TPEC’s ROLE
Digital Engineering Field CAE Technology
Our Mission
Reproducing various current conditions with using CAE for problem prediction and countermeasure proposal
We use CAE to virtually reproduce various phenomena such as material deformation in the process of press molding sheet metal and the flow of molten material in the forming process of resin and cast. Predicting problems and taking measures or “kaizen” prior to casting and forming molds production, we contribute to reduction of redo after mold production, which leads to cost and time savings. The use of CAE to visualize phenomena brings about the correct recognition.
Our Direction
We will contribute to making ever-better cars with understanding physical phenomena and leveraging CAE technology.
- Shrinking the amount of time to develop a new vehicle
- Improvement of perfection at the drawing stage
We propose and create CAE technologies to be used and relied on not only for vehicle production but also for customers’ problems solution.
- Striving to be engineers carrying TPEC’s core technology
- Proposal of simulation technologies available in real time
Our Capabilities
Supporting Monozukuri(manufacturing)
- Prior to produce a press mold of sheet metal, we study the formability with simulation, visualize and predict defects including cracks occurring in forming process to feed back to the design department.
- We calculate the flow of resin during injection molding and changes in temperature and pressure to predict molding defects after molding is completed.
- We visualize a flow pattern of molten metal in a mold. We calculate the flow velocity, temperature and viscosity, etc. in the flow to predict a molten metal flow pattern of large scale and defects including air trap.
- We predict shapes with large deformations, plate thickness distribution of products, plastic strain due to deformation, etc.
Factory Study, Equipment Study Support
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Equipment strength prediction technology We visualize robot movements considering inertial force,
e.g.: prediction of material handling strength, frame strength, etc. by mechanism analysis introduced elastic body. - We reproduce the airflow in the factory with CAE, simulate the flow of unseen airflow gas, and help create an environment.
Vehicle Study Support
- We visualize deformation and position misalignment caused by parts such as weather strip to support countermeasures against deformation and likelihood studies.
