Case Study: Neumayer Tekfor improves forming process quality and cost efficiency with Hexagon Simufact Forming

Forming simulation in the automotive industry quality and cost efficiency

Neumayer Tekfor Holding GmbH, a manufacturer of automotive components, faced the challenge of high resource expenditure and risk when developing new, complex products through physical testing. To address this, the company partnered with vendor Hexagon and utilized their Simufact Forming simulation software to virtually design and optimize its manufacturing processes.

By implementing Hexagon's simulation solution, Neumayer Tekfor shifted cost-intensive physical tests to a virtual environment. This resulted in a significant reduction in development time and costs, with virtual testing costing one-tenth of real testing. The partnership with Hexagon enabled the production of more complex components and achieved a 90-98% match between the virtual simulation and the final real product.

Neumayer Tekfor Holding GmbH

Juergen Schueler

Head of Engineering