Solutions Simufact forming Overview Simufact Engineering is an

Solutions – Simufact. forming • Overview – Simufact Engineering is an internationally operating software company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany providing software for the design and optimization of manufacturing processes by means of process simulation. – Simufact. forming is the industry leading simulation software for metal forming and heat -treatment processes. The simulation software package is used world-wide by manufacturing companies large & small, for a wide variety of manufacturing processes, like cold forming, closed & open die hot forging, incremental forming, ring-rolling, sheet metal forging, and many more. 1

Solutions – Simufact. forming • Benefits • Reduce costs in tool and process development through – Fewer testing of tools – Less production downtime for trial runs – Shorter development times • Cost reduction in serial production through: – Increased tool life – Optimized utilisation of machine capacity – Less material waste (optimized material flow) • Increase process stability through: – Better knowledge about details of the forming process – Less faults in forming – Evaluation of more variants and risk free testing of new ideas • Process optimization through: – Reduction of forming operations – Less machining – Optimized material usage 2

Solutions – Simufact. forming • Features – Simufact. forming is extremely robust and fast to provide timely results and impact the tooling design phase. – Very easy to use interface allowing process design engineers to optimize the manufacturing process on the computer prior to a physical tryout. – Simufact. forming has been developed to support in all forming applications: • Closed die hot forging, cold forming, sheet forming, extrusion, drawing, upsetting, bending, ring rolling, . • Mechanical or hydraulic press, hammer, screw press, rolling machine, orbital forging – even coupled processes and spring-controlled tools. • Low-alloyed and stainless steel, aluminium, non-ferrous metal, titanium, nickel based alloys. • Heat treatment simulation. 3

Solutions – Simufact. forming • Ressources – Brochure download: • Brochure – Corporate video (? ) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=s 9 L_Qk. GNkow – Case study: • Uponor : Optimization through forming simulation • LUK : innovates manufacturing processes through forming simulation • Demshe Forge: getting the process right the first time. – Reference papers : • Die life optimization by numerical modelling using Simufact – Videos: (? ) 4