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Issue December, 2009
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Exhibition Tube 2010 in
Düsseldorf successfully concluded:
data
M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH would like to thank all visitors for the friendly
conversations we had at the Tube 2010 in Düsseldorf.
Simulation with COPRA® FEA RF: At the Tube we presented the new
function “Remesh” in COPRA® FEA RF - the Finite Element Simulation of
the Roll Forming Process. Beside the possibility to “automatically mesh
pre-punched material”, this new function was added to COPRA® FEA RF. The
“remesh-functionality” has been listed on the data M Sheet Metal
Solutions' wish list of development for a long time now. A technical
solution has been realised by now in which the Mesh can be redefined as
needed during the simulation.
We hope to see you again at the next Tube exhibition, which will be held in two year’s time.
...Info Flyer (PDF
460 KB)
COPRA® RF 2009 StandAlone for
AutoCAD OEM 2010:
- available as 32/64bit Version
- available in 5 languages
For further information please do not hesitate to ...contact data M
COPRA® Roll Form software versions
are now available:
- COPRA® RF 2009
- COPRA® FEA RF 2009
For further information please do not hesitate to ...contact data M
COPRA® Software Maintenance:
A software maintenance agreement enables you to receive new upgrades automatically and without further cost. With this you secure the full value of your investment and you influence our new developments.
...more
info (PDF 1,3 MB) or ...contact data
M
COPRA® Hotline Support:
We assist you not only via e-mail, fax and phone but also online. With it our support team is “on the spot”. Additionally you can also phone us via Internet. We are using Skype.
More information you will find at:
www.datam.de/help/index.htm or ...contact data
M
COPRA® RF
Seminar and Update Training was a big
success:
data M would like to
thank all the participants who attended our international COPRA® RF
seminar, 17 to 21 November. The next one is planned for May 2009. That
too will offer you an opportunity to find out in full about the
possibilities presented by our software solutions for roll forming. It
will also enable you to discover the new functions of our software or
even rediscover things you might have forgotten.
Venue in May: data M Software GmbH Office in Valley/Oberlaindern,
Germany
For more information please do not hesitate to ...contact
data M.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
COPRA® RollForm Seminar in Poland:
data M along with our
Polish partner ProCAD would like to thank all participants for their
interest. We were overwhelmed by the big acceptance. The seminar took
place 13 to 14 November in Warszawa. We hope to see you again at one of
our next seminars in Poland or here at data M.
For more information please do not hesitate to ...contact
data M
Exhibition EuroBlech
2008 in Hannover successfully concluded:
data
M Software GmbH would like to thank all visitors for the friendly
conversations we had at the EuroBlech 2008 in Hannover.
Successful and cost-attractive manufacture of roll formed parts not only
calls for an efficient tool set – the design, production and maintenance
of roll tools are also of decisive importance. The data M Software booth
at the EuroBlech 2008 show was consequently focusing on "Time- and
Cost-Effective Management in developing Roll Tools".
We are happy to say that the new version of COPRA® RF – our software for
the roll forming process – has met your special interest. We hope to see you again at the next
EuroBlech exhibition, which will be held in two year’s time.
...Info Flyer (PDF,
2 MB)
Innovative data M
software solution helps create new product range:
In its new
manufacturing process for free-form standing seam profiles called Kalzip
XT, Corus Bausysteme GmbH based in Koblenz developed an entirely new
roll forming technology that enables it to fabricate profiles of
virtually any geometry. The complex and innovative roll forming concept
is controlled and supported by software from data M. ...more
info (PDF 805 KB) or ...contact data
M
Producing
discontinuous roll formed profiles:
data M Software offers
you a new method for fabricating stress-matching profiles. ...more
info (PDF 643 KB) or ...contact data
M
In-house exhibition with Seminar on mount Wendelstein successfully
concluded!
In-house exhibition 2009 planned:
Roll Forming on Top -
Future Trends of Roll Forming, Design, Optimization, Verification.
These has been subjects of our this year's In-house exhibition - not
only discussed and cross-referenced at data M's premises. One big highlight was
also the COPRA® RollForm Seminar on top of the mount Wendelstein (picture).
Also the numerous participation made this event to such a successful one.
data M would like to say thank you very much to every participant at the
COPRA® RollForm seminar and user meeting 2007. It was your partaking
that made this event such a successful one.
We are already planning the next seminar in May 2009. We are looking
forward to seeing you then and hope that together with you it will just
as interesting.
