Technical Articles & News

The 2007 South African Automotive Week is a business to business initiative that focuses on automotive component and accessories manufacturing and opportunities for the sector, in Africa, and provides a powerful forum for national and international industry role players to deliberate around the state of the industry on the African continent, with a view to discovering and growing markets and opportunities in Africa.

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It was not really that long ago that parts and tools were designed by using a drawing board and a T square. Of course, CAD came along and changed the way engineers drew and designed. Initially, 2D CAD simply made the drawing board electronic. While this in itself was a huge step forward, it was soon trumped by 3D parametric modelling.

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Western sheet metal parts suppliers are under immense pressures from lower-cost Chinese parts producers and need to improve efficiency to strengthen their chances of survival. Today, Automakers call their suppliers and say, "What are you going to do to meet the China price?"

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So what happens if your part is unlikely to be successfully formed in a single stage? What if you want to see what would happen if you TRIED to form it in a single process?

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We are pleased to say that already we have a base of regular customers who saw the benefits of forming simulation from the very first job.

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