The QUICK
SETUP/DRAW GUI leads the user through the setup procedure for draw simulations.
A typical DRAW GUI consists of DRAW TYPE, TOOL DEFINITION (BLANK, BINDER, LOWER
TOOL and DRAW BEAD), BLANK PARAMETERS, and TOOL CONTROL, as shown in Figure
Figure
DRAW TYPE
Enable the user to select one of the four standard draw operations provided in the QS GUI. In addition, the user may select either lower or upper tool in the setup depending on the type of tool surfaces (top or bottom).
TOOL DEFINITION GUI
Define the tool, blank and drawbead for draw simulation.
BLANK PARAMETERS
Define blank material and properties.
TOOL CONTROL
Enable the user to define the motion of the tool.
ADVANCED
Allow the user to edit some of the default QS settings.
The tool definition GUI allows the user to assign the tooling and blank mesh required for setting up a particular draw simulation.
As shown in Figure
Figure
Depending on the draw type, the tool velocity and force are applied according to the following control scheme:
CRASH FORM Upper tool with defined tool velocity.
INVERTED DRAW (SINGLE ACTION) Upper tool is controlled by velocity.
Binder is controlled by either velocity or force.
TOGGLE DRAW (DOUBLE ACTION) Upper tool is controlled by velocity.
Binder is controlled by velocity or force.
FOUR PIECE DRAW Upper tool is controlled by velocity.
Upper binder is controlled by velocity or force.
Lower binder is controlled by velocity or force.
If the default
unit is selected, the unit of velocity and force are in mm and
NOTE:
1. In the QS interface, all force controls are implemented after the binder is closed using velocity control. That is, the velocity control is switched to force after binder closing.
2. In the QS interface, the force applied to the lower binder (in FOUR-PIECE DRAW) is controlled by velocity or force with rigid body control. Rigid body control will prevent the lower binder from moving up before the upper and lower binders clamp the blank.
For example (INVERTED DRAW):
If the user needs to control the punch with velocity and the binder with force control:
a. Provide punch travel velocity (default is
b. Provide binder velocity (default is
c. Provide binder force (default is 200,000
This feature
allows the user to edit the default QUICK SETUP settings, including the gap, load
curve, output frames and drawbead control. The dialog box is shown in Figure
Figure
The GAP CONTROL allows the user to set
the tooling gap and clearance between the tooling and blank. The user can
select either an absolute or percentage value. The default setting for die gap
and clearance is 0.10 (110% of blank thickness) and 0.50 (50% of blank
thickness). For example, if the blank thickness is
The load curve setting enables the user to define the slopes of the velocity load curve and lower binder travel limitation of four-piece draw simulation.
The user may define the output frames of each stage. The default settings for wrap, stretch and punch frames are 5, 5 and 10, respectively.
The drawbead control enables the user to define drawbead conveniently. For more information about the Drawbead refer to the Section 9.4.
AUTO-POSITION enables the user to set the fixed tool after the user clicks the APPLY button for AUTO-POSITION operation etc.
The following is the procedure for setting up a draw simulation using QS/DRAW:
1. Select draw type and tooling options.
2. Define tooling. Refer to Section
3. Define blank parameters. Refer to
Section
4. Define tool motion. Refer to Section
5. Define drawbeads.
Refer to Section
6. Apply symmetry condition. The user can define symmetry
boundary conditions by clicking on CONSTRAINT. Refer to Section
7. Select APPLY and SUBMIT JOB. After selecting APPLY, eta/DYNAFORM will create the matching tool, automatically adjust tooling position, generate travel curves and offset the contact interface. The SUBMIT JOB button allows the user to run the simulation via the ANALYSIS dialog box (refer to Section 13.1).