Digital simulation allows us to go beyond simple execution. We work ahead on the project, virtually analyzing every detail of the bending process before even moving to the physical machine.
Here’s how our typical workflow functions:
- 3D Model Import
- Automatic Bend Identification
- Selection of Virtual Tools
- Generation and Optimization of the Sequence
- Complete Simulation and Process Analysis
- Modification and Refinement of Parameters
- Machine Program Generation, with Compensations Already Included
Our equipment
TRUMPF TRUBEND 5320
Length 4 m x 320 t
TRUMPF TRUBEND 5130
Length 3 m x 130 t
GADE SPC-H 3180
Length 3 m x 180 t
Bending Simulation: A Concrete Advantage
The integration of bending simulation in our services offers concrete advantages to our clients, resulting in a more efficient, economical, and reliable process:
- Fewer Prototypes, Less Waste: with simulation, we reduce trial and error, avoiding unnecessary costs and time losses.
- Accurate Springback Prediction: digital simulation allows us to calculate springback, so we can compensate for it in the machine program, ensuring maximum precision.
- Optimized and Tailored Processes: we define the bending sequence, tools, forces, and parameters for each piece, for tailored processes without waste.
- Problem Prevention: thanks to the simulation system, we identify collisions, cracks, or shape defects in advance.
- Precise Sheet Development: we calculate the exact length of the flat sheet, optimizing consumption.
- Training and Standardization: simulation allows us to train operators and create repeatable and shared procedures even for the most complex bends.
What We Simulate for Each Project
Our bending simulation software analyzes and predicts in detail:
- Optimal Bending Sequence, to ensure the producibility of the piece
- Tool Selection (punch and die) based on material and geometry
- Springback and automatic correction of the final angle
- Required Bending Force, to identify the suitable press
- Potential Collisions between piece, tools, machine, and robot
- Material Deformations (elongation, thinning, cracks)
- Cycle Times, to plan production realistically
- Backgauge Positioning for each bend
