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CORUS AND ESI GROUP PARTNERSHIP PROVIDES ADVANCED MATERIAL SIMULATION CAPABILITIES TO AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS
10 March 2005 - Corus Automotive
| Corus, the international metals producer, and ESI Group, leading provider of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes, has announced the integration of the Corus-Vegter model, a new advanced material simulation model, into PAM-STAMP 2G software package. |
Combining Corus and ESI Group expertise, this partnership will help automotive designers and engineers to significantly improve the accuracy of formability analysis predictions and press stamping evaluations. Using computer-aided tools to help reduce the cost and time necessary for new vehicle development and improve manufacturing processes is not new. Formability analysis tools are currently used to predict material behaviour to simulate what happens when sheet material is stamped into a three-dimensional part, such as a body panel. However, as carmakers increasingly use advanced high strength steels and aluminium alloys, existing material simulation tools - largely based on data from mild strength steels and featuring relatively simple models - are becoming more and more inadequate for the latest simulation requirements, especially panel quality and tolerance control.
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About: Corus Automotive
Corus is one of the leading suppliers of steel products, services and technology to the automotive industry. A broad range of Corus steel from strip, engineering steels, special strip and tubes are used to make products that go into automotive applications including body-in-white, closures, chassis and suspension systems, powertrain, seats, safety systems and other components. Corus is committed to the global automotive industry, and, uniquely, combines its materials and vehicle engineering knowledge to respond cost-effectively to key drivers of importance to the sector, such as safety, fuel-efficiency, innovation and the environment. The Company actively supports supply chain initiatives that improve efficiency and enhance the value of steel used in automotive applications. Corus Group Plc is one of the world's largest metal producers with an annual turnover of £8 billion and major operating facilities in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway and Belgium. Corus' four divisions comprising Strip Products, Long Products, Distribution & Building Systems and Aluminium provide innovative solutions to the construction, automotive, packaging, mechanical engineering and other markets worldwide. Corus has 48,500 employees in over 40 countries and sales offices and service centres worldwide. Combining international expertise with local customer service, the Corus brand represents quality and strength. |
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