ACADEMIA
Altair Releases HyperForm Solista, HyperBlank Tailored to Increase Time-to-Market, Profitability
Altair Engineering today announced the release of Altair HyperForm Solista and Altair HyperBlank, two standalone technologies that allow sheet-metal part manufacturers to easily simulate forming operations to cut production costs and material scrap while improving product quality. Leveraging Altair's powerful finite-element solver engine, RADIOSS, HyperForm Solista and HyperBlank offer efficient, cost-effective and accurate solutions to simulate the entire manufacturing process for sheet-metal forming, tube bending and hydroforming.
"HyperForm Solista and HyperBlank have been developed by manufacturing engineers to aid product and cost engineers, die designers, process and try-out engineers by accurately simulating the stamping process," said Altair Stamping Technology Manager Simone Bonino. "We leveraged more than 20 years of Altair's global experience in manufacturing simulation and process design to provide a cost-effective solution to aid in developing the optimal manufacturing process. Our development priorities for these products have been to automate the set-up process by building in the users' knowledge base, use the language of the manufacturing engineers throughout the software user interface, and provide the solution at an extremely competitive price. HyperForm Solista and HyperBlank deliver turnkey solutions that dramatically reduce the overall product development cycle time, generating a return on investment in the first year."
Altair HyperForm Solista: Sheet-Metal Forming Essentials
-- Predict Forming Problems and Reduce Cost - The most accurate
incremental sheet-metal forming solver on the market, Altair RADIOSS,
is seamlessly integrated into HyperForm Solista's process-driven user
interface. This solver allows users to quickly predict wrinkles and
splits prior to cutting steel, avoiding the unnecessary costs
associated with die machining and press downtime.
-- Streamlined, Process-Oriented GUI Increases Productivity - HyperForm
Solista's extensive built-in knowledge of the manufacturing domain
efficiently captures the stamping process. A comprehensive collection
of tailored, process-oriented automations for virtually every stamping
application further boosts user efficiency. Together with an
intuitive, easy-to-understand user interface with navigation and
terminology that are consistent with the production floor, these
products do not require prior finite-element analysis training or
knowledge.
-- Complete Simulation Solution for Stamping - The HyperForm Solista
stamping platform efficiently manages the entire stamping simulation
process from feasibility analysis through final process validation and
optimization. It also boasts a broad and robust functionality suite,
including concept die face design, springback prediction and
compensation, and a powerful results-visualization framework to meet
and exceed users' high-performance requirements.
Altair HyperBlank: Accurate Blank Size and Cost Analysis
Altair HyperBlank is a simple, reliable and affordable tool that quickly and accurately estimates the initial feasibility, along with the required blank size, for stamping of sheet metal parts. HyperBlank predicts the proper blank size in the early stages of product testing, efficiently evaluating initial costs. The powerful nesting module minimizes material scrap, further lowering production costs. HyperBlank is based on the RADIOSS inverse solver, providing a fast, yet accurate, answer to sheet-metal engineers, purchaser, die designers and press-shop engineers. A very short learning curve allows users to go from blank screen to report generation in seconds.
"HyperForm Solista and HyperBlank have been developed by manufacturing engineers to aid product and cost engineers, die designers, process and try-out engineers by accurately simulating the stamping process," said Altair Stamping Technology Manager Simone Bonino. "We leveraged more than 20 years of Altair's global experience in manufacturing simulation and process design to provide a cost-effective solution to aid in developing the optimal manufacturing process. Our development priorities for these products have been to automate the set-up process by building in the users' knowledge base, use the language of the manufacturing engineers throughout the software user interface, and provide the solution at an extremely competitive price. HyperForm Solista and HyperBlank deliver turnkey solutions that dramatically reduce the overall product development cycle time, generating a return on investment in the first year."
Altair HyperForm Solista: Sheet-Metal Forming Essentials
-- Predict Forming Problems and Reduce Cost - The most accurate
incremental sheet-metal forming solver on the market, Altair RADIOSS,
is seamlessly integrated into HyperForm Solista's process-driven user
interface. This solver allows users to quickly predict wrinkles and
splits prior to cutting steel, avoiding the unnecessary costs
associated with die machining and press downtime.
-- Streamlined, Process-Oriented GUI Increases Productivity - HyperForm
Solista's extensive built-in knowledge of the manufacturing domain
efficiently captures the stamping process. A comprehensive collection
of tailored, process-oriented automations for virtually every stamping
application further boosts user efficiency. Together with an
intuitive, easy-to-understand user interface with navigation and
terminology that are consistent with the production floor, these
products do not require prior finite-element analysis training or
knowledge.
-- Complete Simulation Solution for Stamping - The HyperForm Solista
stamping platform efficiently manages the entire stamping simulation
process from feasibility analysis through final process validation and
optimization. It also boasts a broad and robust functionality suite,
including concept die face design, springback prediction and
compensation, and a powerful results-visualization framework to meet
and exceed users' high-performance requirements.
Altair HyperBlank: Accurate Blank Size and Cost Analysis
Altair HyperBlank is a simple, reliable and affordable tool that quickly and accurately estimates the initial feasibility, along with the required blank size, for stamping of sheet metal parts. HyperBlank predicts the proper blank size in the early stages of product testing, efficiently evaluating initial costs. The powerful nesting module minimizes material scrap, further lowering production costs. HyperBlank is based on the RADIOSS inverse solver, providing a fast, yet accurate, answer to sheet-metal engineers, purchaser, die designers and press-shop engineers. A very short learning curve allows users to go from blank screen to report generation in seconds.