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Stamping out Defects: Using Sheet Metal Forming Simulation for Virtual Die Try-Outs

Enhancing Precision and Efficiency in Sheet Metal Forming

How to Meet Industrial Digital Transformation Challenges With Virtual Prototyping Technologies

A CIMdata commentary on ESI’s predictive, real-time, & immersive virtual testing and how it supports the democratization of product & process simulation

Advanced Research on Manufacturing Process Simulation at IVW

Modeling Liquid Composite Molding processes with PAM-COMPOSITES, from Resin-Transfer molding (RTM) and Vacuum Assisted Resin Infusion (VARTM) to new processes using recycled materials like Resin-Transfer Pressing (RTP)

Summit Auto Body Thailand achieves 84% springback accuracy in their first die trial

SAB gets their die right in a single try 

Make digital models your prime reference when designing multi-material assemblies for lightweight body & chassis

The value of high-accuracy virtual tests throughout various product development and manufacturing steps

The Key to Solving Your Biggest Aerospace Challenges & Achieving Your Sustainability Goals

Making and designing the safest, lightest spaceships with ZERO physical prototypes

An All-Virtual Approach to Evaluate and Correct Perceived Surface Defects

A discussion with Ing. Arthur Camanho, Former Employee at ESI Group

Space, the Next Frontier

Anticipate and address manufacturing process-related issues early

Empower Automakers to Engineer and Manufacture Multi-Material Assemblies with Confidence

Virtual Prototyping represents an end-to-end approach for early validation of material and design choices, manufacturing and assembly process strategy, with significant benefits over the complete body development cycle.

Combating Springback with Virtual Prototyping Makes Cutting-Edge Materials Possible for Kirchhoff Polska

New, lighter materials not only bring about great advances and better products, but also new problems. Read on to see how Kirchhoff Polska transformed their die design and forming process with simulation.

Control Distortion in Your Body in White Assemblies

Shorten your time to market and minimize manufacturing planning, tryouts, and fabrication validation costs with welding & assembly simulation

Get Mouse Ears Off Your Car Body

Mouse ears, ogees, esses, stingers… all distortions of fractions of a millimeter that can result in a stamped panel or even an entire vehicle being rejected. Don’t let that happen to you. Save both time and money by discovering how you can predict these anomalies before they occur.

How Do the World’s Largest Flags Actually Fly?

Flags are designed to display a message.

Optimizing Energy Consumption in Electric Vehicles

Energy demand is set to increase with the use of electric vehicles. Manufacturers need to optimize energy consumption in their vehicles to reduce the impact on energy supplies. One way is to decrease overall weight by reducing body and trim mass. Hervé Motte at ARRK - a company specializing in Prototyping, Tooling and Low Volume Production - explains how, by taking a different approach, they achieved 30% mass saving. How did they do it?