Overview

In today’s competitive manufacturing environment, improving product quality while maximizing material yield is essential for reducing costs and increasing productivity. This webinar will demonstrate how AFDEX enables engineers and manufacturers to optimize metal forming processes through advanced finite element simulation technology.

AFDEX helps predict forming defects, analyze material flow, optimize die design, reduce trial-and-error development, and improve overall manufacturing efficiency. The software is widely used for forging, extrusion, rolling, sheet metal forming, and multi-stage metal forming applications.

Key Topics

• Introduction to AFDEX metal forming simulation
• Improving product quality through virtual process validation
• Yield enhancement through process optimization
• Prediction and prevention of defects:
  • Underfilling
  • Folding
  • Cracking
  • Excessive thinning
• Die life improvement and tooling optimization
• Multi-stage forming process simulation
• Case studies demonstrating quality and productivity improvements
• Best practices for reducing material waste and production costs

Learning Outcomes

Participants will learn how to:

• Predict manufacturing issues before physical trials
• Optimize process parameters for higher yield
• Improve dimensional accuracy and product consistency
• Reduce development time and tooling modifications
• Lower production costs through simulation-driven design
• Enhance productivity and profitability in metal forming operations

Who Should Attend?

• Manufacturing Engineers
• Process Engineers
• Tool & Die Designers
• Production Managers
• R&D Engineers
• Quality Engineers
• Metal Forming Specialists

About AFDEX

AFDEX is a general-purpose metal forming simulation platform developed for accurate prediction and optimization of metal forming processes. It offers automated meshing, multi-stage process simulation, metal flow visualization, and process design optimization capabilities.

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