The tasks performed in joining automotive bodyshells are growing in complexity as a result of current product requirements, while development times are simultaneously becoming shorter. This requires the systematic development and employment of simulation tools for the optimization of processes and products. This article describes modern joining techniques and the demands that future simulation programs will have to satisfy and, using some examples, discusses the status of joining simulation focused on automotive applications today. The simulation tools available at this time have varying degrees of maturity and need to be handled expertly against the backdrop of the respective assumptions, input data, and verification results. Using some selected examples it could be demonstrated that the simulation of joining processes is already feasible in some areas. In future, however, simulation tools have to be able to forge the links between local process descriptions and resulting component characteristics, and to take a holistic view of entire process chains. 'Standalone' solutions are uneconomic for these tasks. Joining simulation has to be integrated much more closely into the digital world of product and plant.
Joining trends in automotive industry
Trends in der Fügetechnik in der Autoindustrie
2005
7 Seiten, 5 Bilder
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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