Product Overview

A press line’s return on investment (ROI) depends on the time required to design, build, and setup the line prior to production ramp-up, as well as the press line’s throughput when running in production. Because of the press line’s complexity, simply attempting to achieve greater throughput by increasing stroke rate can negatively affect part quality, disrupt material flow, cause collisions due to workpiece and holding device deformation, and result in holding cups to slip or rip off.

In order to fully optimize the performance of a press line, it’s necessary to work with a digital model of the press and product handling equipment, together with the sheet metal part behavior within the equipment, to simulate each of the press line’s sub-processes. Tecnomatix Press Line Simulation enables you to perform a complete press line simulation including single press stations, die kinematics, mechanization, part geometry and flow, and part handling devices. The synchronization of the press components is done by motion curves loaded at the beginning of the simulation session or by programming the transfer devices.

High-performance collision detection algorithms monitor the process and indicate all collisions while analysis functions monitor the deflection of the sheet metal parts. Press Line Simulation's documentation capabilities create motion curves, automatic collision reports, animation sequences, bills of materials and programming data for production processes.

By enabling you simulate, optimize, and validate the full working design of press line equipment long before it's built and installed, Press Line Simulation helps to eliminate design errors, optimize throughput, save press setup time, and maintain a quality product.