Heatshape provides a cloud-based simulation platform for thermal metal processing, enabling engineers to predict temperature distributions, residual stresses, and distortions in welding, hardening, and additive manufacturing. Its web-based accessibility removes the need for specialized hardware and expertise, allowing for virtual process optimization and reduced reliance on physical testing.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Traditional thermal metal processing simulations require significant computational resources and specialized expertise, creating a barrier to entry for many manufacturers. This often leads to reliance on costly and time-consuming physical testing to validate process parameters and ensure component quality.
Solution
Heatshape offers a cloud-based simulation platform designed for thermal metal processing applications such as welding, hardening, and additive manufacturing. The software enables users to predict critical process outcomes, including temperature distributions, cooling rates, microstructure evolution, residual stresses, and distortions, directly within a web browser. This accessibility eliminates the need for high-performance computing hardware and extensive simulation experience. By leveraging Heatshape, engineers can virtually test and optimize numerous process designs, thereby reducing the reliance on physical prototypes and accelerating product development cycles.
Target Audience
The primary users are engineers and designers involved in the manufacturing of metal components who require simulation tools for process optimization and quality assurance.
Features
- Cloud-native simulation engine accessible via web browser on any internet-connected device.
- Specialized solvers for thermal-mechanical analysis in welding, hardening, and additive manufacturing processes.
- Predictive capabilities for temperature fields, cooling rates, phase transformations, residual stresses, and geometric distortions.
- Automated meshing and adaptive time-stepping for streamlined simulation setup.
- Scalable computational resources allowing for parallel execution of multiple simulation scenarios.
- User-friendly interface with pre-configured numerical parameters tailored for metal processing.
- Optimization tools to identify process parameters that minimize distortions and improve component microstructure.