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TISD 2024 - Transvalor International Simulation Days

The Transvalor International Simulation Days 2024 and Transvalor 40th Anniversary for industrial and academic world interested in the simulation of material forming processes is plan from September 30th to October 2nd
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Induction Heating Optimization: Minimizing Energy Usage While Preserving Part Integrity

In this article, we delve into the world of induction heating, exploring its advantages, simulation capabilities, and how optimization can lead to substantial energy savings.
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Exploring Ingot Casting: Understanding Powder / Liquid Metal Interaction during Pouring

Understanding the intricate interactions between the liquid metal, slag, powders, and other inclusions is vital for ensuring high-quality ingot production.
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ECHT 2022 - Conference on heat treatment

Transvalor will attend the ECHT, european conference on heat treatment, which will be held in Salzburg (Austria) from September 5 to 8, 2022.
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COLDFORM® for fasteners

COLDFORM® simulates all the stages for the manufacturing of fasteners: bar shearing, forging sequence, thread rolling, heat treatment, etc.
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German Cold Forming Days 2022

Transvalor participates in the 36th annual meeting of cold forming industries, organized from February 23-24, 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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THERCAST® for shell mold gravity casting

The software THERCAST® allows to simulate the foundry processes such as shell mold gravity casting.
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Parallel computing for high-performance simulations

FORGE® is based on the parallel computing that allows to reduce computation times by dividing the computation domain across several processors.
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How simulation helps to increase die life in tooling

Wear, mechanical and thermal fatigue, crack, plastic deformation... FEM software can help perform preventive maintenance and optimize tool geometry.
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New strategy for the initiation and propagation of real cracks

Our recent work allowed the improvement of FORGE®'s model for the simulation of cracks related to cutting processes.
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Development of error estimators for electromagnetic treatment of materials

An error estimator is being developed to allow the automatic mesh refinement during electromagnetic treatment simulations.
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Heat Treatment Congress Spain 2021

Transvalor took part in the Heat Treatment Congress, a day dedicated to heat treatment applications held in Bilbao (Spain) on September 22, 2021.
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Our professional associations partners

Since its creation, Transvalor has relied on a network of professional associations partners for the greatest benefit of its products and services.
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Webinar - Novelties in simulation of heat treatment processes

Discover SIMHEAT® latest functionalities to predict phase transformations, hardness, tensile strength and residual stresses and microstructure evolution.
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Webinar - Improve fasteners quality and durability using simulation

Discover how a simulation software can help to master your process and increase your profitability, for the manufacturing of fasteners.
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Webinar - TRANSWELD®, the simulation software for welding operations

Discover how simulation software can help to guarantee the quality of your bead and anticipate numerically potentials welding defects.
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MESSIAH Chair - hydrogen and energy transport facilities

Transvalor is involved in the MESSIAH Chair project, which aims to understand the effect of hydrogen on energy transport facilities.
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THERCAST® for high-pressure die casting (HPDC)

THERCAST® simulates all stages of the HPDC process and considers metal flow, shrinkage, defects, cycle times, molds, metallurgical changes, etc.
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Aluminum heat treatment simulation with SIMHEAT®

SIMHEAT® simulates the solutionizing, quenching and artificial ageing phases of aluminum alloys thanks to the QFA and the Shercliff-Ashby models.
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Webinar - Optimize HPDC & LPDC in the automotive industry with THERCAST®

Discover how to get zero-defects parts and optimize each phase of your process with THERCAST® simulation software.
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New method for reducing continuous casting simulation computation times

A new 'global slice computation' method has been developed in THERCATS® to drastically reduce computation time for continuous casting simulation.
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THERCAST® for low pressure die casting (LPDC)

THERCAST® simulates all phases of the low pressure die casting process and predicts defects, shrinkage, metallurgical changes, tooling analysis, etc.
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Simulation of spray quenching with SIMHEAT®

Discover SIMHEAT® software capabilities to simulate and optimize your spray quenching process: process parameters, distorsion, phase transformation, etc.
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Simulation of quenching with SIMHEAT®

Discover SIMHEAT® software capabilities to simulate and optimize your quenching process: control metallurgical properties, avoid defects and distortions...
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How to avoid closed die forging defects?

