Sheet Metal Forming Software
ESI has developed a sheet metal forming and die face design application called ESI’s PAM-STAMP. With ESI’s PAM-STAMP, manufacturers can design, test and optimize metal forming processes on their computers without resorting to physical testing. This software solution incorporates all cold, warm and hot sheet metal, as well as tube forming processes, modelling tailored and patch blanks.
ESI’s PAM-STAMP is used across a wide range of industries with clients in aerospace, automotive, etc. ESI clients have the advantage of greatly reducing their costs and development time which results in a far more economical design stage.
The value of ESI’s PAM-STAMP sheet metal forming software
ESI’s sheet metal forming software solution kicks in at the quoting stage, when developers can easily work out the optimum nesting and blank outlines required for the materials cost estimations. They can then rapidly develop the appropriate draw dies. Moving on to the feasibility stage, the designers can model their tool surfaces using B-Spline geometry and then engineer a forming process that is less likely to suffer from wrinkles and cracks. Specifications can include trim line, trim development and hemming, along with blank shape optimization. When moving to the validation stage, developers can precisely calculate springback and compensate the dies accordingly.
A comprehensive sheet metal forming software solution
ESI’s PAM-STAMP package is also able to handle validations and cooling efficiencies of 3D tools in any press hardening process. The software takes into account that the manufacturing process itself affects product characteristics and therefore has been designed to help shape the manufacturing of products accordingly. This innovative approach to virtual prototyping, made possible by the sheet metal forming software solution, means that clients benefit from a product that is delivered on time, on budget and conforming to the desired specification. This not only reflects well on the customer but builds trust with their own clients.
The obvious partner for sheet metal forming software requirements
ESI Group was founded by four outstanding scientists, all PhD graduates of UC Berkeley. Setting up the company’s roots in Paris, the business soon grew and now the company employs more than 1,000 top specialists in 40 countries. This has resulted in the ESI Group developing an unrivalled level of expertise across industry sectors and beyond international boundaries, to create a company that is the obvious choice for any organization looking for a sheet metal forming software solution that delivers bottom line results while fostering innovation.
