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Stamping Cost Estimation is Like Trying to See the Future
Estimating stamping piece costs is a challenge for nearly everybody in the sheet metal value stream. To bring sheet metal product to market, you...
In the rearview mirror
Earlier this year AutoForm started this blog, “We Think In Sheet Metal”. Our goal: to communicate directly with you—the metal forming and engineering community. ...
High, low, multi-pressure sequence hydroforming? Which process fits?
When a closed section part is designed for manufacture, part shape, material grade, and wall thickness are often driven by the proposed hydroforming technology....
Introduction to AutoForm ProcessDesignerforCATIA
Achieving the highest possible quality with reduced time-to-market and reduced costs has always been the goal of the automotive industry and, because of competition;...
Infinitely adjustable presses, when should we stop adjusting?
Numerical controlled (N/C) cushions have previously been the realm of large OEMs and Tier 0.5 stampers in their newer large presses. Until now, the...
Progressive die developed blank and trim line development
One of the most time-consuming and difficult-to-predict aspects of die build and tryout for progressive dies is the development and validation of the blanking...
Hot Forming Seminar in France
source: http://www.automotivemanufacturingsolutions.com/process-materials/pressing-matters
LOIRE ETUDE organizes in collaboration with AutoForm France and other partners a seminar dedicated to "New Hot Forming Technologies" on Thursday, October 29th...
Options for Effective Draw Bead Modelling
Do you ever think about the numerous options for draw bead modelling? When and why should we use numerical line beads?
When is it...
Simulation Accuracy: Input Definition and Results Interpretation
Has it ever happened to you? A simulation report shows a design is safe – green with no splitting failures, no red or yellow...
Have you been burned by minimum blank quotes?
Has this happened to you? The sales department wins a job for process engineering, die design, tool build, and stamping production. Upon review of...
Simultaneous Engineering Case Study – KTH Parts Industries
KTH Parts Industries has a relatively unique position in the automotive stamping industry; they are a tier-1 automotive parts supplier, serving only one customer...
Virtual Tryout or Process Engineering?
In simulation, there is ongoing effort to prove who can claim to be the best at “virtual tryout.” Product brochures and websites promote software...
Springback Compensation, when not to try
In previous posts, we discussed the industry challenge of springback. Everybody wants a springback “silver bullet” or easy solution for Springback Compensation—alternative geometry in...
Parameters for Hot Forming and Quenching: Engineering and Design
Have you ever defined a hot forming process virtually?
How do you determine which design and process parameters are required for the production...
Why is springback worse for HSS and AHSS?
It seems that you cannot have a discussion about High Strength Steel (HSS) and Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) without springback shortly becoming the...
Material Matters: as-shipped vs. as-engineered material
Are all coils created equal? Various coils have potentially different mechanical properties. Source image attribution: www.terexmphs.com
In tryout and production the engineering “boundary conditions” used...
Tryout and Simulation results don’t match? Now what?
Significant wrinkling in draw operation? What leads to this behavior?
As a provider of software for metal forming simulation, on occasion customers will contact our...
Optimal Stamping Process Plans
To face the metal forming challenges of the future we need to employ methods to engineer processes wherein we evaluate decisions across a broader...
Success Story: Fontana Pietro
In the January issue of MetalForming Magazine, Italian tool designer and developer Fontana Pietro shares how they have successfully standardized their process for building...
Which way to optimum?
Whenever planning sheet metal stamping products and processes, the goal is always to design the “optimum” process. However, the search for the optimum is...
We think in Sheet Metal
For the launch of our AutoFormplus R4 version in 2012 we adopted the motto of “Wir denken in Blech” or “We think in Sheet...
