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Virtual Tool Buy-Off: Opportunities to Mitigate Stamping Die Cost And Risks
A 2008 survey of selected OEM and Tier-1 stamping die build organizations, conducted by the Transportation Research Institute of the University of Michigan, produced...
Digital Twin Applications in Today’s Automotive BiW Process Chain
Understanding the relationship between stamped part and BiW assembly quality For those who missed this online event, you can now see the webinar video! Please note:...
Prototyping Stamped Parts: A Winning Strategy for Formatype
Formatype is a company that designs, processes, and manufactures complex shaped metal parts for prototyping, pre-production, or small series. From costing to development for...
Digital Die Spotting: How Franci S.r.l. Streamlines Their Tryout Process
How tool shops can benefit from an accurate application of the digital die spotting For those who missed this online event, you can now see...
Mitsubishi Motors Compares Four Software Brands for Compensated Surface Creation: AutoForm Wins! Man-Hours Reduced...
New Compensation Workflow Optimizes Process Planning to Tool Creation
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (hereafter called MMC) executed an evaluation of four different software packages that support...
Real Die Spotting: a Talk with Italian Toolmaker Franci
The main goal of the fourth industrial revolution, the so-called Industry 4.0, is to design and produce at a faster pace than ever before....
The Digital Process Twin: Business Case and ROI for Automotive OEM’s
The Digital Process Twin for Stamping and Body-in-White Assembly (Part 3) The future is digital. It’s better to futureproof yourself and join the digital transformation!...
Production Support Methodologies to Achieve BiW Assembly Accuracy
Improving BiW assembly accuracy by eliminating physical trial and error studies For those who missed this online event, you can now see the webinar video! Please...
How Italy’s Fontana Group is Using AutoForm’s Assembly Solution to revolutionize their BiW Assembly...
Introduction
Body-in-White (BiW) refers to the stage in automobile manufacturing where a car’s frame is put together to arrive at the vehicle’s basic structure. Processes...
A Matter of Consistency in the Process Approach to the Smart Factory
Where is Consistency Required in the Smart Engineering Model? One of the quality management principles described in the ISO 9001-2015 fifth edition is the...
Influence of Local Roughness in Stamping Tools
Numerical simulation of sheet metal forming processes has become an indispensable industry tool. Although the complexity of the frictional behavior is identified as a...
Accelerate Your Stamping Process Feasibility Through Geometry Ideation and Systematic Improvement
Knowing what you want to make, and making it could be separated by too much time For those who missed this online event, you can...
Differences between Steel and Aluminum: a Practical Review
Diversifying the customer base is a common tactic companies often take to avoid financial troubles when a central customer experiences unexpected production problems. At...
Seamless Chaining of Digital Engineering and Validation
In today’s technologically fast-paced manufacturing realm, companies can operate smoothly and efficiently if they have the proper software tools to aid them in achieving...
Increasing Crash Safety of BiW Assemblies
Press hardened tubes manufactured by Hot Metal Gas Forming (HMGF) For those who missed this online event, you can now see the webinar video! Please note:...
The Future of the Press Shop, an Integration Exercise Across Diverse Technologies, Cultures, and...
As we continue to explore topics related to digital twin technologies and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we now turn to the future of the...
Onatus Engineering Describes the Challenges of Achieving Class A Skin Panels
The Class A surface determines a consumer’s first impression of the quality of the entire product, so it should be perfect without any defects....
Simulation as Part of Continual System Improvement
Manufacturing a product that meets quality targets in the most efficient manner possible is the overarching goal of the sheet metal industry. This means...
What’s the Importance of a Digital Process Model in My Manufacturing Process?
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 Process Control Based...
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 for an Accurate...
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 Manual Errors through...
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 Defects in Mass...
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 Safety and Cuts...
Hemming is the major technique used to join inner and outer panels in automotive closure parts. A high quality and robust hemming process ensures...
