QForm Ring Rolling is a simulation tool designed specifically for wheel- and ring-rolling processes. It uses data from modern rolling-mill algorithms to greatly streamline input of the initial data, and unique calculation techniques predict ring deformation rapidly and precisely, whether the cross-section is rectangular or shaped.
Rolling is challenging to simulate: the deformation zone is small and constantly shifted by the rotating workpiece, while the large undeformed volume must still hold its shape, temperature and other fields accurately. Conventional methods would need a very fine mesh throughout the whole workpiece — and far longer run times. Modern machinery also has intricate kinematics that generic models can’t capture, so QForm uses specialised methods and algorithms.
The complete technological chain can be modelled — starting from a 2D upsetting simulation, through forging and piercing, and culminating in the ring-rolling simulation.
Unique features
- Data-preparation interface that reads control programs from SMS Meer, Siempelkamp, Muraro and Mitsubishi rolling mills.
- Tool-movement graphs sourced directly from SMS Meer and Siempelkamp machines.
- Import of source-data function graphs to streamline input and reduce human error.
- A specialised dual-mesh algorithm: one mesh, highly adaptive in the contact area, captures the interaction zone, while the other tracks the changing ring shape and computes fields with exceptional precision.