrap caused by trial-and-error manufacturing. Traditional methods were no longer sufficient for diagnosing defects such as air entrapment and surface porosity. By simulating filling, solidification, and last-air behavior, Skaigh redesigned gating and sprue systems for both legacy and new tooling. The software revealed hidden turbulence and air pockets that experience alone could not detect. As a result, the company eliminated defects, reduced scrap rates, shortened development cycles, and improved customer confidence. Simulation enabled faster concept evaluation, reduced reliance on physical prototypes, and delivered higher-quality cas

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