HOUSTON, TX, USA, Nov 21, 2025 – CPFD Software is pleased to announce that Arena-flow, the industry-leading Sand Core CAE software, is now available through the Altair Partner Alliance (APA). With this expansion, APA-enabled Altair customers can instantly access Arena-flow’s advanced simulation capabilities to design, analyze, and optimize sand core and mold production processes.
Arena-flow by CPFD is custom foundry software that simulates the blowing/shooting and curing of sand cores and molds. It is trusted by OEMs, foundries, core shops, tooling providers, and equipment suppliers to complement metal flow and solidification software, resulting in optimized processes and cores that are right the first time. Arena-flow replaces trial-and-error with virtual testing to capture, retain, and disseminate core making knowledge, understand and eliminate core and core-quality-related casting scrap, optimize cycle times, minimize dosage, increase uptime, extend tool life, reduce energy requirements, and ultimately cut costs.
“We are thrilled to bring Arena-flow to the global foundry community via APA,” said Peter Blaser, Vice President of Operations, CPFD Software. “This integration extends the reach of Arena-flow to a worldwide network of Altair users, giving them access to powerful sand core engineering tools backed by decades of industry expertise. We are excited to add a new chapter to Altair’s storied legacy, building upon our common roots in the automotive industry!“
Purpose-Built for Sand Core & Mold Engineering
Arena-flow’s particle-based modeling approach makes it the only foundry software that directly captures air-driven core blowing/shooting physics. Why use Arena-flow?
- Custom built for sand cores and molds
- Captures discrete sand properties and air-driven sand motion
- Award-winning technology
- Decades of experience
- Diverse processes (cold-box, shell, inorganics, greensand, others)
- Easy to use interface
- Powerful and extensible post-processing
- World-class support
Get Started with Arena-flow on APA
APA-enabled Altair customers can access Arena-flow today via the APA portal here.
Learn more:
- Webinar Playback: Introduction to Arena-flow. Watch on demand…
- Product Overview: Arena-flow Product Sheet. Download now…
- Customer Success: Fondrémy Optimizes Core Production with Arena-flow. Read more…
- Simulation Video: See how strong airflow can drag sand uphill. Watch now…
- Webinar Playback: What’s New in the Arena-flow 12.0 Release. Watch on demand…
About CPFD Software
CPFD Software is advancing multiphase simulation and technology. Our flagship product, Barracuda Virtual Reactor, is a physics-based engineering software package that simulates the three-dimensional, transient, fluid-particle hydrodynamics, heat balance, and chemical reactions in industrial fluidized bed reactors and other fluid-particle systems.
Virtual Reactor enables researchers and engineers working with diverse sustainability, renewables, and decarbonization technologies to explore a broad range of ideas, reduce physical testing costs, and minimize development risk, all while accelerating commercialization, scale-up, and overall time to market. The simulation results provide an objective basis for effectively communicating technological merits to partners, customers, and investors, while increasing market exposure and bolstering patent applications. The Virtual Reactor technology can be accessed via software licensing, services, or custom collaborative arrangements.
For more information, visit https://cpfd-software.com.
