ESI Group Offers Expert Course on Springback and Die Compensation in Europe This October
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ESI Group, a leading software editor specialized in simulation-based design, announces the Springback Seminar: a three-day course taught by expert guest speakers on the springback phenomenon in sheetmetal forming. It will take place from Oct. 22 to 25 in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. It is an expert course designed for CAE engineers, model designers, or experienced tooling engineers in the forming industry wishing to benefit from the best practice in springback prediction and compensation.
This advanced training course spans a wide range of topics from understanding springback, die compensation, geometry update, material modeling, to solver implementation. Henk Vegter of Corus RD&T (The Netherlands)-one of the industry professionals teaching the course-explains, "From the basic principles of shell element modeling and material modeling, the Springback Seminar will present methods for high quality springback prediction in virtual forming simulation. By studying various forming cases, participants will gain insight on the influence of material behavior and processing on forming and springback. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to use guidelines for a better control of springback and to practice through several examples of industrial forming process simulation."
A team of industrial and academic experts from Europe and Asia will contribute to the Springback Seminar and will share their broad experience in springback prediction and compensation. Among the university professors and prominent research authorities, Michel Brunet (National Institute of Applied Sciences, INSA, France), Fusahito Yoshida (Hiroshima University, Japan), Pavel Hora (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Switzerland), Koichi Ito (Emeritus Professor at Tohoku University, Japan), and François Rondé-Oustau (School of Mines in Albi, France) will speak. Courses and exercises will also be presented by industry experts, such as Alain Col, internal consultant at Arcelor, France; Dr. Marian Gutiérrez from Labein, Spain; Daniel Pyzak from Dassault Systèmes, France; and Joëlle Garabed from Peugeot-Citroën (PCA), France.
"Thanks to the Springback Seminar, participants will gain a deep understanding of the factors influencing springback, and learn to accurately predict, control, and correct it in sheet metal stamping," says Dave Ling, product manager at ESI Group. "Effectively controlling springback represents a real challenge in the metal forming industry today. It allows the forming engineer to enhance the quality of the die and body parts, speed up the design process and thus reduce die engineering lead times."
Participants should ideally possess a university degree in engineering (mechanical, aero, marine, civil, materials, etc). The Springback Seminar will also be an opportunity for networking and sharing experiences with other fellow metal forming experts during the three-day course.
Detailed agenda and practical information can be found by visiting esi-group.com/seminars/springback.html or by sending an email to training@esi-group.com. Participation is limited to the first 35 registrants to ensure that this remains an intimate learning experience.
ESI Group also offers an extensive training program and another expert seminar for the casting industry: the Solidification Course, which has been conducted yearly for the past sixteen years. Learn more at: www.esi-group.com/Consulting_services/Training.html
About ESI Group:
ESI Group is a world-leading supplier, and a pioneer of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes that take into account the physics of materials. ESI Group has developed an extensive suite of coherent, industry oriented applications to realistically simulate a product's behavior during testing, to fine-tune manufacturing processes in accordance with desired product performance, and evaluate the environment's impact on product performance. ESI Group's products, which have a proven track record in manufacturing and have been combined in multi-trade value chains, represent a unique collaborative and open virtual engineering solution known as the Virtual Try-Out Space (VTOS), enabling virtual prototypes to be improved in a continuous and collaborative manner. This integrated protocol allows all the company's solutions to work with each other and with applications developed by independent software vendors. By significantly reducing costs and development lead times and enabling product/process synergies, VTOS solutions offer major competitive advantage by progressively eliminating the need for physical prototypes during product development. The company generated sales of nearly $90 million in 2006, employs more than 600 high-level specialists worldwide covering more than 30 countries. ESI Group is listed in Eurolist compartment C of Euronext Paris. For further information, visit www.esi-group.com.
For more information, please contact:
ESI GROUP
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