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Software for Manufacturing
Optimum Springback Compensation During Tube Hydroforming
AutoForm Engineering GmbH has unveiled AutoForm Hydro 2016, its rapid tool-design and simulation software for tube hydroforming. Among several significant enhancements is new and unique functionality for springback compensation, based on accurate springback-simulation results.
tool geometries remain unchanged. For hydroforming compensation, the software takes into account springback after hydroforming, addressing all modes including translation, twisting and crown- ing. Automatic updates of tool geometries results in compensated tools that easily can be exported. By identifying and analyzing the root cause of springback, engineers also can define the most effec- tive compensation strategy for the project at hand.
Other new enhancements to AutoForm Hydro 2016 include use of force-controlled axial tools for bending and hydroform- ing; appropriate positioning before bending operation; gener- ation of fillet radius for upper and lower dies; and volume-con- trolled hydroforming.
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To compensate for springback during bending, the software generates a new bend line using the same springback value in the opposite direction, and adjusts process parameters while the
Mid America Pipe Fabricating and Supply Co., Inc., Scammon, KS, has installed new ERP software from abas, Sterling, VA, for more than just its flexibility and ability to be customized. Mid Amer- ica Pipe treasurer Nik Parsons says that selecting the new soft- ware system also hinged on the implementation support it would receive.
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