AutoForm-DieAdviser®
Software for
Optimal Wear Protection
AutoForm-DieAdviser determines the
optimal tool layout and efficient wear protection concept, based
on AutoForm-Incremental simulation results. The durability of tool
materials, hardening and tool coating are defined taking the production
quantity and press stroke rate into account. This innovative and
unique software solution, offers new insights on how to improve
tool layout early in the product development process and how to
provide longer lasting and lower cost tooling. Using AutoForm-DieAdviser,
the customers in the tool design and stamping fields can meet the
modern challenges: introduction of new materials such as ultra-high-strength
steels, requirements for higher press stroke rates and less lubricant
consumption.
AutoForm-DieAdviser is a result of the successful collaboration
between AutoForm and VST Keller GmbH & Co. KG. The combination
of AutoForm’s expertise in sheet metal forming and VST Keller’s
know-how on coatings and tool materials has resulted in an impressive
list of immediate benefits for the customers in the fields of tool
design and stamping.
AutoForm-DieAdviser provides the following benefits:
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Reduces tooling costs due to
an efficient wear protection concept that can already be
defined during the tooling and engineering phase – it
eliminates later complex and expensive tool modifications
during tryout or production |
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Substantially improves production
efficiency by minimizing rejects, press down time during
production and tool maintenance, as well as by allowing for
higher press stroke rates and less lubricant consumption |
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Increases the performance and
durability of the tool |
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Ensures part quality |
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Enables a low-cost tooling strategy
already in part design phase for low production quantities |
The main features of AutoForm-DieAdviser are:
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Fast determination of an optimal
wear protection concept –
within a few minutes! |
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Precise identification of areas
with intensive tool wear |
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Comprehensive differentiation
of sheet materials
(galvanized / non-galvanized, stainless
steel or aluminium)
and
type of parts (structural or outer)
for the appropriate wear concept |
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Powerful wear protection concepts
that combine:
- Tool material
(cast iron, cast steel, cold steel,
high-speed steel or
special tool steel)
- Hardening
(flame, inductive, laser or full hardening or plasma
nitriding)
- Tool coating
(hard chrome plating, pulse-plasma-diffusion, various
PVD and
CVD coatings or carbon coating) |
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