Hyperxtrude, the ultimate fea tool for extrusion process. This makes it simple for you to integrate 8020 products into existing designs. Is it possible to save a downloaded extrusion profile and use. Exrusionpower is the worlds only integrated product suite for aluminium extrusion industry, which covers all the three main engineering 3d software disciplines, cad, cam and. Altair inspire extrude metal is an easytolearn tool that enables simulation to be used by any engineer or designer to increase their understanding of how profile features and process variables interact for any. Cad cam simulation seminar for aluminium extrusion. Do you own a software for deep drawing and redrawing and multi.
The paper presents the experience of aluminium profile extrusion simulation using qformextrusion program. The vel has been developed by professional extrusion process engineers specifically for the plastics extrusion industry with the emphasis on efficient use of time. March 10, 2017, tallinn the advantage of using an integrated. Hydrostatic extrusion the billet is smaller in diameter that the chamber, which is filled with a fluid and the pressure, is transmitted to the billet by a ram. We do process design simulation services for hot forging for smes. We cover here all aluminium extrusion related subjects, from 3d cad to manufacturing, from simulation to special technologies and also breaking news. The simulation model will be prepared and analyzed. Modeling and simulation for aluminium profile extrusion. Banerjee carried out the finite element analysis by using ansys ls dyna.
Vel will give users the ability to experiment on their process without the risk of. Before extrusion starts, the values of the process. Epics is the worlds most popular extrusion software system. Simulation software benefits extrusion process altair. Compuplast vel is the most comprehensive, cost effective and easyto use simulation software available for the extrusion industry professionals. Qform simulation results of thinwalled aluminium profiles extrusion are shown in this video. We handle here advanced extrusion simulation software solutions for analysis and optimization of the aluminium extrusion process. Simulation helps in predicting the information such as rate of deformation, load and temperature required for successful extrusion. Well, trust me, youve seen the product of its handiwork and its likely youve even interacted with it today. Extrusionflow enables the user to perform fast 3d simulations. Fvm simulation of the hot extrusion process the aluminium 6061 t6 billet diameter of this study in 5 inch and will be heated up to 480 degree c. Choose from a variety of software to streamline your. An extrusion simulation of an aluminum profile by porthole.
Get a deeper view of your design performance with an extensive simulation solution. Epics is used by more than a third of the aluminum extrusion plants in north america. Qform forging analysis software cold forming process. You see, extrusion simulation software like click2extrude 2017 is used to help metal and polymer. Now core polyflow capabilities are also included in ansys aim, the easytouse simulation environment designed for all engineers. Simulation of extrusion process of complicated aluminium. Forming and machining of 2xxx, 5xxx, 6xxx and 7xxx series of aluminium alloys 44 hydraulic forging, impact extrusion and drawing presses up to 3000 tons. The virtual experiments will ultimately save time and money by helping to minimize the number of physical. Extrusionpower software solution suite for the aluminium extrusion industry has four main functionality areas, design extrumat, manufacturing extrusioncam. As a new user of solidworks i am trying to work out how to design using aluminium extrusion profiles as a weldment profile.
It is used for simulation of solid, semihollow and hollow profiles as. Qform simulation results of thinwalled aluminium profiles extrusion are. Aluminium profile extrusion simulation in qform youtube. The program features parametric representation of the bearing geometry and stateoftheart automatic meshing algorithms. Since 1978, foy inc has been continuously improving and enhancing epics based on input from. Extrusionflow is an advanced simulation software developed by aluminium extrusion experts for diemakers and extruders. Qform extrusion integrates all the features required for analysis and optimization of the most complicated extrusion processes. Epics helps more than 15,000 people a day at over 100 aluminium extrusion plants around the world. Which simulation software is required for an extrusion. Industry leading hyperxtrude is rebranded as solidthinking click2extrude in a new environment making metal and polymer extrusion. Compuplast vel is the most comprehensive, cost effective and easytouse simulation software available for the extrusion industry professionals. Extrusion qform simulation of hollow profile extrusion. Altair engineering inc, a troy, michbased engineering, consulting and highperformance computing technologies company, recently introduced a new simulation software tool hyperxtrudeprocess that it claims removes the guesswork from estimating the costs of extruding aluminium products, as well as allowing aluminium to reap significant savings in both materials and time.
The simulation software can be integrated in an openloop type of control system as it generates sufficiently fast new values of the process settings. The manual will cover an overview, features and all the basic tools. In this training manual you will learn the step by step process used in inspire extrude in order to run a successful extrusion simulation. Extrusion processes allow production of longlength profiles with very complicated shapes with profile wall thickness up to 0,5. Qform extrusion is a special software for numerical simulation of aluminum profile extrusion. Aluminium extrusion simulation solutions posts facebook. To simulate a multilayer flow during coextrusion, polyxtrue uses a newly developed algorithm. For the first time user, following the manual for forging module, setting up and solving a simple problem will be over in. Extrusionflow, simulation software for the aluminium. The entire simulation environment has been upgraded to address a wide. Courtyard office park, 7055 engle road, suite 601, cleveland, ohio 44. Software products developed and licensed in the past. Altair inspire extrude metal formerly solidthinking click2extrude metal software has been designed with its end users in mind.
Alignex offers simulation software from solidworks and altair to test your designs in realworld conditions and make decisions to improve quality. Extrusionpower integrated cad, cam, simulation software. Vel will give users the ability to experiment on their process without the risk of damaging their equipment or wasting material and valuable production time. Which simulation software is required for an extrusion process. Aluminium extrusion simulation solutions home facebook.
The extruded material can be aluminum alloys, magnesium, brass, steel and other metals. Altair inspire extrude metal is an easytolearn tool that enables simulation to be used by any engineer or designer to increase their understanding of how profile features and process variables interact for any particular metal alloy. Compuplast virtual extrusion laboratory vel is the world leading cae product for the polymer extrusion industry. Qform is a professional engineering software used for simulation, analysis and optimization of metal forming processes providing excellent reliability. Aluminium extrusion toolsequipment facebook 37 photos. Solidworks simulation premium includes all of the capabilities of solidworks. Extrusionpower integrated cad, cam, simulation software suite. You can use aims guided workflows to model the deformation of molten. The extrusion process simulation represents the final part of this work. The numerical simulation of extrusion process for complex hollow magnesium doorframe is carried out using hyperxtrude software. Epics is installed in 15 countries around the world.
Due to nonuniform material flow the profile that leaves the orifice may bend, twist or buckle. Modeling and simulation of aluminum 1100 alloy in an. International scientific sciences aluminum profile. Industry wide benchmark testing has shown that qform extrusion has the fastest simulation speed of even the most complicated profiles. Epics is used by over half of the extruder members of the aluminum extruders council. Altair hyperxtrude is a solution adaptive hpfinite element analysis program for modeling complex fluid flow and heat transfer problems. Following the end of the simulation process, referent measurements like billet temperature, extrusion. Extrusionpower attracted korean aluminium extrusion experts to cad, cam and simulation presentations in seoul. Hyperxtrudeprocess is a computeraided engineering tool specially designed to help aluminium extrusion plants determine the optimum processing. The software can be used for the evaluation of the existing equipment and also for design and optimization of new equipment.
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