Who should use QForm ?
The outstanding usability of QForm has opened up new possibilities for the implementation of simulation software. We have developed an understanding of who can benefit by having access to forging simulation software among the staff of forging companies. QForm, and its play-only version QForm Player, provide many benefits beyond simply die design optimization.
QForm can be used with a local network by a group of people who can share the source data and the results of simulation so QForm is available at as many working places in the company as necessary. To demonstrate the benefits of this multi user, team approach to simulation, lets consider this example:
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Forge Technology, Inc.
P.O. Box 1095 Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: 815-337-7555
Fax: 815-337-7666
Quoting the job:
Let's say you are asked to quote a job for a customer. You can very quickly generate a preliminary simulation, which gives you detailed information that allows you to accurately quote the job competitively but with a comfortable profit margin. You can determine what press you will need to run it on, what size billet will be required, how many blows it will require, what kind of production you can expect, and you can get a good idea of what kind of die life you will get. The simulation arms you with the data necessary to quote the job with confidence.
Sales:
The simulation allows you to make a great presentation to the customer. Your sales people can go to the customer with QForm Player on a laptop computer and show the customer exactly what you intend to do. This is an extremely effective tool for communicating particularities of the forging with the customer. The impressive 3-D graphics also provides quite a "wow" factor, which can help give your shop the advantage, and allows you to represent to your customer that you are a technically advanced forge shop.
Forging process design:
Your designer's fine-tune the geometry to optimize material flow, eliminate any excess waste, optimize preform shapes, and minimize overall load.
Die Design:
Your die designers work to maximize die life. They can experiment with inserts, shrink rings, and different die materials.
Metallurgical Process:
Your metallurgical department can experiment with different initial temperatures of the work piece and different die temperatures. They adjust the time between blows, and time the billet sits on the die. They can determine if the part will require intermediate re-heating.
Shop floor instruction:
Once your process has been completely designed, your operators can use QForm Player to play the simulation to see the particularities of the forging before they begin to run the job. They can see exactly how the material flows and what the forging should look like after each impression. They can see if the forging needs to be flipped over between impressions, and they can see where lubrication is critical.