Process simulation is increasingly central in the development of new products. Simcenter Inspire integrates a complete suite of tools to virtually analyze and optimize the main manufacturing processes: casting, forming, 3D printing, foam expansion, and extrusion. Thanks to guided interfaces and advanced simulation engines, even non-expert users can anticipate issues, reduce scrap, and improve production efficiency.
Process Simulation
Validate manufacturability, optimize cycles, and anticipate defects before producing the part.
Casting Simulation with Inspire Cast
Inspire Cast enables precise simulation of metal filling, solidification, and cooling processes. It allows early identification of defects such as porosity, air entrapment, or shrinkage, avoiding rework and ensuring final quality. With an intuitive interface and guided process models, even less experienced users can set up complex simulations in minutes. This module is ideal for foundries as well as designers of cast components.
Sheet Metal Forming Simulation with Inspire Form
Inspire Form allows analysis of sheet metal formability at the concept stage. The software simulates cracking, wrinkling, and springback, helping designers optimize geometry and reduce late-stage modifications. It also includes a blank nesting module to minimize material waste. Incremental, multi-stage simulation supports progressive and transfer forming processes.
Injection Molding Simulation with Inspire Mold
Inspire Mold simulates the entire plastic injection molding cycle, from filling to cooling and deformation. The software helps prevent aesthetic and functional defects such as voids, shrinkage, air traps, or weld lines. Multi-cavity molds or complex geometries can also be managed, integrating material libraries and real process conditions.
Additive Manufacturing Simulation with Inspire Print 3D
Inspire Print 3D simulates metal 3D printing with high precision, considering layer-by-layer fusion, thermal behavior, and residual stresses. Support placement can be optimized, risks of delamination reduced, and final part quality improved. The module integrates seamlessly with topology optimization, enabling the creation of parts designed natively for additive manufacturing.
Foaming Simulation with Inspire PolyFoam
PolyFoam simulates injection, expansion, and polymerization of rigid or flexible polyurethane foams. It predicts porosity, density variations, and material uniformity, helping optimize geometry, process parameters, and molds. Applicable industries include automotive, technical furniture, thermal insulation, and advanced packaging.
Metal Extrusion Simulation with Inspire Extrude Metal
Extrude Metal realistically simulates the extrusion of metal alloys. It evaluates profile deformation, thermal distribution, tool stresses, and common defects such as backflow contamination or faulty welds. This tool is useful for both die design and validating the manufacturability of extruded profiles.
Polymer Extrusion Simulation with Inspire Extrude Polymer
Extrude Polymer simulates co-extrusion, cooling, and rheological behavior of complex plastic profiles. The software manages metallic inserts, spiral dies, and customized materials, helping predict and correct flow imbalances, swelling, and other critical defects. It is designed for companies aiming to increase quality and production yield while reducing scrap and rework.
A complete environment to simulate and optimize production
Simcenter Inspire enables engineers to address manufacturing processes with a tool that anticipates problems, improves quality, and reduces time and cost. All modules are designed for use directly by designers and production technicians, even without advanced FEA expertise. This approach accelerates iterations, enhances cross-department collaboration, and helps bring better-designed, more reliable products to market.
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