Implement immediate feasibility analyses of sheet metal parts at the design stage to enhance design for manufacturability (DFM) quality to eradicate re-work and cut the total engineering changes after part design release
FASTFORM® ADVANCED
Body in White (BIW) Formability Assessment, Spring-back Analysis and Blank Shape Development
- Supports users to calculate part and process feasibility quickly and easily as well as define blank shape and spring back for sheet metal components.
- Recognizes formability challenges (splits/wrinkles) empowering users to employ design modifications earlier in the product life cycle, saving time as well as money.
- Makes use of FTI’s proprietary Coupled Hybrid Inverse (CHI) solver for speedy and precise results.
• Detects product design changes that enhance quality, material utilization, and decrease weight and costs for optimum material usage
• Builds minimum blank size and guarantees no blank overlap
• Precisely classifies splits and wrinkles using Forming Limit Diagram (FLD), Safety Zone in addition to Thickness Strain, Major/ Minor Strain, etc.
• Estimates Springback to predict issues for tooling and support information for Tolerance Negotiation
• Reports encapsulate product design problems and material utilization delivering first level communication between product and tooling suppliers (internal/external)
COSTOPTIMIZER® Advanced
Formability Risk Assessment, Material Utilization Cost Estimation
- Combines the power of FTI’s leading formability analysis, blank development, and blank nesting tools with dedicated product and process optimization tools that support identify design changes that decrease material expenses while significantly dropping the number of engineering design changes instigated by formability problems.
- Likewise suited for line die or progressive die components and can detect product design modifications that enhance material utilization and reduce costs.
- Employed by cost engineers and product engineers to carry out formability risk assessment, build specific blank shapes, handle material utilization and determines target costs for sheet metal components.
- Costing/Product engineers can calculate multiple manufacturing layouts leads to obtain an enhanced procedure.
Highlights And Advantages
• Finds product design modifications that can lead to better material consumption and lower costs
• Detects product design changes that enhance quality, material utilization, and reduce weight and costs for optimal material usage
• Enhances quote precision to better position in the company/P>
• Precisely recognizes splits and wrinkles using Forming Limit Diagram (FLD), Safety Zone in supplement to Thickness Strain, Major/ Minor Strain, etc.
• Analyses Spring-back to forecast concerns for tooling and deliver information for Tolerance Negotiation
• Reports summarize product design issues and material utilization delivering first level communication between product and tooling suppliers (internal/external)
• Fosters confidence and trust with customers/suppliers
CATSTAMP®
Automotive body in white formability assessment, spring-back analysis, and blank shape development.
- Enables users to estimate part and process feasibility instantly and easily as well as determine blank shape and spring back
- Detects formability problems (splits/wrinkles) facilitating users to apply design changes prior in the product life cycle, saving time and money.
- CATSTAMP® V6 is an embedded application within the 3D Experience native environment and uses FTI’s proprietary Coupled Hybrid Inverse (CHI) solver for rapid and precise forming feasibility analysis.
- Also enables engineers to implement Key Product Requirement (KPR) and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) techniques.
• Identifies product design changes that improve quality, material utilization, and reduce weight and costs for optimal material usage
• Develops minimum blank size and ensures no blank overlap
• Accurately identifies splits and wrinkles using Forming Limit Diagram (FLD), Safety Zone in addition to Thickness Strain, Major/ Minor Strain, etc.
• Calculates Spring-back to predict issues for tooling and provide information for Tolerance Negotiation or to add design features to reduce spring-back
• Reports summarize product design issues and material utilization providing first level communication between product and tooling suppliers (internal/external)