Quality assurance in metal forming

Optical 3D measuring systems from ZEISS are used in stamping, bending, drawing, pressing and forming process chains for end-to-end quality assurance:

They are used to determine material characteristics. They help to optimize the design and simulation of components and tools. They accelerate tool testing and initial sample testing. In addition, optical 3D measuring systems ensure efficient production control and assembly analysis during series production.

Material characteristics

Knowledge of the material properties of a sheet metal material provides a reliable basis for component-specific design, for the development of a functioning tool with good effective surfaces and for realistic simulation.

Realistic material properties are the prerequisite for reliable simulation and optimization of product variants, tool layouts and forming processes.

The ARAMIS system helps to determine these material parameters.

Design

3D digitization helps with the rapid generation and effective use of CAD data.

3D actual coordinates enable the reverse engineering of models, components and tools. For this purpose, the 3D geometry of these objects is captured over the entire surface and transferred to CAD data via reverse engineering.

The inspection of components can also be carried out efficiently. Inspection features are added directly to the CAD data during the design process. Immediate inspection is possible as soon as a component is produced.

Optical measuring systems provide fully automatic surface deviations between the complete 3D actual coordinates and the CAD data.

Reverse engineering of models, components and tools

The full-surface geometry capture with ATOS enables the reverse engineering and adaptation of model, component and tool geometries in existing CAD software packages.

Inspection planning on the CAD model

The inspection of components can already be planned during the design phase. CAD data can be provided with inspection features. The ATOS software uses this data for an inspection at the touch of a button.