Die Engineering Pty Ltd, Brisbane was recently commissioned to manufacture a forming die for a simple 1.6mm stainless steel product. The process involved a developed cut, through which a forming punch would extrude material to produce a flange. While the process was relatively simple, calculating the correct cutting shape and pad pressure, was best determined with forming simulation.
"The first hit was a great success. The flange height was within 0.1mm of required height. The form was true and the raised lip almost perfect in shape and no wrinkles first time! After this outcome I would not hesitate to use Stamping Simulation again." Paul Elliston - Director, Die Engineering Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia.
The traditional method is to calculate pressures manually and develop the cutting profile via trial and error on the shop floor. However, sheet metal forming simulation quickly and more accurately determines these variables, based on a 3D simulation of the metal forming process.
The simulated result is equivalent to building the tooling and testing it, but the real benefit is the ability to make adjustments to any tooling inputs to correctly determine important metal forming parameters. The sheet metal forming simulation found that the springs were inadequate and that the proposed hole shape needed adjusting. It was possible to redesign the spring size, strength and quantity to match the forming simulation results and change the locator shape to suit the newinner hole shape. These changes were made during tool design phase, before the tool was built,saving large amounts of time and cost on the shop floor.
About StampingSimulation.com
StampingSimulation.com is a world wide team of specialist stamping simulation and sheet metal stamping engineers. With resources across three continents (North America, Europe and Australisia) we are uniquely placed to offer fast turn around times on all structural simulation, hydro forming simulations, ANSYS simulations and sheet metal stamping simulations.
Using the power of the AutoForm suite of software the StampingSimulation.com team canhelp tool and die manufacturers and designers with spring back, forming forces and helpdevelop blank shapes accurately.
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The traditional method is to calculate pressures manually and develop the cutting profile via trial and error on the shop floor. However, sheet metal forming simulation quickly and more accurately determines these variables, based on a 3D simulation of the metal forming process.
The simulated result is equivalent to building the tooling and testing it, but the real benefit is the ability to make adjustments to any tooling inputs to correctly determine important metal forming parameters. The sheet metal forming simulation found that the springs were inadequate and that the proposed hole shape needed adjusting. It was possible to redesign the spring size, strength and quantity to match the forming simulation results and change the locator shape to suit the newinner hole shape. These changes were made during tool design phase, before the tool was built,saving large amounts of time and cost on the shop floor.
About StampingSimulation.com
StampingSimulation.com is a world wide team of specialist stamping simulation and sheet metal stamping engineers. With resources across three continents (North America, Europe and Australisia) we are uniquely placed to offer fast turn around times on all structural simulation, hydro forming simulations, ANSYS simulations and sheet metal stamping simulations.
Using the power of the AutoForm suite of software the StampingSimulation.com team canhelp tool and die manufacturers and designers with spring back, forming forces and helpdevelop blank shapes accurately.
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