ThirdWave

AdvantEdge

AdvantEdge enables users to evaluate a greater number of design/process parameters in a much shorter period of time, reducing the amount of experimentation. In tool design processes, it means that new products can reach the market in half the time or less. In production, it enables tool qualification and innovative new process implementations to be completed in less than half the time of traditional approaches.
 
AdvantEdge helps users understand data that is extremely difficult or even impossible to capture in processing tests. Force, power, torque and chip morphology are all processes that can be captured in a machining laboratory, but are time consuming and expensive. With AdvantEdge’s simulation analysis, users can not only capture these outputs, but also examine data that is nearly impossible to measure, such as stress, temperature, pressure and sliding speed.
AdvantEdge also provides data on the stress state of the workpiece, which is critical in subsequent analysis for the overall quality of the workpiece. Armed with this knowledge, the user can discover new methods for high-performance machining, develop a radical tool design or boldly innovate when machining a next-generation alloy.
 

Production Module

Production Module is the leading CAE product for machining modeling at the toolpath level. The Manufacturing Module provides an easy-to-use system for analyzing and improving machining processes by integrating advanced, experimentally validated, FEA-based material models with CAD/CAM. This provides engineers with more information than trial-and-error testing, enabling bold innovations.
 
With a nonlinear FEA engine integrated in the Production Module, users can compensate for loads, pressures and even temperatures along the entire tool path. With the actionable information available through the Production Module, you can significantly reduce machining times and improve tool life. You can get results that go against the conventional wisdom that there is always a trade-off between metal removal rates and tool life. Innovate a lot with Third Wave Systems.
 
Production Module was born from the idea that powerful software can solve the most complex problems. Whether it’s designing a fixture for manufacturing a new product, performing a “what if” scenario analysis for different toolpath strategies, or eliminating load spikes to improve tool life, they all have something in common. These problems require extreme precision and powerful insights into every detail to find effective solutions. The Production Module enables bold innovations.

Distortio

With DISTORTIO you can analyze impact of cutting techniques, process parameters and clamping strategies on workpiece quality. Furthermore, you can view part deflection and part distortion from machining.
 
Key points;
 
– It is possible to create a finite element model using the actual contact area of the tools cutting edge against the workpiece to model the deflection with an in-process workpiece.
– Test clamping strategy impact on part warping
– Bulk stress data from a forging we can see how a part will change as we subtract stress around the final geometry
– Many engineers will think about adding stress but we also need to be aware of subtracting a lot of stress