ANÁLISE DE MELHORIA EM PROJETO DE MATRIZ DE EXTRUSÃO, QUANDO SE UTILIZA SOFTWARE CAE-CFD (CONTROL FLUID DYNAMICS) NO SEU DESENVOLVIMENTO: um estudo de caso na CooperStandard Automotive

Abstract

The extrusion process is one of the most used manufacturing processes for making profiles and tubes. This work aims to verify the improvement in the design of an extrusion matrix when using a computer aid tool CAE (Computer Aided Enginnering), more specifically the CFD (Control Fluid Dinamics-Autodesk) software. In this way it is possible to control the speed of the material flow inside the die, thus allowing a more effective design, which reduces the cost in the manufacture of extruded products. To reach this result, a comparative study was carried out between two identical products, one with the aid of the software and the other without the aid of the same. The results point to a significant improvement in the product obtained through the simulated tool.