QForm 2D — major areas of application and features
Major areas of application
QFORM is a further development of the FORM-2D software package for forming process simulation. QFORM2D is used to model 2D material deformation. QFORM2D allows for the material flow analysis including the prediction of possible flaws like suck-in or flow-through defects and the forecast of forces, strains and deformations in the dies. The software simulates hot, warm and cold forging using mechanical, hydraulic and screw presses as well as hammers.
The software is designed for use in the forge shops’ process engineering offices. In addition, it can be easily used for training students. QFORM is provided with a convenient graphic interface for data preparation and process computation result analysis.
Application of the software guarantees considerable production cost savings due to shorter process engineering times, material saving, improved tool life and increased forging quality.
Features
QFORM is based on a finite element program as the system core. The finite element algorithms are adapted specifically for forming process computation. The computation plausibility has been confirmed by a successful independent international software test as well as by the long-year software application in factories. The finite element computation proper is hidden from the user. When the process computation is in progress, the system core works as a ‘black box’. Speaking of the QFORM system features, the foll
QFORM is a full-function object-oriented Windows application. An easy and intuitively understandable interface makes the system accessible and easy-to-use even to the beginning PC users. Owing to the availability of an animation system and help, the software is convenient to study.
The fully integrated architecture of QFORM ensures synchronous work execution in any part of the software. There is no rigid division into preprocessors and postprocessors. The forming process visualization goes hand in hand with the computation allowing for an immediate interpretation of the results obtained and necessary adjustments to the process.
Preparing the data, the user operates deals exclusively with process terms and communicates with the system in the routine process designer’s language and the interactive data preparation wizard allows for a fast and easy input of all the required computation parameters.
QFORM allows an easy computation models generation (splitting-up into finite elements), which provides a high computation accuracy regardless of the user qualification.
QFORM makes it possible to analyze the entire forging production chain, including the heating, cooling and plastic deformation over all strokes, and material properties change. The imitation modeling of such a process change is done automatically and provides the user an opportunity to analyze several different options using the «What If…» approach.
Of all the features listed, the most essential difference of the QFORM system from its analogues lies in its extreme ease for users. This is an absolute record, which Quantor-Soft has been holding on the CAE system plastic forming simulation for quite a few years. The software is clear and accessible to any process engineer, whether or not he has a university degree. The western analogues are targeted primarily at qualified engineers, which know how to use computation methods and are properly trained to be able to operate such systems.
To run the software, you need a computer with a Pentium processor inside controlled by the operating system Microsoft Windows 95/98/Millenium or NT/2000/XP/Vista