What’s the Importance of a Digital Process Model in My Manufacturing...
By name, a Digital Process Model implies a digital representation of, in our case, a Stamping Manufacturing Process. This Digital Process Model includes a...
Smart Engineering for Smart Tool Tryout and Production
What tool shop and production plant managers should have handy when unexpected issues arise For those who missed this online event it’s not too late...
Research on Aiming for the “Zero Defect” Production Process Using Inline...
Coverage of a Research Paper Published by Politecnico Di Bari Italy
In recent years, the automotive industry has embraced a path of constant evolution with...
Advanced Formability Analysis: Moving Beyond the Limitations of the Traditional FLD...
Stamping processes have reached unprecedented levels of complexity. Sharp edges and quick curvature changes, previously deemed unfeasible, are now often incorporated to meet aesthetic...
38% Material Savings at Engenharia Sigma Brazil Overcomes High Scrap Rate
Providing CAD/CAM services since 1998, Enginharia Sigma decided in 2008 to enter the stamping simulation field, aiming to promote the access to this technology...
Chassis Maker Huizhong Cuts Process Design Time by 50% & Avoids...
Huizhong is one of China’s largest chassis makers. As part of the SAIC Group, Huizhong delivers chassis to affiliates like SAIC General Motors, SAIC...
Digital Twin Applications in Today’s Automotive BiW Process Chain
What automotive managers need to know about digital twin applications
For a limited time, you can access the on-demand video of this event! Digital twins play...
The Digital Twin: Theory vs Reality
Although it has only recently gained familiarity in the industry, “Digital Twin” was a term first introduced by David Gelernter in his book Mirror...
An Over the Shoulder Look: Surface Development for Stamping Tools
Simulating the manufacturing process for stamped products is increasingly critical in today´s world. To achieve results that will match reality, it is important to...
Creating Digital Process Twins in BiW Engineering
What managers and engineers working in the automotive stamping industry should consider when creating a digital process twin For a limited time, you can access...
Tier 1 Japanese Parts Supplier Uses Robustness Analysis to Solve Forming...
Why Relying on a Single Incremental Simulation is Not Ideal
A major Tier 1 parts supplier, referred to hereafter as the “customer”, once relied on...
BAIC Motor’s Digital Hemming Workflow Delivers High-Quality Closures for Highest Crash...
Hemming is the major technique used to join inner and outer panels in automotive closure parts. A high quality and robust hemming process ensures...
Smart Production Based on Smart Engineered Models
Why Smart Production Needs to Begin With Engineering Opportunities for Process Engineers
The automotive industry is currently focusing heavily on digitalization and automation technologies to...
Part and Tool Compensation Methodologies to Achieve BiW Assembly Accuracy
For a limited time, you can access the on-demand video of this event! For years, stamping simulation through AutoForm has afforded users the knowledge to...
Novel Hot Stamping Lines & Tooling for 6xxx & 7xxx Aluminum...
Presented by Fagor Arrasate, Spain. The weight reduction of vehicle parts has been a key priority for meeting the demand of reducing fuel consumption and...
An Inside Story: Transformation of OEM/Supplier Relations Through Digital Tools
Establishing Value Engineering Software Brings Supply Chain Cost Efficiency
In this blog post, we first explore how implementing a rapid value engineering system at the...
State-of-the-Art Quoting Processes: Finding Optimum Cost Targets for Tools and Stamped...
Automatic Tool Cost Calculations vs. Excel Spreadsheets
Competition in the auto parts market is growing every day, forcing companies to work within strict budgets to...
Digital Die Spotting: Hot Stamping Challenges Part 6
Series index. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 In the development of stamping tools, one difficulty facing toolmakers is...
Friction and Realistic Tribology: Hot Stamping Challenges Part 5
Series index. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 Although hot stamping is now an established method, numerical analysis of...
Achieving Process Accuracy Using Advanced Solver and Evaluation Standards
For a limited time, you can access the on-demand video of this event! Higher quality standards, shorter delivery times, more cost-effective and flexible production are...
The Evolution of Stamping in Russia: Per Aspera ad Astra –...
Vladimir Kirichenko at Alpha Automotive Technologies Confirms Russian Industry Developments When working with OEMs in multiple territories ranging from Brazil to Russia, a smooth and...
New Generation Tailored Tempering Methods: Hot Stamping Challenges Part 4
Series index. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 What is new about new generation methods? In fact, tailored tempering is...
How an Advanced Friction Modelling Improves the Simulation Accuracy of Hot...
It is clearly known that the friction during both cold and hot stamping process is not constant and it has strong dependency to several...
Heated Tools: Solving the Challenge of Tool Surface Temperature Distribution: Hot...
Series index. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 The use of both cooled and heated segments in a single...
Groundbreaking Advanced Friction Modelling for Hot Stamping Simulations
The weakest link in hot stamping… until today
For a limited time, you can access the on-demand video of this event! Until recently, frictional behavior during...
Simulation Approaches to Super Plastic Forming (SPF) Process: Hot Forming Challenges...
Series index. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 What’s so super about superplastic forming? Superplasticity is the ability of...
Another Compensation Example?
What would you have done? For a limited time, you can access the on-demand video of this event! We cannot discuss the compensation process enough. Starting...
Process Engineering with New Materials: Hot Stamping Challenges Part 1
Series index. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 In the last decade, new generation grades have been introduced to...
Steel trends in North American Automotive Applications
A (Subjective) Recap from GDIS 2021
The one-day GDIS (Great Designs in Steel Seminar) is a longstanding mid-spring annual hosted by the steel industry in...
Use Guidelines and Standards to Rapidly Develop Your Formability Employees and...
What if there was a way to effectively share your company's know-how with all employees? Before joining AutoForm, I managed a group of formability engineers...
