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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
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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
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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
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Major Strain Identif ies Severity of Stretch
