1. MSC.SuperForm in Short Overview

2. Simulation Of Bulk Forming Manufacturing Processes
Forging
Extrusion
Axial Rolling
Ring Rolling
Cogging
Bending
Cutting

3. Why Simulation Reduce Time to Market Reduce Cost of Tool Development
Predict Influence of Process Parameters
Reduce Productions Cost
Improve Product Quality
Better Understanding of Material Behavior
Reduce Material Waste

4. Manufacturing Results
Accurately predict the material flow
Determine degree of filling of the swage or die
Accurate assessment of net shape
Predict if laps or other defects exist
Determine the stresses, temperatures, and residual stresses in the work piece.
Determine optimal shape of preform

5. Material Behavior Determine material properties such as grain size
Determine local hardness
Predict material damage
Predict phase changes and composition
Simulate the influence of material selection

6. Tool Results Determine the forming loads
Determine the stresses in the tools
Evaluate tool wear or fatigue
Simulate the influence of lubrication
Optimize multi-tool process

7. Simulation allows you to capture behavior that can not be readily measured – providing deeper insight into your manufacturing processes

8. WIZARDS for Ease of Use

9. Intuitive GUI

10. Intuitive GUI
The press-data can be saved by pressing the button SAVE MACHINE

11. Powerful CAD Interfaces
IGES
AutoCad - DXF
VDA-FS
STL
ACIS
SDRC

12. Flexible Process Control
Multi-Stage
Kinematic Presses
Crack press
Eccentric Press
General Press
Hydraulic Presses
Hammer Presses
Rolling
Spring Applied Tools
Axially Segmented Tools

13. Flexible Process Control
Axito3d
Prestate
Spin Forming
Anneal
Sequence Option
Trimming
Piercing and Cutting
Structural Analysis directly based upon the manufactured state

14. Kinematics Placing the workpiece Closing the tools Forming process
Removal of the tools
Extraction of the workpiece
Including spring-back
Subsequent cool-down

15. Flexible Tool Definition
Rigid Tools
Deformable
Direct CAD NURB Description

16. Material Data Material Data via Supplied Data Base
Data Base may be Customized
Material dependent upon
True strain
Temperature
Strain Rate

17. Material Models Elastic Plastic Rigid Plastic Material Database
Isotropic hardening
Cowper-Symonds
Power Laws
Johnson-Cook
Kumar
Grain Size Prediction
Phase Changes

18. Effects of Elasticity Elasticity of Tools Prestressed Dies
Residual Stresses
Behavior of part during ejection or removal
Determination of tolerances

19. Damage Models
Principal Stress
Cockroft-Latham
Lemaitre

20. Lubrication Model
Shear Based
Coulomb
User

21. Visualization Tracking of Material Particles Flow Line Images
Time History of Tool Forces
Deformation of Workpiece
Contour Plots of all Quantities

22. Some Examples: 2-D Lap Formation

23. Multi-Stage

24. Connecting Rod

25. Orbital Forming

26. Ring Rolling

27. Cogging

28. Cutting

29. Riveting

30. Proven Finite Element Technology
Isothermal
Coupled Analyses
Elastic Plastic
Rigid Plastic Behavior
Planar
Axisymmetric
Three Dimensional

31. Element Technology
Quadrilateral
Triangular
Hexahedral
Tetrahedral

32. Contact Fully Automated Easy to Define Workpiece and Tools
Rigid or Deformable Tools
Multiple Friction Models
Heat Generated due to Friction

33. Remeshing Technology Fully Automated Improves Accuracy Reduces Costs
Based on Material Deformation
Based on Die Geometries

34. Remeshing Technology Advancing Front ( Quadrilateral and Triangular)
Overlay ( Quadrilateral and Hexahedral)
Delaunay ( Triangular and Tetrahedral)

35. Solutions for Your Enterprise
Easy to Learn
Programming User Interface
Procedure Language
Individual Customization of GUI
Available on NT , Unix, Linux
Computationally Efficient
Enterprise Specific Solutions
World Wide Support

36. Users