Altair AFDEX

What is Altair AFDEX?

AFDEX is a general purpose metal forming simulator based on the rigid-elasto/term/viscoplastic finite element method, specializing in forging and other bulk forming processes.

AFDEX (metal forming process consultant and design specialist) can provide forming loads to assist in the selection of appropriate presses and also to develop and optimize metal forming processes. For example, costly process design tests can be completely removed, drastically reducing development time and cost, and improving product quality in terms of metal flow lines (grain flow, fiber flow) and longer service life. These forecasts also extend the life of the matrix and therefore increased productivity will provide the user and the company with a great return on investment.

Key features and benefits

AFDEX is based on the rigid-elasto/term/viscoplastic finite element method, with intelligent reform technology incorporated. The most intriguing points of the software are in its excellent analysis accuracy for a wide range of metal forming processes and ease of use of the pre/post processor.

Other complementary features include:

• User-friendly GUI equipped with fail-safe features
• Fully automatic simulation techniques that have been adopted for multi-stage processes
• Strong functions of predicting metal flow lines in the arbitrary section area
• Powerful material identification functions
• Increased accuracy for a wide range of metal forming processes

Industrial Applications

AFDEX is applicable to real forgings of production lines and other bulk forming processes such as extrusion, drawing and lamination. It is also suitable for finer product forming processes, such as sheet forging and plate forming.

AFDEX can be used for the following industrial applications: Aerospace, Automotive and Terrestrial, Biomedical, Electronics and Consumer Goods, Energy, Heavy Industry (including Construction Machinery and Mechanical Parts), Marine, Rail, Steel and Foundry.

System requirements:

CPU: 1.8 GHz dual core processor

RAM: 2 GB

HDD / SSD: 50 GB of free space on the main drive

Operating system: Microsoft Windows 8 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit and Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit

Resolution: 1024×768