This makes it simple for you to integrate 8020 products into existing designs. To calculate the output mass flow rate and the operating point of. This webinar explains how extrusion simulation framework provides an easy to use cae environment to. Qform extrusion has a built in bearing editor that allows for rapid modification of bearing lengths and angles. The cad cam software that is used at elite is very flexible and is continually developed inhouse. Although replacing simpler traditional one and twodimensional approaches with fully threedimensional ones requires a much more in depth analysis and a large amount of. To reduce design time and costs, gamma point needed to optimize the. In many cases, small design changes can drastically improve or degrade the extrudability of the product. The first part of the seminar was reserved for the theoretical informations about the mips aluminium extrusion software products and implementations at the customers. Hi everyone, we are a toolmaking operation in a group of companies involved in. Each cad and any associated text, image or data is in no way sponsored by or affiliated with any company, organization or realworld item, product, or good it may purport to portray. Wallmaterial thickness uniform wall thickness wallmaterial variance radius vs.
Choose from a variety of software to streamline your design. A comprehensive experimental study and numerical modeling of. Our talented engineering department is available to assist your design engineers with the specifics in extrusion design. Jinnjong sheu, national kaohsiung university of applied sciences, kaohsiung, taiwan. One of the most popular downloads available is our famous autoquoterx plugin. Epics helps more than 15,000 people a day at over 100 aluminium extrusion plants around the world.
Comprehensive knowledge of the properties and the process parameters in polymer extrusion together with the rheologic data of the melt are necessary to analyse and correct the design of the flowchannel with simulations using a cae software. Epics is a manufacturing execution system mes for the aluminum extrusion industry. Poundforpound tslot extrusion is as strong as steel, however you may or may not need a strong as steel product. Some basic guidelines in profile design minimize extrusion problems. I would like some tips on workflow concerning sketches. The cadcam software that is used at elite is very flexible and is continually developed in. Framequoter software decreases design time by up to 92% and eliminates errors, omissions and hassles. Utilizing altairs userfriendly and affordable simulation software, users are able to validate designs early in the manufacturing and design. Depending on your application it may be advantageous to design with a lighter. Cad built for structural design using aluminum profiles.
Our team will carefully consider all aspects of your unique requirements and supply a solid model design that is clever, timely, accurate and functional. Epics is used by more than a third of the aluminum extrusion plants in north america. The most common representation of the parison swell is. In design, the width should be taken into account in relation to the depth. Apr 30, 2018 all extrusion profiles used in structural design are not created equal, nor are the designs of the structures made up of the extrusions. Altair inspire extrude polymer formerly click2extrude polymer software is a simulation based environment designed to help polymer extrusion companies meet the ever increasing demands to produce complex profiles with tight tolerances, quality surface finishes and high strength properties at reduced cost. Since 1978, foy inc has been continuously improving and enhancing epics based on input from thousands of users. This system helps create the solid model of a tooling set stepbystep using special parametric design tools.
Lacking the sketch modifying abilities of autocad, i. Altair inspire extrude polymer formerly click2extrude polymer software is a simulation based environment designed to help polymer extrusion companies meet the ever increasing demands to produce complex profiles with tight tolerances, quality surface finishes and high strength properties at. Epics is used by over half of the extruder members of the aluminum extruders council. The computeraided design cad files and all associated content posted to this website are created, uploaded, managed and owned by third party users. Showcasing simulation tools to optimize the entire manufacturing process for casting, additive manufacturing, sheet metal forming, metal and polymer extrusion and more.
And because we have simplified andor automated many functions snapinplace. Since the routine part of the work is automated by the software, the user can. You can quickly experiment with bearing design to see how it affects the material speed and the shape of the extrusion. The shape of a continuously extruded product may not be consistent because of the change of shape of the plastic due to temperature and physical constraints along the manufacturing line. Epics is the worlds most popular extrusion software system. Using the latest design software, our experienced designers and production engineers create highly accurate work within rapid leadtimes. Qform extrusion simulation analysis and optimization software in.