Altair Case Studies Altair Inspire Form: A Solution to Pragati Engineering's Sheet Metal Formability Challenges

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Altair Inspire Form: A Solution to Pragati Engineering's Sheet Metal Formability Challenges

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Digital Twin / Simulation Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
Applicable Industries	Automotive Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Time Sensitive Networking Visual Quality Detection
Services	Hardware Design & Engineering Services Testing & Certification
Challenge	Pragati Engineering, a leading press tool design and manufacturing company in India, faced a significant challenge in their product development process. The company was struggling with the formation of cracks and wrinkles in one of their products during the manufacturing process. The traditional method of trial and error that the team used was unable to predict these occurrences. This method forced the team to manually correct the dies and rebuild new tools, leading to unplanned iterations and physical die tryouts. This not only substantially increased the product development time and cost but also impacted delivery schedules. Furthermore, product quality and output accuracy were compromised due to this traditional method. Read More
About Customer	Pragati Engineering, established in 2004, is one of the leading press tool design and manufacturing companies in India. The company manufactures quality made-to-order dies and fixtures for a variety of customers. Pragati Engineering is an ISO 9001:2008 certified organization and has solutions for all kinds of tooling requirements. The company's competency lies in the manufacture of Press Tools Fixtures and Panel Checkers for various critical sheet-metal components and assemblies. With new technologies, facilities, and experience in Press Tooling, the company is confident of seamlessly catering to any requirement in the sheet-metal forming segment. Pragati has an impressive list of clients from various sectors and supplies automotive sheet metal parts to leading companies such as Mahindra & Mahindra, Hitachi, JBM, TATA Ficosa, and Federal Management. Read More
Solution	In their search for a reliable solution to their problem, Pragati Engineering came across Altair’s Inspire Form through a vendor who was already using the software. The team was confident that simulation would play a crucial role in improving product quality and reducing the number of physical prototypes. They procured the Altair Solution and started using it for all their product lines. Altair Inspire Form proved to be a game-changer as it helped the team identify instances of failure, wrinkles, or cracks in sheet metal panel components right at the design stage. This breakthrough eliminated soft tool manufacturing and drastically reduced the number of physical trials. The solution not only reduced product development time but also increased design and output accuracy. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Digital Twin / Simulation

Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Time Sensitive Networking

Visual Quality Detection

Services

Hardware Design & Engineering Services

Testing & Certification

Challenge

Pragati Engineering, a leading press tool design and manufacturing company in India, faced a significant challenge in their product development process. The company was struggling with the formation of cracks and wrinkles in one of their products during the manufacturing process. The traditional method of trial and error that the team used was unable to predict these occurrences. This method forced the team to manually correct the dies and rebuild new tools, leading to unplanned iterations and physical die tryouts. This not only substantially increased the product development time and cost but also impacted delivery schedules. Furthermore, product quality and output accuracy were compromised due to this traditional method.

About Customer

Pragati Engineering, established in 2004, is one of the leading press tool design and manufacturing companies in India. The company manufactures quality made-to-order dies and fixtures for a variety of customers. Pragati Engineering is an ISO 9001:2008 certified organization and has solutions for all kinds of tooling requirements. The company's competency lies in the manufacture of Press Tools Fixtures and Panel Checkers for various critical sheet-metal components and assemblies. With new technologies, facilities, and experience in Press Tooling, the company is confident of seamlessly catering to any requirement in the sheet-metal forming segment. Pragati has an impressive list of clients from various sectors and supplies automotive sheet metal parts to leading companies such as Mahindra & Mahindra, Hitachi, JBM, TATA Ficosa, and Federal Management.

Solution

In their search for a reliable solution to their problem, Pragati Engineering came across Altair’s Inspire Form through a vendor who was already using the software. The team was confident that simulation would play a crucial role in improving product quality and reducing the number of physical prototypes. They procured the Altair Solution and started using it for all their product lines. Altair Inspire Form proved to be a game-changer as it helped the team identify instances of failure, wrinkles, or cracks in sheet metal panel components right at the design stage. This breakthrough eliminated soft tool manufacturing and drastically reduced the number of physical trials. The solution not only reduced product development time but also increased design and output accuracy.

Impact #1	The implementation of Altair Inspire Form has brought about a significant transformation in Pragati Engineering's operations. The solution has not only improved the product quality by identifying and rectifying errors at the design stage but also reduced the product development time and cost significantly. The team has been able to optimize process parameters easily, which has drastically reduced errors and improved the life of tools. The tooling delivery cycle time has been reduced to just between one and two weeks, which earlier used to take almost a month. The team now saves time and development cost by using Altair Inspire Form in all their projects and has done away with their traditional method, which was prone to errors and resulted in inaccurate prototypes and inflated prototyping cost. The team is highly impressed with Altair Solutions and plans to further reduce their design cycle time through an increased use of other Altair offerings in the future.

Impact #1

The implementation of Altair Inspire Form has brought about a significant transformation in Pragati Engineering's operations. The solution has not only improved the product quality by identifying and rectifying errors at the design stage but also reduced the product development time and cost significantly. The team has been able to optimize process parameters easily, which has drastically reduced errors and improved the life of tools. The tooling delivery cycle time has been reduced to just between one and two weeks, which earlier used to take almost a month. The team now saves time and development cost by using Altair Inspire Form in all their projects and has done away with their traditional method, which was prone to errors and resulted in inaccurate prototypes and inflated prototyping cost. The team is highly impressed with Altair Solutions and plans to further reduce their design cycle time through an increased use of other Altair offerings in the future.

Benefit #1	Reduced the product development cycle time and cost significantly.
Benefit #2	Improved product quality by identifying and rectifying errors at the design stage.
Benefit #3	Reduced the physical tryout time by 50%.

Benefit #1

Reduced the product development cycle time and cost significantly.

Benefit #2

Improved product quality by identifying and rectifying errors at the design stage.

Benefit #3

Reduced the physical tryout time by 50%.

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Altair Inspire Form: A Solution to Pragati Engineering's Sheet Metal Formability Challenges

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