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Rapid assessment of part and process feasibility
► Easy prediction of potential blank shape and
nesting
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► Minimization of material usage
► Quick generation of 3D strip layouts for
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progressive dies
► Continuous improvement of part design for
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Features & Benefits
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Easy Evaluation of Part and Process Feasibility, Blank Shape and Material Utilization
By using AutoForm-StampingAdviser, product designers and engineers as well as process and die-face designers can
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achieve better product design, improved and faster initial quality and more reliable long-term design performance.
This software allows them to reduce not only development and manufacturing costs but also total time to market.
AutoForm-StampingAdviser provides valuable feedback on key During production planning and process engineering,
stamping quality issues, such as risks of splitting and excess forming analysis and blank development are
thinning, potential wrinkling and material costs associated with performed based on the draw-die 3D geometry
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a developed blank shape. The software can be applied based on created by AutoForm-DieDesigner.
part geometry alone, with added draw geometry, webs and
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carriers or with full tool geometry during the process definition With a plausible die face,
and evaluation phases. AutoForm-StampingAdviser quickly
identifies potential formability issues
In the early planning phase, AutoForm-StampingAdviser is used and determines blank shape, material
for initial evaluations based on part geometry alone to ascertain utilization and blank cost.
part feasibility or to choose a proper strip layout. For these
analyses, the software allows the user to modify the part and,
when needed, automatically generate a blankholder surface
and a corresponding addendum. These evaluations lead to a
highly reliable blank size prediction which can
be used for cost engineering, quotes or
further simulations.
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Nesting
The AutoForm-StampingAdviser software makes it possible to
compute and to optimize embedding and nesting. When these
blank calculations are coupled with AutoForm-CostEstimator,
a balance between material, tooling and production costs is
achieved.
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before after When applied from early on in the part design cycle, AutoForm-
StampingAdviser delivers significant benefits in terms of robust
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part manufacturability and performance. By using the observed
thinning and effective plastic strain during CAE, the results
produced are more likely to reflect final part performance. The
application of AutoForm-StampingAdviser leads to a continuous
improvement in part design quality as well as to a significant
reduction in total costs and part production time.
Rapid geometry modification
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