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4 October 2004

Product News

Forming Technologies Releases CATSTAMP

Forming Technologies Inc .,   (FTI) a global innovator of sheet metal formability analysis software and technology, announced the worldwide release and immediate availability of CATSTAMP which delivers complete stamping evaluation for product and process development. CATSTAMP is CAA V5-based and provides CATIA V5 users with detailed formability analysis for evaluation and validation of stamped components and draw die developments.

"The demand for CATSTAMP was generated by the global automotive OEM community and their Tier 1 suppliers," said Dan Marinac, Director of Business Development at FTI. "They were seeking a fully associative and regenerative draw die feasibility tool to evaluate part configurations and stamping processes conditions. Automotive product designers and draw die development engineers will benefit most from the single-window interface that lets them quickly determine their formability risks prior to committing to hard tooling."

Formability analysis considers conditions for material properties, friction, blank holder force, pressure pad, drawbeads, curved binder, and pilot holes. CATSTAMP identifies splitting, wrinkling and thinning within the familiar CATIA workbenches utilizing analysis results such as safety zone, forming zone, FLD, splitting, thinning, wrinkling, and thickening. CATSTAMP can also generate NASTRAN and LS-DYNA files containing thickness and strain results for input to downstream CAE applications such a vehicle impact simulation. Results are stored in the CATAnalysis file which is fully integrated into Dassault Systèmes' PLM environment.

"The integration of FTI' s technology within the CATIA V5 environment is part of our mission to help our customers successfully determine formability issues in their product and process design groups," said Dr. Medhat Karima, President and CEO of FTI. " We are very pleased to work jointly with Dassault Systèmes to incorporate stamping technology and we look forward to providing enhanced value to our mutual customers."

 

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