AutoForm-Incremental simulation software is specialized for accurate die tryouts and final validation of the complete stamping process. It incorporates highly advanced technology to address the sheet metal forming industry’s springback problems, and it is the most widely used tryout software in the automotive industry today.

AutoForm-Incremental simulates all steps in the forming process, efficiently and with easy user set-up:

	Gravity
	Binder wrap
	Draw
	Automatic part positioning when changing tools between two operations
	Trim
	Secondary forming operations – restrike, flanging, hemming
	Springback – after each forming or cutting operation, and at the end of the forming process
	NEW! Accurate calculation of tool forces
	NEW! Improved drawbead modelling by consideration of the uplift force in the binder model and the possibility of variable drawbeads definition
	NEW! Improved constrained springback calculation by simulation of supporting pins
	NEW! Increased accuracy potential by the new material law Banabic 2005

AutoForm-Incremental is the first and only software that combines the best solution techniques – using either a full shell or a bending-enhanced membrane, as appropriate – producing accurate simulation results of the entire forming process quickly enough for practical use in industry.

AutoForm-Incremental's structured approach for input and output data reflects the toolmaker’s philosophy and the reality of the process workflow in the press shop.

Cover Photo: AutoForm-Incremental - Courtesy of Audi

AutoForm-Incremental’s many technological innovations make the software:

	Fast and reliable – accurate incremental tryout results are available in only 10 to 120 minutes for most sheet metal parts (about 10 times faster than prior generation software, with the same accuracy level).
	Intuitive and practical – the software is easy-to-use for die face designers, die makers and tooling, stamping and manufacturing engineers.
	Cost-efficient – expensive computer hardware and FEA expertise are not required.

AutoForm-Incremental tryout results include all factors required to analyze and optimize the entire sheet metal forming process:

	Splits and wrinkles
	Thickness and strain distribution
	Forming Limit Diagram (FLD)
	Blank draw-in
	Zebra analyses for checking outer surface panel quality
	Skid and impact lines
	Free springback between operations, and clamped springback in a measurement device
	Springback evaluation – whether relative to a reference geometry or part geometry, in a press or vehicle coordinate system

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