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Cooling channels – tool design, tool temperature and sheet temperature.
Blank plan and bend plan: AutoForm<sup class=plus>plus</sup> R7 new functionalities enable users to efficiently plan and simulate (e.g. springback) progressive dies.
Blank plan and bend plan: AutoFormplus R8 new functionalities enable users to efficiently plan and simulate (e.g. springback) progressive dies.
AutoFormplus R7 brings advances in process modeling for hot forming as this release allows users to take cooling channels into account. Cooling channels can now be easily modeled with 3D curves and their corresponding diameters. Different cooling channel layouts lead to different temperature distributions on the tool surfaces. Hot spots on the tool surface can be easily detected and controlled depending on the selected layout of the cooling channels.
One of the major highlights of AutoFormplus R7 is the improved planning and simulation of progressive dies. In particular, AutoFormplus R7 supports the following use cases: import of CAD-designed tool geometry for the final process validation, part import for the planning stage and part import for full process engineering, which includes die face generation