Simufact is a software producer located in Germany which develops numerical simulation software packages for the metal forming, joining, welding and additive manufacturing processes. Simufact is a MSC Software group company which is a part of Hexagon.
Simufact Additive is a powerful and scalable process simulation environment for the first-time-right optimization of metal additive manufacturing processes. Simufact Additive is developed for the analysis of Powder Bed Fusion processes which are also known as:
- Selective Laser Melting (SLM)
- Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) - an EOS technology
- LaserCUSING® - a Concept Laser technology
- Electron Beam Melting (EBM) - an ARCAM technology
and more …
Simufact Additive covers the main manufacturing process chain including:
- Building
- Cutting & removal of the support structures and plate
- Heat Treatment / stress relief
- Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) process (mechanical influence)
Simufact Additive helps you produce 3D printed parts right-first-time by:
- Optimizing build-up orientation based on distortion, cost, build time, support volume, etc.
- Optimizing part geometry to minimize distortions
- Determining production problems like recoater contact, cracking and shrink lines
- Minimizing residual stresses
- Cost analysis
- Optimizing support structures
By using Simufact Additive it is also possible to:
- Perform thermal, mechanical and thermo-mechanical analysis
- Open and write Materialise Magics files
- Write Renishaw build files
- Simulate hybrid part production
- Reduce calculation time with adaptive meshing techniques
Simulation of Laser Deposition Methods (LDM) is covered by Simufact Welding.
- Laser Metal Deposition (LMD)
- Direct Metal Deposition (DMD)
- Direct Energy Deposition
- Laser Cladding