Find out how simulation allows to anticipate and avoid defects on your forged parts: underfilling, folds, cracks, piping defects, improper grain flow, etc.
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Webinar - Manage inclusions for metal cleanliness in die casting

Understand how to track and better anticipate inclusions for an improved metal cleanliness, thanks to a simulation software dedicated to foundry processes.
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Testimonials FORGE®

See what our users have to say about FORGE® software, its capabilities and its innovative features.
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Ergonomic features of the new THERCAST® NxT 2.1 interface

Discover the new features of the THERCAST® user interface: context menu, Drag & Drop function, customizable keyboard shortcuts, etc.
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New functionalities of the version THERCAST® NxT 2.1

The new THERCAST®NxT 2.1 version has many ergonomic functionalities and allows to work with more efficiency.
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THERCAST® Foundry & Ingot Casting PREMIUM module

This module gives access to all features of the ESSENTIAL module + capabilities to perform fully coupled thermal-mechanical and metallurgical analysis.
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THERCAST® ALL-INCLUSIVE

THERCAST® is available in an ALL-INCLUSIVE version including all the existing processes and features for simulating metal casting and solidification.
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THERCAST® Continuous Casting module

This module allows you to outperform your competitors thanks to smart technological innovations for exact analysis of your continuous casting process.
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THERCAST® Foundry & Ingot Casting ESSENTIAL

This module provides a solution for controlling your manufacturing process, developing innovative or complex cast products and reducing time to market.
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Customize your legends in FORGE®

You can customize your legends in the latest version of FORGE® software: change the colors, number of levels, intervals, etc.
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New functionalities of the version FORGE® NxT 3.2

Explore FORGE® NxT 3.2 new ergonomic features to understand how to work with more efficiency and customize your user interface.
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TRANSWELD® for resistance spot welding

TRANSWELD® simulates the resistance spot welding process to predict metallurgical changes, stresses and distortions and to define optimal parameters.
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TRANSWELD® for laser beam welding

TRANSWELD® enables to simulate the laser beam welding process in order to predict metallurgical transformations, residual stresses, and much more.
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Webinar - What's new in THERCAST® NxT 2.1

Learn what's new in our simulation software for metal casting and solidification, THERCAST® NxT 2.1. and understand the benefits for foundry professionals.
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Webinar - Discovery of FORGE® new ergonomic features

Explore the new ergonomic features of FORGE® software in two webinars and live demos.
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ECHT 2020 - European Conference on Heat Treatment

Transvalor attended ECHT 2020, conference on heat trea.tment, hold from 30 of November to 02 of December.
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Regional Conference NAFEMS France 2020 - Numerical Simulation

On November 25 and 26, 2020, Transvalor has been participated in the online conference on Numerical Simulation organized by the NAFEMS association.
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TRANSWELD® for MIG MAG arc welding

TRANSWELD® simulates MIG MAG arc welding and predicts thermomechanical behavior of an assembly to anticipate residual stresses, distortions, control HAZ, etc.
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REM3D® for PU foam injection and molding process

PU foam injection molding process can be simulated with REM3D®, allowing to predict final properties of your plastic components.
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FORGE® for long and flat products rolling

FORGE® allows to simulate rolling process for long products and provides accurate prediction of shape, temperature, strain evolution, deformation...
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Interoperability of TRANSWELD® with CAE software

Transvalor participated to the VMAP project to improve the interoperability of its software with other computation software, in particular for TRANSWELD®.
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Joining in Car Body Engineering 2020 - virtual conference

Transvalor recorded an on-demand video for the online conference Joining in Car Body Engineering held on September 29 to October 1st, 2020.
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COLDFORM® for mechanical joining

COLDFORM® software allows the simulation of mechanical joining processes such as clinching or riveting and predict mechanical properties of the final part.
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Case study Tubacex - compare two manufacturing routes

Tubacex used FORGE® and THERCAST® to compare the quality of two manufacturing routes (forging or blooming) to produce round bars with a new ingot design.
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FORGE® for electrical upsetting

