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Glossary

The AutoForm glossary contains definitions of technical terms from the world of tooling and sheet metal forming. Clear explanations are provided here in an understandable way so that the topics are comprehensible for non-experts.

Cost Estimation

Deep Drawing

Drawbeads

Feasibility Analysis

Hemming

Hot Forming

Hydroforming

Lightweighting

Material Utilization

Metal Forming Simulation

Progressive Die Stamping

Quenching

Robustness

Sensitivity Analysis

Sheet Metal Forming

Springback

Springback Compensation

Surface Defects

Systematic Process Improvement

Tooling

Tribology

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