Category Archives: News

Winter 2010 DEFORM News

DEFORM News Winter 2010: The DEFORM simulation (Batch) Queue is a software solution that allows automated sequencing of simulations as licenses become available.

U.S. Air Force awards SFTC SBIR project on Integrated Processing and Probabilistic Lifing Models for Superalloy Turbine Disks

The U.S. Air Force awarded SFTC an SBIR project on Integrated Processing and Probabilistic Lifing Models for Superalloy Turbine Disks.

Fall 2009 DEFORM News

DEFORM_News_Fall_2009: A 64-bit FEM engine is currently being introduced for DEFORM-3D.

Summer 2009 DEFORM News

DEFORM_News_Summer_2009: The use of DEFORM in the development of new patent pending tilt rolling and sputtering processes is the topic of this issue.

Spring 2009 DEFORM News

DEFORM_News_Spring_2009: A ring rolling code was summarized in DEFORM News last Spring.  Since that edition, a number of applications have been developed and published.  Extensive code testing has been performed, in conjunction with ongoing development.

Winter 2009 DEFORM News

DEFORM_News_Winter_2009: Decoupled die stress analysis is a very popular tool to increase die life and understand the root cause of failures.  In this issue, setup tips are provided from a DEFORM technical support staff.

SFTC Awarded SBIR Project by the U.S. Air Force on Modeling Spin Testing

SFTC has been awarded an SBIR project by the U.S. Air Force on Modeling Spin Testing using location specific material properties.

Fall 2008 DEFORM News

DEFORM News Fall 2008: Coupled die stress analysis is required from time to time to detect mid-stroke tooling failures.  A case of a piston punch is described in this issue.   The case study is contrasted with the results from a decoupled analysis, which underestimated the maximum tooling stress.

Summer 2008 DEFORM News

DEFORM-News-Summer-2008: White layer in machining is discussed.  This is a very sophisticated application of microstructure analysis to a machining simulation.  The results matched experimental data with excellent correlation.

SFTC Awarded SBIR and STTR Project by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy to Continue Microstructure Development for Aluminum and Nickel Alloys

SFTC has been awarded an SBIR and STTR project by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy to continue microstructure development for aluminum and nickel alloys.