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EPALFER Portugal Achieves Agile Planning & BiddingEPALFER Portugal Achieves Agile Planning & Bidding

July 22, 2023July 22, 2023| 2:16 pm

How EPALFER from Portugal shortened their planning and bidding phase In 2020, EPALFER, a toolmaker based in Portugal dedicated to developing and constructing stamping tools for the automotive industry, made the decision to expand their use of AutoForm software. They wanted to include the extensive planning and bidding functionalities to improve the accuracy of their quoting method and meet increasingly shorter lead times. Currently, they use AutoForm at the beginning of each project to assess the early feasibility of the forming process and provide an initial cost estimate within just a few minutes. A few years ago, there was a… [...]

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In Pictures! How Hydroforming Can Replace Sheet Metal Stamping in the Manufacturing IndustryIn Pictures! How Hydroforming Can Replace Sheet Metal Stamping in the Manufacturing Industry

June 12, 2023June 12, 2023| 1:25 pm

Introduction In the quest for improved competitiveness, industries are constantly seeking effective methods to reduce costs and time in their manufacturing processes and operations. To achieve this goal, many companies are adopting unconventional and more competitive production methods. Against this backdrop, Tecumseh do Brasil, in collaboration with AutoForm and TechnNova, seeks to conduct a feasibility study to explore the potential of using the hydroforming process instead of conventional stamping to produce hermetic compressor housings. This study will be conducted through numerical simulations, and the aim is to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of the production process. Methodology To ensure that… [...]

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Join the AutoForm Global Webinar: A Smart and Systematic Approach for Tube Forming Engineering, 24 May, 2023Join the AutoForm Global Webinar: A Smart and Systematic Approach for Tube Forming Engineering, 24 May, 2023

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023| 12:20 pm

Systematic Process Improvement for Tube Hydroforming Tubing contributes to lower costs, advanced safety and lightweighting of automotive components such as chassis parts, shock absorbers, suspension arms, seats and instrument panel beams. Tube hydroforming is the process of manufacturing such critical components and the success of the tube hydroforming process depends on the best combination of material properties, process parameters, process sequence and die geometry. In this webinar we will focus on a smart systematic process improvement approach to find the optimum hydroforming solution for a high strength steel tube component efficiently in a shorter time. This can result in significant… [...]

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