Simulation of the impact of heat on the sheet metal cutting processes enables the selection of the best sheet metal strategy and cutting order, substantially improving performance, since it possible to anticipate and detect possible unforeseen anomalies during the layout phase. By simulating the process using BeroSim, the effects of cutting do not need to be tested on an actual machine. This results in savings in machine time, materials and energy, while at the same time lessening the risk of possible breakdowns or workplace accidents.
With BeroSim, users will be able to see, through a simulation, how heat propagates and is distributed in the sheet metal as it is cut and how this affects the material. Plasma and laser technologies locally increase the overall temperature of the sheet metal, which modifies the properties of the material and can alter its characteristics (thickness, etc.).
By using BeroSim, engineers can use the simulation to define the sheet metal cutting strategy and the cutting and machining order, preventing possible material deformation during cutting to obtain optimum quality products. Likewise, the user can correct the cutting path and trajectory of the machine to maintain the quality of sheet metal products.
Says Dr Iñigo Barandiaran, head of Vicomtech’s Department of Industry and Advanced Manufacturing: "Digital transformation has become highly important in the industrial sector, which needs advanced technological solutions that provide added value, something that is only possible with research and innovation. The industrial sector must continue to be an economic engine and guarantor of stable employment, and this will be achieved with the help of technology."
Adds Susana García, head of CAD/CAM systems development at Lantek: "With BeroSim, we contribute to this process of change and to the modernisation of the sheet metal machining, simulation and verification sector, providing a set of functionalities and innovative capabilities that provide greater efficiency to production processes. This enables the optimisation of material, human and economic resources. This collaboration with Vicomtech helps us to promote the implementation of productive models and methodologies that will allow the users of our solutions to achieve greater competitiveness and efficiency.”
