Software
General metal forming
QForm UK is a professional engineering software used for simulation, analysis and optimization of metal forming processes providing excellent reliability. It covers the essential needs in metal forming simulation for large and small forging companies as well as research and educational establishments. QForm provides simulation of an entire technological chain and a wide range of possibilities for process analysis.
Profile extrusion
QForm UK Extrusion is the only extrusion simulation program that calculates material flow fully coupled with the temperature and deformation of the dies taking into consideration distortion of tool surfaces, especially in the bearing area and simulates the material flow through this deformed shape of the die orifice. QForm Extrusion, combined with our QExDD program, provide die design integrated seamlessly with simulation.
Cold forming
QForm UK Cold Forming is developed specially for simulation of cold forming operations and it helps to optimize material flow, reduce deformation load, predict tool life and produce defect free parts. QForm can handle complex die assemblies so it is possible to optimize complex pre-stressed dies with hard-alloy inserts and tire rings. QForm takes elasto-plastic tool deformations and elasto-plastic workpiece deformations into account with our specially developed models.
Ring and wheel rolling
QForm UK Ring Rolling is a software specially developed for wheel and ring rolling processes simulation. The program is adapted to use data from modern rolling mill algorithms that significantly simplify the input of initial data required for simulation. Special calculation methods provide quick and accurate prediction of billet deformation with rectangular or shaped cross sections.
Heat treatment
QForm UK Heat Treatment is intended for predicting of the properties, such as hardness, ultimate strength, phase composition, stress state and the final shape of the detail. QForm makes it possible to estimate thermal stresses and distortion at the heating and cooling of a detail, which allows assessing the probability of cracking and more accurate determining the final shape of forged piece.
Microstructure
QForm UK Microstructure is a special module for simulation of microstructure evolution during thermomechanical processing of steels, nickel-, titanium-, aluminum-based and other alloys. The module can perform calculation in the process chain with inheritance of calculation results and works for both 2D and 3D problems. The kinetics of recrystallization is described by the Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov (JMAK) equation.
