Quintus Technologies: Optimizing Sheet Metal Forming for Aircraft Doorframes
Submitted by: Eric Blasiman, Business Development Manager – SMF Sales
Introduction: In this blog, we will explore how Quintus Technologies has revolutionized the sheet metal...
My Thirty-Eight-Year Career in Tool & Die
Michigan has the largest number of tool and die shops supplying the North American automotive stamping industry. Grand Rapids, on the western side of...
Join the AutoForm Global Webinar: Efficient Solution to Fix Tolerance Issues...
Being an expert in body-in-white, you likely encounter daily challenges related to the dimensional accuracy of assemblies. Whether it concerns doors, closures, structural sub-assemblies,...
Japanese Tool Maker RAPIIT: On Innovating the Prototype Stamping Processes
Rapiit is a company located in Akaiwa City, Okayama, specializing in prototype stampings, tool design, and tool making for automotive parts manufacturers. Rapiit increasingly...
PT. Adyawinsa Stamping Industries: Enhanced Springback Prediction for HSS Material in...
PT Adyawinsa Stamping Industry, established in Karawang, Indonesia in 2005, is a part and tool supplier (including also jig fixtures, racks, etc.) for automakers...
Is it Time to Change the Die Spotting Workflow? The SAIC...
In this blog, we’ll discuss a test and its outcomes that helped Chinese OEM SAIC GM Wuling (SGMW) to make an informed decision about...
Join the AutoForm Global Webinar: Lightweighting Made Easy with Hot Metal...
The world of sheet metal forming is evolving and hot stamping is at the forefront of this revolution. Hot stamping processes of sheet metal...
Influence of Roughness on the Numerical Simulation of the Tribological System...
The quality of a part punched by the sheet metal forming process is directly related to the tribology and the frictional conditions acting in...
One of General Motors’ Approaches for Springback Compensation with AutoForm
Springback is a phenomenon we just can't avoid in sheet metal forming. Depending on the part geometry, material and die face design, we'll observe...
Volvo Cars Precision Study: Assessing the Impact of Tooling Roughness on...
In a collaborative study, AutoForm, Volvo Cars, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden analyzed the influence...
Join the AutoForm Global Webinar: Process Design with a New Approach,...
We are thrilled by the tremendous interest and engagement in our last webinar! Due to the great response and feedback from our community, we...
Nissan Production Enhancement: Robustness Analysis Identifies Factors Behind Unexpected Splits
Nissan Motors, facing unexpected splits during mass production, launched a project to identify the influencing factors using simulation. Here’s how the project unfolded. Lightweighting Woes...
Mondragon & Ford: Advanced Friction Models for Industrial Stamping Process Simulation
Sheet metal forming is a cornerstone of mass production, producing complex shapes with high accuracy and minimal waste. This intricate process involves several stages...
Join the AutoForm Global Webinar: Virtual Tool Buy-Off as Stamping Process...
Theory and practice on why and how to embed this method in the stamping process engineering In this webinar, we will explore: Why virtual tool...
Aerospace Case: SATE Leverages Simulation to Gain Design Expertise
In our previous articles, we covered how aerospace part supplier Senior Aerospace Thermal Engineering (SATE) a UK-based aerospace component manufacturer and part of Senior...
Process Design with a New Approach
For those who missed this online event, you can now see the webinar video! Please note: this video will only be available to the public...
SATE: The New Aerospace Stamping Case
In our previous article, we covered how aerospace part supplier Senior Aerospace Thermal Engineering (SATE) a UK-based aerospace component manufacturer and part of Senior...
SATE UK: Advancing Aerospace Part Design and Production through Simulation
Introduction
Simulation software, a longtime staple in the automobile industry, is gaining momentum in aerospace engineering for designing parts and stamping processes. In this article, we...
How to Achieve Accurate Material Simulations If You are Not Able...
How to get accurate simulations without spending a fortune on complex material testing? Tata Steel experts have developed advanced material models for forming limit curves...
Continued Evolution of BiW Assembly Process Development
For those who missed this online event, you can now see the webinar video! Please note: this video will only be available to the public...
Meconet Wins Stamping Clients: Quantifying Simulation Cost Savings
Meconet is a North-European manufacturer of high-quality stamping panels for forestry harvesting vehicles, off-road vehicles, and various other applications, serving clients like AGCO, John Deere,...
Validating Assembly: Has a New Era of Digital Prototyping in BiW...
Examining a real case study to assess our current standing
Our ultimate goal is to build car bodies efficiently, striving for the quickest turnaround and...
Spring Symposium of the NADDRG: Pulling Back the Curtain on Industry-Relevant...
The recent and accelerating trend towards electrification of vehicle drive trains has added urgency to the automotive industry’s challenge of building attractive vehicles that...
Digital Tool Compensation Methodology: Rapid Creation of Compensated and Validated CAD...
For those who missed this online event, you can now see the webinar video! Please note: this video will only be available to the public...
Five Statements from Women at General Motors on Our Industry
The automotive industry is undergoing rapid transformation, fueled by innovation in technology and the changing face of its workforce. Women are playing a key...
Three Volkswagen Women Have Their Say on Women in Stamping
Celebrating International Women’s Day in the BiW Stamping & Assembly Industry The automotive industry is undergoing rapid transformation, fueled by innovation in technology and the...
Two Women from Delga Brazil on Women in Stamping Today
On Overcoming Obstacles for Women in Stamping
This is part two of our Women in Stamping Series, celebrating equality and opportunity.
See Part 1 | See Part 2 |...
Women in Stamping: Navigating the Engineering World
Is the engineering world an inclusive working environment offering equal opportunity? Is the industry doing enough to encourage women to pursue both hands-on engineering...
Design with Confidence: Reduce Risk with Early Feasibility Analysis
For those who missed this online event, you can now see the webinar video! Please note: this video will only be available to the public...
Innovation in Action: How Simulation Resolves Manufacturing Assembly Challenges
Introduction
The last few decades have seen a tremendous surge in productivity in the development of Body-in-White (BiW) components. Forming tools and processes are now...
