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Product Overview COPRA® FEA RF

  • Comfortable managing of different simulations by the COPRA® FEA RF Project Manager
  • Automatic preparation of FE model from existing COPRA® RF design data
  • Automatic definition of respective roll form specific boundary conditions
  • Calculation of forming forces and forming work: this will help you defining the machine (axis-diameter, required motor power)
  • Tools for the analysis/ interpretation of simulation results (you do not need to be a FEA expert in order to be able to interpret the results…)
  • Plotting of simulated cross sections at user defined positions. These can be compared with the designed cross sections in order to verify current cross section deviations (necking, springback, widening, etc.)
  • Dynamic animation of roll form behavior
  • Analysis of maximum and permanent longitudinal strain values as well as real forming lengths
  • Investigation of behavior of the material after cut-off in the mill. This allows to visualize frozen inner stresses and respective influence on the final profiled shape (bow, twist, end flair, etc.)
  • Shows defects due to wrong flower or roll design
  • Shows forming lengths, longitudinal and transversal strain values in diagrams
  • Other diagrams for investigating material changes (like work hardening), thickness changes, springback, unsymmetrical behavior, and failure of the material (FLD)
  • Possibility to make a restart with the results from a specific station
  • Semi-automatic report creation
  • Simulation of pre-punched material: investigation of deformation of punch holes and surrounding material. Influence on cross sectional stiffness.

Simulation history of COPRA® RF and COPRA® FEA RF:

  • 1987: COPRA® Strip Edge Strain
  • 1990: COPRA® Wire Frame Model
  • 1992: First presentation of FEA analysis at Tube Düsseldorf (based on LS-Dyna 3D)
  • 1995: COPRA® RF DTM (Deformation Technology Module)
  • 2000: COPRA® FEA RF (Finite Element Analysis Roll Forming)
  • 2002: COPRA® FEA RF with MSC.MARC solver
  • 2003: COPRA® TQM (Total Quality Management)