Making a Replica 1960s Sports Car BiW out of Just 30...
Sports cars are the epitome of extreme engineering, with their unique design requirements making them particularly challenging to build. The body-in-white (BiW) of sports...
How to Avoid Financial Risk at an Early Stage of Part...
Early Feasibility: Doing it Right (or Wrong) From the Start
This blog post emerged from an urgent call we received from one of our customers....
Virtual Maturation Methods for Pre-Hem Flange Development
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Bringing the Digital Twin Concept to Tryout & Production: Digitalization Manager...
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Welcome to the final installment of our blog series...
How the Digital Twin Concept Transforms Tool Design & Construction: Digitalization...
This blog series is given in four parts.
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Welcome to part three of our blog series on...
Improving Material Utilization for Sheet Metal Components
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Hitting a Home Run on the Second Swing with Generic Compensation
Striving to establish a connection between the virtual world of engineering software and the tangible realm of manufacturing production is a worthy goal. However,...
How the Digital Twin Concept Affects Planning & Budgeting: Digitalization Manager...
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Welcome to part two of our blog series on...
The Stamped Parts Digital Twin in its Early Stages: Digitalization ...
Introduction: The development of stamped parts for the industry is generally considered as a well-established segment, where the technologies involved (3D modeling, CNC programming, etc.)...
Full Tracking of Material Properties from Coil to Assembly for Hydro-forming...
Engineering work increasingly relies on simulation results to avoid unexpected problems and achieve planned performance prior to building costly prototypes or starting production. Proper...
GAC China: Low-Cost Dashboard Panel Stamping Process
Introduction
In this article, we examine the optimization of the dashboard panel by Chinese automobile manufacturer GAC. After ten years of using AutoForm, the company...
Schuler and AutoForm: Press Shop 4.0 through Smart Engineering
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Revisiting Pittman’s Top Four Common Pitfalls in Stamping Engineering: Do You...
Bill Pittman, the Stamping Feasibility Manager for a global Automotive manufacturer, is known for his engineering philosophy to produce high quality parts with minimal...
Is Compensation Complex?
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AHK Automotive Circle: Your China Auto Market Update
We kicked off the new event series "AHK Automotive Circle" by the German Chamber of Commerce with a breakfast session at AutoForm's Shanghai office...
The Role of Steel in the Transition to Electric Vehicles: Opportunities...
As the automotive industry undergoes a monumental shift toward electric vehicles (EVs), various sectors are experiencing significant changes and opportunities. One such sector is...
Stellantis Brazil Achieves Significant Savings in Process Investments and Part Cost...
One of the major challenges in implementing simulation resources in engineering processes in companies is how to justify this kind of investment and how...
Transforming Barriers into Bridges: Opening Departmental Silos Through Digital Transformation
The automotive industry has always been at the edge of technological development, challenging the status quo as for instance in Henry Ford's feat that...
KIA: The Total Benefits of Successful Digital Transformation, Part III: Failures...
This is part three of a three part hot forming series exploring how KIA has researched the current technologies which enable digitalization in hot...
EPALFER Portugal Achieves Agile Planning & Bidding
How EPALFER from Portugal shortened their planning and bidding phase In 2020, EPALFER, a toolmaker based in Portugal dedicated to developing and constructing stamping tools...
KIA Success in the Digital Transformation in Hot Stamped Parts, Part...
A Focus on the Product and Business Processes of Manufacturing Ecosystems This is part two of a three part hot forming series exploring how KIA...
Talkin’ Bout My Generation
This article first appeared in the February 2023 Automotive Special Issue of MetalForming magazine (www.metalformingmagazine.com), and is reprinted here with permission granted by the...
THE QUEST FOR FIRST HIT PASS OUTCOMES
Excerpted from a pre-release publication tentatively titled “Brickwalls and Barricades: The Quest for Flawless Execution of First Hit Pass Outcomes”, this article introduces actual...
KIA: Successful Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Process Engineering, Part I
Driving fundamental changes through the digitalization process This is part one of a three part series exploring how KIA has researched the current technologies which...
Aerospace Company DOMAERO Takes Controlled Risks Thanks to Numeric Simulation
DOMAERO, a French aerospace supplier est. in 1990, is specialized in sheet metal forming for the civil, defense, and space markets. Its customers, main...
In Pictures! How Hydroforming Can Replace Sheet Metal Stamping in the...
Introduction
In the quest for improved competitiveness, industries are constantly seeking effective methods to reduce costs and time in their manufacturing processes and operations. To...
Forging the “Ring of Power” – How Realistic Is the Material...
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. Continuing our...
Evolving Hemming Process Development
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Experience Meets the Right Tools for Success: Bill Pittman Explains His...
Introduction
Bill Pittman is the Stamping Feasibility Manager for the North American center of an international OEM. The job title can have varying interpretations in...
A Smart and Systematic Approach for Tube Forming Engineering
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