V160 (GETRAG 233) Bell Housing - Die Cast Casing

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This was a hard piece of work! Only by looking at google pics I built up a CAD model of the Bell housing for the V160 6-speed manual transmission (GETRAG 233).As a bonus a designed the die cast forms (negative imprint) for the raw model, which finally gets machined to become a finished part. So it is a good example how die casings are manufactured and shows how negative forms combine together to make the housing geometry.In the Pictures you can see a wall thickness analysis which shows up that the wall thickness is quite constant over all geometry which is very important as well for the casting process as for the weight optimization.