[GET] Simufact.Welding 4.0.1 (19/3/2015)

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Simufact Engineering has further developed their welding simulation
software Simufact.welding and is releasing the new software version 4.
Significant innovations of the current product version are the
integration of a new simplification method to shorten the calculation
time of welding processes, the optional availability of an integrated
Altair-based meshing tool and a whole range of functions, which
considerably improve the software usability.

Simufact.welding is a particularly high performance Finite-Element-based
software with state-of-the-art solver technology, with which the
elastic-plastic material behavior can be modeled. As one of the most
important tasks, the software succeeds in realistically predicting the
distortions and residual stresses that occur during welding, while
considering phase transformations and controlling these in the
component. Simufact.welding considers microstructural properties in the
heat-affected zone; its form allows conclusions about the properties of
the weld seam, in particular its strength. The user gains valuable clues
to identify welding defects such as hot cracks in the simulation to
avoid them in practice.


The software assists in finding the optimal clamping devices for the
welding process and delivers facts to determine the best welding
sequence. Simufact.welding predicts the final contour of the component
and helps to produce parts in series with precise tolerance.


New Functions in Simufact.welding 4


New simplification method to shorten calculation time


With Thermal Cycle Simufact has integrated another scalable calculation
method in Simufact.welding, which simplifies the calculation of long
welds and reduces the simulation time by a factor of 2 to 5. Were
standard methods of simplification usually rely on estimates, Thermal
Cycle has a different approach: it is based on calculations by
specifying the temperature cycle for the entire weld section. Essential
Advantage for the users: they have the possibility of scaling the degree
of simplification directly on the user interface and herby adjusting
the result accuracy to their needs.


Thermal Cycle supplements the Simufact.welding standard method of
transient calculation, in which the energy per unit lenghtis input, and
which is characterized by the utmost calculation precision and
correspondingly longer calculation times. In practice this additional
method offers new possibilities of shorting the development time of
welding processes: the user can run a greater number of possible process
settings in the simplified Thermal Cyle mode and then run a more
detailed transient calculation of a narrowed assortment. Thermal Cycle
assists in reducing the number of plausible versions quicker and limits
the areas of relevant process settings.


Optional use of an integrated meshing tool (Altair-based)


As an optional module add-on Simufact now offers Simufact.welding with
an integrated meshing tool, which is Altair-based. The mesher is a
streamlined and low price version of the well-known SimLab-Mesher
tailored to the requirements of welding simulation. SimLab automatizes
the modeling of FE-meshes reducing the time needed to interpret CAD
models. Thereby Simufact opens up a new possibility to the user, with
which the complex geometries of hexa-, penta, and tetrahedrons can be
meshed on CAD basis.


Improved usability of the software


In Simufact.welding 4 simulation videos can be generated increment-based
or in real time. The user can define by section, at which speed certain
processes are shown in the video; he or she can, for example, show
processes of long-duration such as the component cooling in time lapse.
In the result, the user can create a vividly cinematic illustration of
the welding process, in which all relevant details are shown in one
video by varying the illustration speed and angle.


With a streamlined adjustment of database material data to the real
material condition -which includes the adjusting of the flow stress and
the values of hardness and tensile strength in dependency of t8/5-time -
Simufact.welding 4 promises greater calculation precision. The flow
stress in particular is sensitive for the introduction of internal
stresses and therefore also for distortion and springback effects.


The new software version now enables a post-processing analysis with the
help of user-defined coordinate systems. Newly available is the
analysis parameter "area change", an indicator for buckles. The user can
also generate individual post-processing values by mathematical
cross-linking of existing results, e.g. to define individual fail
criteria.


Practical innovations have also been made in the data management:
Through a rearrangement of data management, larger models with up to one
to two terabyte of data can now be visualized. For the management of
simulation results, Simufact has developed a tool, with which the result
files can be thinned out. It simplifies the disk-space efficient
archiving.


About Simufact Engineering GmbH


Simufact Engineering GmbH is a global operating software and service
company for process simulation in the manufacturing industry. For more
than 15 years, the Hamburg based company has been developing and
supporting simulation solutions for the design and optimization of
manufacturing techniques in metal processing and is one of the leading
companies in this area. Based on leading standard technologies, Simufact
develops and globally markets industry solutions for the forming and
welding technology and heat treatment. The company is also specialized
in offering individual and innovative solutions for manufacturing
processes to its customers, using state-of-the-art CAE tools. Additional
services like consulting, training and technical support complete
Simufact's performance. Simufact customers come from all areas of
manufacturing technology: forging, cold massive forming, rolling, sheet
metal forming, mechanical joining, heat treatment, and welding. In the
headquarters in Hamburg, in the German offices Marburg, Baunatal, and
Balve, as well as in the company's U.S. subsidiary Simufact-Americas in
Plymouth, Michigan, Simufact employs more than 50 people.


Name: Simufact.welding

Version: 4.0.1.27238

Home:


www.simufact.com


Interface: English, German

OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7even / 8 / 8.1

Size: 642.1 mb

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