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Skid Lines Don’t Have To Be a Surprise
Make sure to include skid lines as part of your analysis method
A product that looks good sells well — and a product that looks...
Hiring a Simulation Consultant: A Post-Covid & Post-Brexit Trend?
The Nick Sephton Start-Up Story British toolmaking expert Nick Sephton shares his perspective on why Tier One suppliers are increasingly hiring external simulation services and...
Which Material Properties to Use When No Beskar Steel Card Is Available — the...
When is an equivalent not an equivalent? Understanding the challenges behind equivalent material grades
The clever folks in our social media marketing department previously published...
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...
Why Perfect Stampings do Not Produce Perfect Assemblies
“What do we need to change to make it work?” This is most likely the first question that pops into your mind after the...
Making Tools that Don’t Require Modification: Japanese Roof Reinforcement Case Study
The Path of Least Resistance Starts with Geometrical Design In this post, an anonymous Japanese customer shares their case study targeting an issue with springback....
Streamlining Digital Engineering Processes Spearheads Success at Curve Engineering
When OEMs Only Accept CATIA Data: Steve Hackett Interview
As the founder and director of Curve Engineering — a consultancy specializing in part forming simulations,...
Early Evaluation of Springback During Part Feasibility
Traditionally, springback compensation is performed at the very end of the stamping simulation process and is largely based on tribal knowledge. Early work is...
See the Video: Breaking Silos through Digital Transformation in Car Body Manufacturing
See the Video: “Breaking Silos through Digital Transformation in Car Body Manufacturing” - The Car Body Conference 2021 Presented by Christoph Weber Over the past...
Proform France Increases Productivity with AutoForm TubeXpert
Proform experiences gains along its process chain thanks to the simulation of tube hydroforming
Proform is an SME from GP group, located near Lyon in...
Mahindra Tool and Die Plant: Hood Outer Springback Reduction without Springback Compensation
For skin panels, springback compensation is difficult, as it may result in surface defects. Thus, efforts should be made to minimize springback by addressing...
Digital Die Spotting Delivers Cost and Time Savings for H.I.T Automotive Korea
Die spotting man-hours and cost reduction case study
H.I.T Automotive is a partner of European OEMs and Die Makers, which was established in 2001 is...
Got Electric Vehicles? The Tipping Point is Near: EV Sales May Overtake Gasoline Powered...
Is it time to cross the chasm to mainstream EV adoption? NIO, Li Auto, Tesla and other electric vehicle (EV) stocks and car sales have...
A Class Aluminum Hood Outer Panel Within Tolerance in the First Tool Tryout: The...
Bringing Digital Engineering to Reality Sees Panels Within Tolerance in the First Tryout Loop Over the last years, Chinese OEMs and tool shops have built...
Airplane Cockpit Reduced from Two Hundred Parts to One: Sheet Metal Simulation Tested for...
A Rare Glimpse into Aerospace Forming and the Unique Method of Calibrating Forces during Forming According to the Digital Master Hugo Groeneveld, R & D...
Puzzle Pieces and the Jigsaw of Assembling the Body in White …and why this...
2020 was a long year, and most of us spent more time indoors than we would have liked. I’ve noticed on social media that...
The Robust Engineered Model (REM)
A New Digital Simulation Methodology to Add Value to the Digital Process Chain and to Support Decision Makers, Reducing Risk and Uncertainty In this blog...
An Open Challenge: How Would YOU Improve These Inner Door Surfaces?
To Achieve Surface Quality, In-House Saves Time In this blog post, Ronald Peck from AutoForm USA explains how a local company took on new responsibilities,...
A Success Case for Compensation of High-Strength Steel: Reducing the Gap Between Simulation...
Today, I would like to talk about the high-strength steel part compensation analysis of our long-time customer, IJS (Ilji Tech Tooling Factory). IJS manufactures...
Why For Many Using a Correct Material Card is Still a Lottery?!?
Why Material Cards are STILL a Major Issue in Part Forming Simulation
In this article, AutoForm’s Technical Product Manager Andy Walker describes the attitudes and...
How to Determine the Initial Patch Outline in Hot Stamping? Three Different Approaches...
This blog post discusses the topic of forming a blank containing a patch. While the shape and position of the patch on the part...
Untapping the Value Potential of Digital Transformation: The Digital Process Model as Enabler
The Digital Process Model for Stamping and Body-in-White Assembly (Part 2) TThe future is digital. It’s better to futureproof yourself and join the digital transformation!...
Automotive Industry Trends and Challenges: Process Management Today
Full Digitalization of the Stamping and Body-in-White Assembly Process Chain (Part 1) T
he future is digital. It’s better to futureproof yourself and join the digital...
Saving 1.8 Million Dollars with Blank Optimization in the Process of Reaching Your Greenhouse...
Introduction In the sheet metal forming industry, reducing CO2 emissions is increasingly imperative for two main reasons. First, to increase sustainability and convey a green...
