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advanced features that allow the user to design and validate forming of complex parts. Recently developed products include: • Nagform Lite is a lower-cost version of the Nagform program. It has the full modelling capability of Nagform with the ability to create progression designs manually. The program output includes part volume, surface area, forming strains, forming load, pressure calculations and 2D/3D CAD drawings. Templates of most IFI standard parts, SolidWorks/STEP interface and tooling component library are also available. • Nagform Sheet is a knowledge-based soft- ware program for designing forming sequences of sheet metal parts. It is also available as a stand-alone program for sheet metal parts or as an add-on module to the Nagform program. Doing this allows comparative studies of parts that can be alternatively formed by cold forging, as well as sheet metal forming processes. • Nagsim.2D is a bimetal version of the Nagsim.2D FEA simulation program that simulates forming of two deformable materials. Metal Forming Systems Inc – USA Website : www.nagform.com

Metalube Stand: 11G21

➣➢➣ Although based in the UK, the company exports 95 per cent of its production worldwide, with sales o ces located in Mumbai in India, Shanghai and Dong Guang in China, São Paolo in Brazil, and Dubai in the UAE. Established in 1989, Metalube is a UK-based manufacturer of specialist industrial lubricants, exporting to over 80 countries worldwide. From its Manchester headquarters the company has a fully integrated lubricant manufacturing facility including new laboratories. The business was built around the production of lubricants for drawing non-ferrous wire and tube products and these still remain a key part of the portfolio. However, today Metalube also o ers a range of lubricants for metal process and protection. These include protective greases for overhead line conductors, metal forming uids, rust preventatives, wire rope lubri- cants and chain oils, as well as a range of maintenance lubricants.

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industry. It also provides a three-day intensive class on the fundamentals of cold forging. Nagform is a unique program for determining the forming sequence for cold or hot forged and sheet metal formed parts. It utilises forming rules and design logic to create alternative ways of forming a part. Reusable templates can be created for part families such as hex bolts, rivets and spark plugs. All the results can be exported into various 2D/3D CAD programs. Nagsim.2D and 3D are FEA forging simulation programs for simulating cold, warm and hot forging processes. These programs predict the metal ow, formation of laps, under- ll conditions, elastic stress in the tools, load stroke curve, grain ow, etc. The latest versions of Nagform and Nagsim include many

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