...more info (PDF 478 KB)
or ...contact data
M
New Release - COPRA® RF 2007 software version
introduced:
data M introduced the new software for roll forming "COPRA® RF 2007" at the EuroBlech 2006 in Hannover, Germany. "COPRA® RF 2007" will be
available in March and is then supported by the new AutoCAD version.
Roll forming tools in Autodesk's Inventor Series 11? At the EuroBlech 2006 data M
introduced a new interface of COPRA® RF for Inventor. - Curious?
Just contact us for further information...
support@datam.de
data M joins European Research project for Flexible Roll Forming:
The main objective of the proposal
of the PROFORM project is to develop a new engineering and
manufacturing concept based on a built-to-order system for
reducing lead time and costs in producing high technology
transport components for chassis and vehicle bodies.
Roll forming is a high productive technique that is
well-established in industry for the manufacturing of large
quantities of profile-shaped products. The prevailing technique
involves the use of steel materials of changing qualities and
thicknesses fed into the machine from a continuous coil. The
roll forming line generally includes an accumulator with an
uncoiler, the forming machine with in general 20-50 forming
stands, and a cutoff press. The accumulator permits continuous
operation of the machine even during coil changeover. At the end
of the line, the continuous profile section is cut to length by
the cutoff press.
So far, the basic limitation of the roll forming process is
mainly due to the fact that traditional roll forming machines
have fixed rollers which limit the formed products to straight
sections and constant cross sections geometry along the
longitudinal axis. As a result of this project a production line
for “variable cross sections” over the longitudinal direction
will be realised in order to prove the industrial application of
this new forming technology.
Picture:
Concept of a
flexible RF stand at PtU Darmstadt
More info about this project at:
http://www.proform-ip.org
data M at the newly opened TUBE Arabia 2007:
The Tube Arabia exhibition in Dubai
that opened in January proved to be an encouragingly successful
event for the ITA and its exhibitor group. data M Software GmbH
and its Indian daughter data M Software India Pvt. Ltd.
presented COPRA®-products at a common both to the Arabian world.
Our products like COPRA® Roll Forming for Tubes led to a high
interest on the Arabian market and also to a excellent balance:
„All in all we are very happy with the result!“, said Albert
Sedlmaier, managing director of data M and Chairman of the
International Tube Association (ITA).
The
exhibition was formally opened by His Highness Sheik Hasher bin
Juma Al Maktoum, Director of the Department of Information for
Dubai, and a member of the reigning family. The ITA booth was
honoured with a visit by the Sheik where he met ITA Chairman
Albert Sedlmaier and Executive Secretary Phillip Knight.
Picture: Sheik Hasher bin Juma Al Maktoum seen with Friedrich Kehrer of Messe Düsseldorf, ITA Chairman Albert Sedlmaier and Executive Secretary Phillip Knight
User report: COPRA® RF:
With a workforce of some 3,000 and annual turnover of nearly 750 million, the Profilform division of Austria's voestalpine combine,
based in Krems, is one of the world's leading producers of tubes and profiles. To meet constantly increasing
demands in terms of both the complexity of profile structures and reduction of turn-around times within a framework of shorter innovation cycles, the company opted for COPRA®, the CAD/CAM system from data M Software. This solution enabled it to achieve substantial process optimization and markedly faster turn-around.
...for more
info, go to page 2 of our Info-Forum
"Turn-around cut in half" (PDF)
Fundamentals of Tube Mill Operation:
data M Software supports training course from TPA, Tube and Pipe Association International. This course is a guided tour of the welded tube making process, from coil receiving through exit. Participants will become familiar with the processes necessary for making tube and how those processes work. This fundamental course is ideal for those who don't have a strong background in tube production but are comfortable with a computer and with basic math and science.
COPRA Software was used in the development of this course, with the compliments of
data M Software. ...more
info
COPRA® FEA RF now also allows the analysis of the welding process:
COPRA® FEA RF now with an integrated simulation of the welding process as well
- in addition to the analysis of the forming process before and after the welding unit.
COPRA® FEA RF actually allows for both - the verification of roll tool design as well as the analysis of tube making and roll forming processes. ...contact data
M
Total Quality Management in the Design and Analysis of Roll Forming Tools:
...by using both - an optical Roll Inspection System and Finite Element Analysis software.
A new software module allows the simulation and analysis of the roll forming process: “COPRA® FEA RF” software is based on an optimised MSC.MARC solver and the result of almost 10 years research and development at data M in the field of roll form analysis calculation.
...more
info or
...contact data
M