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    Accurately predicts produ c

    and process feasibil i ty

    Ident i fy fo rmabi li t y p rob le

    using only product geomet

    Quick ly ident i f ies spl i t t ing

    w r ink li ng , and th i nn ing

    Substant ial ly reduces proce

    development t ime by

    accurately sizing blan ks

    Ful ly integrat ed into CATIA V

    nat ive envi ronment

    Comp lete analysis in m inutes

    CATFORM int eg rat es fo rm ab i l i ty ana lysis in t oProduct Li fecycle M anag em ent

    Forming Feasibility For Product Designers

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    Thinning Plot Helps Identify Potential Ho t Spot

    C AT FO R M p r o v i d e s CA TI A V 5 u se r s w i t h f a s t

    f o r m a b i l i t y a n a l y s i s f o r e v a l u a t i o n a n dv a l i d a t i o n o f s t a m p e d c o m p o n e n t s .F o r m a b i l i t y a n a l y s i s i s b a s e d o n c o m p o n e n tg e o m e t r y a n d a c c o u n t s f o r m a t e r i a lp r o p e r t i e s, f r ic t i o n , a n d b l a n k h o l d e r f o r ce .C AT FO R M d e t e r m i n e s i f a co m p o n e n t ca n b es t a m p e d c o n s i s t e n t l y w i t h m i n i m u m c o s t ,w h i l e f u l f i l l i n g a l l p r o d u c t p e r f o r m a n c er e q u i r e m e n t s . C AT FO RM i s f u l l y i n t e g r a t e d

    i n t o D a s sa u l t S y st m e s P LM e n v i r o n m e n t .

    FEATURES

    Develops accu ra te b lank shapes.

    In t roduces feasib i l i ty c r ite r ia dur ing ear ly product deve lopment .

    Simulat ion results include safety zones, form ing zones,

    sp l i t t i ng , th inn ing , wr ink l i ng, th i cken ing , ma jo r/m ino r st ra in ,and opt imal blank shape.

    Suppor ts ta i lo r welded b lanks w i th mul t ip le w eld l ines.

    Custom izable mat erials database provides f lexibi l i ty required

    to simulate any material .

    Al l results are stored in CATAnalysis f i le for PLM integrat io n

    el iminat ing mult iple f i les.

    Export N astran f i le thickness results for subsequent

    crash an alysis.

    Fast , in tu i t ive in ter face makes the sof tware ext remely

    user-friendly.

    A B O U T F O R M I N G T EC H N O L O G I E S

    Forming Technologies Incorporated (FTI) is the worlds leading

    developer of computer aided engineering software for design

    and simulat io n of sheet metal compon ents. FTI has developed a

    suite of softw are to analyze product formabi l i t y, die design and

    process feasibi l i ty. For th e past 15 years, FTI has provided OEM s

    and supp l ie rs i n t he au tomo t i ve, aerospace, and app l iance

    indust r ies wi th innovat ive sof tware and t ra in ing so lu t ions

    designed to reduce development t im e and mat erial costs. These

    solut ions have resulted in mil l ions of dol lars of savings for our

    custom ers. FTI and i ts global netw ork of part ners provide sales

    and techn ica l suppor t to custom ers in more th an 30 count r ies

    Pleas e v i s i t ou r w ebs i t e a t

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    O a k v i l l e, O N C a n ad a L 6 M 2 G 2

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    Major Strain Identif ies Severity of Stretch