Not long ago, software for simulating forming operations such as stamping required expensive, high-end dedicated workstations and highly trained personnel intimately familiar with the ins and outs of finite-element analysis (FEA). Even then, metalformers couldn't be sure the coding behind such software would accurately predict real-world forming. On top of that, assembling and using all the talent, hardware and software required monetary outlays well beyond the means of most metalformers.Slowly but surely, simulation accuracy improved, computing power increased and became more affordable, and simulation-software developers introduced packages that even smaller operations with minimal FEA expertise could understand, afford and employ.
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