Creating more sustainable practices in automotive manufacturing through virtually testing multi-material assemblies

Automotive companies strive to develop lightweight, disruptive, and sustainable mobility products. Their carbon reduction objectives mainly translate into weight reduction targets, which conveniently lead to increased EV range.  Because of this, lightweight body and chassis have become the new must-have, shifting away from 100% steel body and chassis manufacturing to multi-material strategies. Multi-material options mainly combine different steel grades, aluminum, and sometimes composites. Applying the right material at the right place, with the relevant joining technologies, without jeopardizing the final product performance requires confidence in predicting the problems complex manufacturing of those advanced assemblies causes. 

Unfortunately, today’s electrification challenges lead to greater investments for powertrains and therefore fewer resources for the body and chassis. That tradeoff increases the pressure for OEMs to achieve better cost efficiency in their engineering and manufacturing. 

Access on-demand a joined presentation from CIMdata & ESI Group where we will address how automakers are moving towards more sustainable strategies. By shifting from a single-point numerical simulation toward a fully streamlined and virtual prototyping approach our customers reduce their:

• overall product development cycle
• cost 
• time to start of production (SOP)

We look forward to seeing you there!