Monthly Archives: July 2021
Understanding Process Robustness Prior to Tool Compensation
Removing the Unpredictability Before it’s Too Late
While some medium strength steels show predictable springback behavior, most higher strength steels, complex phase steels, and even...
AutoForm Assembly Launch – Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together: Video On Demand
In an earlier post, I shared that AutoForm had some ideas on how to improve Body-in-White Assembly accuracy, and in March and April of...
Textbook vs. Simulation: Does It Hold Up?
A Look Into the Past
While it’s constantly developing and updating, tube hydroforming technology has been around for quite some time — enabling the creation...
When the “Real” Drawbeads Conflict With Engineering Intent
Systematic Process Improvement for Drawbeads vs. Manual Trial and Error
Tool tryout is an iterative process that aims to deliver a die capable of producing...
Effect of Forming on Zinc Coating Quality of Flat Steels
Inside the R&D Department of a Steel Supplier with Emin Tamer Located in Bursa, West Turkey, Borçelik is a major steel manufacturer with a production...
Busting Myths Using AutoForm: an Anonymous Case Study from India
What Is the Most Intuitive Countermeasure to Resolve a Split? If your answer is “reducing drawbead strength,” then you will be surprised by the article’s...
Springback Reduction with Systematic Process Improvement for an Inner Hood
Early Work Pays Off: Establishing Countermeasures with Early Robustness Studies In this blog post, readers learn how the range of springback can be reduced in...
