Join metal casters worldwide who trust Mega Wheel to simulate freeze patterns, calculate precise alloy charges, and prevent costly defects before pouring bronze, silicon, and specialty metals.
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New members joining the Mega Wheel foundry network unlock exclusive project templates shared by experienced metal artists. Select your starter pack below.
All bonuses require free Mega Wheel installation. Educational content provided by independent foundry instructors. No purchase necessary.
Mega Wheel runs a thermal simulation engine adapted from industrial foundry software, scaled specifically for small-batch art casting and sculpture studios. When you input a project, the app constructs a virtual model of your mold system measuring heat transfer rates through each component based on metal type, investment material, and geometric mass distribution.
The freeze sequence calculator predicts solidification timing by modeling the cooling curve of your chosen alloy against flask temperature and pouring method. This lets you spot potential issues like premature sprue freezing or inadequate feeding before investing time and materials in a physical pour. The mold diagram interface uses drag-and-drop assembly, calculating total charge weight dynamically as you add sprues, gates, and pattern sections.
Temperature recommendations pull from a database of liquidus points and optimal pouring windows for common bronze alloys, silicon bronze variants, and specialty metals. Every parameter adjusts in real time as you modify dimensions, allowing rapid iteration through design alternatives. The app tracks your historical pours, building a personal reference library of successful casting configurations you can duplicate or adapt for new sculpture projects.
Assemble casting systems visually by dragging pattern sections, sprues, buttons, and feeders into position. App automatically calculates total charge weight including metal loss estimates and scale compensation for alloy shrinkage during solidification.
View color-coded bars showing the order and duration each component takes to solidify. Identify which sections freeze first and last, letting you position feeders correctly and prevent shrinkage porosity in critical areas of your sculpture.
Select from bell bronze, silicon bronze C87300, manganese bronze, and other common foundry alloys. Mega Wheel displays liquidus temperature, recommended pouring window, and suggested flask preheat temperature based on investment type and pour method.
Real-time warnings flag configuration issues like inadequate button mass, thin sections cut off by thicker adjoining geometry, or insufficient feeding paths. Critical errors block the pour workflow until resolved, preventing costly defect-prone castings.
App computes the exact percentage to scale your original pattern based on chosen alloy and expected yield. Accounts for linear shrinkage during cooling so your finished casting matches dimensional specifications after metal removal and finishing.
Save unlimited casting configurations with custom names and material notes. Browse previous projects by metal type, date, or piece count. Duplicate successful setups as starting templates for similar new sculptures, speeding up planning workflow.
Mega Wheel is developed by a small team collaborating with working foundry sculptors and academic materials science researchers. The simulation models are refined based on feedback from bronze casting studios, jewelry manufacturers, and fine art foundries who test beta builds against real-world pour outcomes. Updates incorporate new alloy data and investment materials as they become available to the artisan metalworking community.
Android 7.0+ | Free download | ~2 minute setup
Download Mega WheelRequires 24 MB storage space. App contains educational ads from foundry supply partners. Rated for professional foundry use ages 16+.