FASTAMP-NX    

   The best software for accurate blank development and advanced forming feasibility in Siemens NX  

    Blank Estimation Wizard is an essential toolkit for sheet metal product designers, Estimators, and Tool Engineers working with NX. It provides NX users a complete tool for accurately estimating blank size and detailed formability analysis in earlier phases of stamped components and draw development cycle. It determines if a component can be stamped consistently with minimum cost, while fulfilling all product performance requirements. 

  It optimizes material utilization and outputs reports for quoting and estimating. Formability analysis is based on component or die geometry and accounts for material properties, friction, blank-holder force, pressure pad, drawbeads, curved binder, and displacement constraints. It is fully integrated into NX and enables detailed thinning, thickening, Forming Limit Diagram, strain and stress evaluations only with NX basic modeling application modules.

Key benefits
  • Generative modeling with full associativity between CAD design and forming simulation;
  • Early decision-making in the design process for part formability and material cost estimation;
  • Enable fully associative, reliable and quick manufacturing studies on design alternatives, material type and gage, and stamping layout;
  • Increase efficiency and productivity of product designers-staying within the NX environment, product designers can continuously check their product for stamping concerns;
  • Minimize expensive post-release changes to product;
  • Estimate part weight and blank requirement for product.
Main features
  • Capitalizes on the seamless integration with native geometry in NX, significantly reduces the simulation cycle time;
  • Built-in wizard for easy, rapid and continuous product evaluation until final release;
  • Quickly gets accurate blank shape considering non-planar surfaces projecting, part weight and material utilization using the most accurate improved inverse approach solving engine;
  • Multiple tailor welded parts analysis and multiple weld lines movement estimation;
  • The most accurate and speedy feasibility prediction tool from product concept to die design;
  • Fully associative manufacturing studies on product features, material grade and gage;
  • All forming conditions are applied to native geometry to simplify use for non-specialists; drawbeads, pressure pads, blank holders, pilot holes and symmetry;
  • Identifies 90% of forming feasibility issues within minutes, to substantially reduce financial risks and draw die development time;
  • Simulation results include safety zones, forming zones, FLD, splitting, thinning, wrinkling, thickening, stress, strain, springback and optimal blank shape;
  • Results are stored in specified NX native part file for PLM integration eliminating multiple files.
Recommended System Configuration
Platform PC
NX Version NX 4.0/5.0/6.0/7.0/7.5 with Gateway, Solid Modeling and Free Modeling Installed
Operating System MS Windows XP 32bit & 64bit
Graphics Requirement 1280x1024 resolution with minimum 32768 colors
Graphics OpenGL based (NVIDIA or ATI graphic card with 256MB RAM recommended))
Disk Space 5GB free)
Memory 1GB
Processor/td> Intel Core 2 Dual or better
 
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