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AutoForm offers software solutions for the die-making and sheet metal forming industries. 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.

Based on practical, industrial know-how and sheet metal forming expertise, AutoForm’s solutions form a complete, integrated system with highly specialized functions to analyze, review and optimize every phase of the process chain.

AutoForm provides solutions all along the sheet metal forming process chain. They range from stand-alone modules for small and mid-size companies to complete, integrated multi-module systems for large companies.

AutoForm Engineering GmbH, the leading supplier of software solutions for the sheet metal forming industry, has successfully developed an innovative solution for hot forming simulation. AutoFormplus R1 supports direct and indirect hot forming as well as other processes which involve temperature or strain-rate dependent material.

Hot forming processes have recently become important for the automotive industry to meet specific requirements regarding a higher level of crash safety and a reduction of overall weight. Many automotive manufacturers use these processes to produce body structure components such as A and B-pillars, tunnels, front and rear bumper beams, door sills, door beams, side-rail parts, roof rails and roof frames. These components have the highest requirements regarding strength. The use of high strength steels in conventional stamping processes is difficult due to their reduced formability and strong tendency to springback. Hot forming technology can be used in order to overcome these limitations. Components are stamped in the soft stage at elevated temperatures and quenched after forming to achieve a martensitic structure resulting in a very high strength of 1500 MPa.

Hot forming is a temperature and time dependent process and therefore its simulation is obviously more complex compared to conventional stamping processes. AutoFormplus R1 has been enhanced to include thermo-mechanical processes, making it possible to simulate hot forming.

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