AutoForm Assembly R11

The software portfolio supports the entire BiW assembly workflow, including:

• Tolerance and quality management
• Process engineering
• Trial phases and correctional loops in real production

It includes the following modules:

• AutoForm-Explorer: This module allows users to set up simulations and evaluate all important results related to their stamping and BiW assembly processes. It can be used efficiently in AutoForm Forming and AutoForm Assembly software solutions.
• AutoForm-HemPlanner: This module enables users to define and optimize hemming operations easily and create the required tool geometries for the simulation. It can efficiently design table and roll hemming processes and support hemming process feasibility and validation during different phases of the product development process.

Benefits of The Software

• It provides several benefits, including:
• Efficient simulation setup
• Issue identification and interpretation
• Assessment of process feasibility
• Quick evaluation of results
• Deep insight into the impact of single parts on the BiW assembly process
• Adjustments for single-part production based on assembly results
• Definition of hemming processes to meet quality and cost requirements
• Early feasibility and final validation studies
• Identification of typical hemming defects
• Prediction of full assembly spring back after hemming
• Quick evaluation of alternative process designs
• Deep insight into the car body manufacturing process
• The dimensional fit of BiW assemblies
• Efficient support of the BiW engineering and manufacturing process
• Reduced lead time, lower costs, and higher product quality

Key Features

It includes several key features, such as:

• Easy workflow-based navigation concept
• Usage and management of company standards
• Visualization of surface defects
• Access to extensive material databases
• Unique process and product visualization capabilities
• Simulation setup based on CAD, forming simulation, or scanned data inputs
• Support of roll and tabletop hemming
• Early evaluation of various hemming concepts
• Final validation of the hemming concept
• Definition of tool geometry and tool kinematics
• Support of joining technologies such as hemming, spot and line welding, and gluing
• Consideration of gravity, part insertion, as well as joining and measurement fixtures
• Representation of the entire assembly process in one single simulation
• Fast and accurate state-of-the-art solver technology
• Option for parallel processing