Patent ID: 11914926
Assignee: AUTOFORM ENGINEERING GMBH
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code encoding a computer program that, when loaded and executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for designing a web linking parts to a carrier in a sheet metal strip that is processed in a progressive die process, the parts and the carrier being sheet metal sections of the sheet metal strip, the web comprising links that link the parts to the carrier, and the method comprising the steps of
processing input actions from a user, the input actions specifying parameters of web primitive elements, the web primitive elements comprising at least connections, each connection representing a link between sheet metal sections;
the user input actions specifying, for each connection, a first connection point, at which the connection is joined to a first sheet metal section, and a second connection point, at which the connection is joined to a second sheet metal section;
the user input actions specifying a deformability parameter associated with a connection, for modifying a spring constant of the connection in a direction between the first and second connection points, the spring constant relating forces acting at the first and second connection points in the direction between the first and second connection points to relative displacements of the first and second connection points in the direction between the first and second connection points.