Methods planning personnel draw up the optimal manufacturing strategies for producing the required components, based on the available production presses and the customer’s manufacturing concepts.

This includes:

• Virtual inspection of series operation of the dies in the press line
• Drawing simulation for investigation of the feasibility of the forming process
• Springback simulation to account for the natural elastic recovery of the material during the drawing or bending process
• Design of the method
• Calculated verification of the planned work sequences by means of simulation systems, either individually or as a complete sequence of operations
• Drafting of preliminary schedules for transfer- and feeder-mechanized sets of dies
• Conversion as required of CAD data into physical visualization or drawing system models
• Support and assistance with the forming technology during the die manufacturing and integration process
  

Pam Stamp and Autoform are used for forming simulation.