AutoForm Incremental simulation technology includes the ability to design, develop and simulate both sheet hydroforming and tube hydroforming problems, including tube bending and forming (crushing).
The SME market has experienced the power of AutoForm simulation technology via StampingSimulation.com since April 2007 for traditional sheet metal parts pressed in a mechanical process. Smaller and medium size companies can now also access the same benefits for their tube and hydroforming processes, that simulation technology brings.
Tube Bending Simulations
Tube bending problems are designed, developed and simulated based on a final design of a tube product. The entire bending process is designed and simulated and all tooling components (mandrels, beads, etc) are developed as part of the simulation and provided as outputs of a SimulateComplete job. Tube bending is often the first step of a complete HydroForming process.
Tube Forming Simulations
A tube forming problem may be an end form where the tube is crushed by external tooling, to form a desired feature. Simulation outputs include the usual formability, thinning and force results, in addition to a full incremental simulation of the forming process. Tube forming is usually the second step of a complete HydroForming process.
Tube Hydro Forming Simulations
After tube bending and forming takes place, the hydro forming process is usually the last process, although any process can be simulated individually. After the tube is formed between two female dies, hydro pressure is applied from both ends of the open tube. The resulting metal deformation is simulated and captures the usual outputs showing
formability and thinning, predicting splits, thin spots and wrinkles.
Sheet Hydro Forming Simulations Sheet hydro forming is not similar to the above mentioned tube forming simulations, but is a closer match to the traditional mechanical press process. However, it differs in that ONE of the solid tools is replaced by hydro-mechanical pressure, usually the female die cavity. The hydro pressure is commonly contained within a flexible bladder into which a solid punch travels, with the sheet metal blank in between. The punch is surrounded by a solid ring, to act as a binder surface while the sheet is drawn into the hydro filled bladder. This process is simulated and the usual outputs are available.
About StampingSimulation.com
StampingSimulation.com is a world wide team of specialist forming simulation and sheet metal forming engineers. With resources across three continents (North America, Europe and Australasia) we are uniquely placed to offer fast turn around times on all structural simulation, hydro forming simulations, ANSYS simulations and sheet metal forming simulations.
About AutoForm
The SME market has experienced the power of AutoForm simulation technology via StampingSimulation.com since April 2007 for traditional sheet metal parts pressed in a mechanical process. Smaller and medium size companies can now also access the same benefits for their tube and hydroforming processes, that simulation technology brings.
Tube Bending Simulations
Tube bending problems are designed, developed and simulated based on a final design of a tube product. The entire bending process is designed and simulated and all tooling components (mandrels, beads, etc) are developed as part of the simulation and provided as outputs of a SimulateComplete job. Tube bending is often the first step of a complete HydroForming process.
Tube Forming Simulations
A tube forming problem may be an end form where the tube is crushed by external tooling, to form a desired feature. Simulation outputs include the usual formability, thinning and force results, in addition to a full incremental simulation of the forming process. Tube forming is usually the second step of a complete HydroForming process.
Tube Hydro Forming Simulations
After tube bending and forming takes place, the hydro forming process is usually the last process, although any process can be simulated individually. After the tube is formed between two female dies, hydro pressure is applied from both ends of the open tube. The resulting metal deformation is simulated and captures the usual outputs showing
formability and thinning, predicting splits, thin spots and wrinkles.
Sheet Hydro Forming Simulations Sheet hydro forming is not similar to the above mentioned tube forming simulations, but is a closer match to the traditional mechanical press process. However, it differs in that ONE of the solid tools is replaced by hydro-mechanical pressure, usually the female die cavity. The hydro pressure is commonly contained within a flexible bladder into which a solid punch travels, with the sheet metal blank in between. The punch is surrounded by a solid ring, to act as a binder surface while the sheet is drawn into the hydro filled bladder. This process is simulated and the usual outputs are available.
About StampingSimulation.com
StampingSimulation.com is a world wide team of specialist forming simulation and sheet metal forming engineers. With resources across three continents (North America, Europe and Australasia) we are uniquely placed to offer fast turn around times on all structural simulation, hydro forming simulations, ANSYS simulations and sheet metal forming simulations.
About AutoForm
AutoForm offers software solutions for the die-making and sheet metal forming industries, and is recognized by the Top 20 automobile producers and their customers, as the number one provider of software for product formability, die face design and virtual tryouts to the global automotive industry.
The use of AutoForm software improves reliability in planning, reduces the number of die tryouts and tryout time, and results in higher quality part and tool designs that can be produced with maximum confidence. In addition, press downtime and reject rates in production are substantially reduced.
