AutoForm News
May 29, 2006:
AutoForm Wins Prestigious 'Excellence in Productivity' Award
AutoForm is proud winner of the international award 'Excellence
in Productivity', received at the 2006 INDUSTRIE trade show in
Paris. The award was given for AutoForm-Sigma, a new, innovative
product that improves user productivity.
AutoForm-Sigma, a new software that was developed specifically
to improve robustness in sheet metal forming applications, was
one of the winners of the award, given for innovations that improve
user productivity. “The five winners have been awarded
today … for their particularly innovative products which
result in high productivity gains….”, said Mr. Benoît
Gauthier, General Commissioner of the INDUSTRIE trade show at
the award ceremony. The INDUSTRIE trade show focuses on the industrial
and manufacturing sectors, and is a biennial event that brings
together 1’500 exhibitors and 60’000 visitors.
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Vincent Ferragu,
AutoForm Engineering France
(left)
François Loos,
French Minister Delegate for Industry
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Mr. Vincent Ferragu, Managing Director of AutoForm Engineering
in France, received the award from Mr. François Loos,
French Minister Delegate for Industry. Mr. Ferragu stated: “This
award is further recognition of AutoForm’s continuous emphasis
on innovation, that is of the highest importance in our company.
By combining and leveraging the experience and knowledge of our
expert staff, we are constantly advancing the state-of-the-art
for our customers. AutoForm-Sigma is one of several innovative
AutoForm solutions that provides customers with tangible and
reliable benefits.”
AutoForm-Sigma, unique on the stamping simulation market, allows
companies that stamp sheet metal parts to improve their efficiency
and productivity (OEE values) by:
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Reducing reject rates and assembly failures, thereby maximizing production efficiency
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Reducing unplanned press downtime and tool maintenance
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Better understanding and defining the stamping process,
(minimizing or eliminating the need for continuous process
adjustments), thereby leading to more stable production processes
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AutoForm-Sigma automatically carries out multiple stamping simulations,
changing design and process parameters and performing statistical
analyses, until it finds the 'robust optimum' stamping conditions.
This robust optimum corresponds to the most reliable overall
conditions for stamping parts that meet a company’s quality
and production specifications. With AutoForm-Sigma, companies
can therefore address stamping robustness issues during the earlier
phases of product and tooling design. This results in faster
time-to-market for new products, with obvious advantages in time
and cost savings.
Press Release [pdf - 80 KB],
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Contact:
Dr. Markus Thomma
Director of Marketing
AutoForm Engineering GmbH
Technoparkstrasse 1
CH-8005 Zurich
Switzerland
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+41 43 444 6161 |
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+41 43 444 6162 |
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