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• When, why and where to use sim- ulation technology
• The importance of verifying sim- ulations and comparing them to real world results
• Why simulations results may be misinterpreted, how doing so can affect the stamping process, and how to avoid this situation
• Why simulations may fail—the dif- ference between garbage-in-garbage- out (GIGO) and garbage-in-gospel-out
• The importance of understanding material properties when performing simulations.
Billur studied at Baskent University in Turkey and Virginia Commonwealth University, received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University, and worked as a researcher at the Center for Precision Forming. His areas of expertise include material characterization, sheet metal forming processes and finite element simulations.
July 27: Optimizing Press- Stroke Rate Without Investing a Lot of Money!
Long-time tooling and stamping professional, and technical director at the Precision Metalforming Associa- tion, Ulintz, who authors MetalForm- ing’s Tooling By Design column, leads the discussion on this topic. He’ll detail ways that metal stampers can leverage opportunities to improve productivity and efficiency without investing a lot
of money in new capital equip- ment. Then, our panel of experts will share their tips. During this session, learn:
• How to better understand, and take advantage of, actual transfer-system and press capac-
ity
• How to optimize your transfer-
system motion curves
• How to optimize progressive-die
performance through coil-line syn- chronization/feed timing, pilot-release timing, etc.
“Metal stamping companies are under constant pressure to increase the output of their stamping process- es,” Ulintz says, commenting why metal formers should tune in to this presentation. “Often, this means increasing a press’ strokes/min. Unfor- tunately for many companies, the anticipated benefit of running higher strokes/min. is not realized because concepts such as press speed relative to stopping times, sensor signal win- dows, pilot-release timing, and the feed or part transferring system are not well understood.”
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