FORGE® software makes it possible to simulate electrical upsetting and predict thermal, electrical, kinematics data, shape of the preform and more.
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Tech Day France 2020

Transvalor organized a Tech Day in Metz, France on 9 Sept. 2020 to present the benefits of its solutions for the forging and the casting industries.
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New release of DIGIMU® 4.0 for microstructural evolution simulation

A new version of DIGIMU®, software dedicated to the simulation of microstructural evolution, has been released by Transvalor.
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Customer Story - LISI AEROSPACE

LISI Aerospace, designer and manufacturer of fasteners has been working with FORGE® software since 10 years to accelerate its development.
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Customer Story - GMH Gruppe

Georgsmarienhütte GmbH (GMH gruppe), leading supplier of steel bars uses THERCAST® software to optimize its casting processes.
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Customer Story - Alcorta Forging Group

Since a few years, Transvalor supports Alcorta Forging Group in the research of innovative solutions.
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Customer Story - Faurecia Automotive Seating

Faurecia, manufacturer of automotive seat mechanisms, uses our FORGE® and TRANSWELD® software to ensure the safety of automobilists.
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Customer Story - NTN-SNR

NTN SNR, manufacturer of mecanical bearings for the automotive and aerospace industry, use the software FORGE® to optimize its processes.
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Ergonomic features of the new FORGE® interface

Discover the new features of the FORGE® user interface: context menu, Drag & Drop function, customizable keyboard shortcuts, etc.
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Generate its own user routines in FORGE®

FORGE® simulation software makes it possible to code your own behavior, damage, fatigue or friction laws and many others.
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Transvalor joins the AFRC as the first Tier One Partner

Transvalor becomes Tier One Partner of the AFRC and brings simulation solutions to the FutureForge facility, to strengthen projects on metal forming.
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Customer Story - Leiber Group

Leiber Group, specialist in light aluminum components, has chosen FORGE® simulation software to improve its industrial processes.
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Customer Story - TU Dortmund

The IUL TU Dortmund uses FORGE® software to develop its research in adiabatic blanking, hot shear cutting and hot sheet forming.
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Tech Days - Webinars to improve process simulation

Transvalor & AFRC organize a series of free webinars for the manufacturing industry on June 17-18, 2020. They are open to any english-speaking participant.
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Customer Story - Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC)

The Advanced Forming Research Centre use FORGE® and DIGIMU® to support them in the microstructural modeling.
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Improvement of the damage-to-fracture transition model

A new modeling method for damage-to-fracture has been introduced into FORGE® and COLDFORM® software.
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Mastering open mold chemical foaming with REM3D®

REM3D®, simulation software for plastic injection processes, integrates models dedicated to open mold foaming.
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Simulate the laser welding process with TRANSWELD®

TRANSWELD® simulation software integrates models dedicated to welding without added material, including laser welding.
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Quaker Houghton: new strategic and technological partner

Transvalor and Quaker Houghton have formalized their strategic and technological partnership solidifying several joint actions initiated almost 3 years ago.
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COLDFORM® for thread rolling

COLDFORM® is the best simulation tool for the definition of the entire production of high technology screws, from forging up to thread rolling.
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SIMHEAT® for induction heating

Discover SIMHEAT® simulation capabilities to analyze and optimize your induction heating process.
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Improvement of the induction model for heat treatments

A doctoral student works with our Scientific Development team on the induction model and more particularly on the adaptation of the meshing.
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New functionalities in THERCAST® NxT 2.0

Discover the new features of THERCAST®, software for simulating foundry applications, ingot casting and continuous casting.
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New version of THERCAST® NxT 2.0 for the foundry sector

A new release of our simulation software dedicated to the foundry sector is now available.
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Covid-19 information

Important informtaion : we remain operational during the Coronavirus crisis.
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EVENT POSTPONED - Colloquium on Metal Forming 2020

POSTPONED EVENT - Transvalor takes part in the Colloquium on Metal Forming organized by the Chair of Metal Forming, 21 to 25 March in Zauchensee, Austria.
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Tech Day Spain 2020

Transvalor organized a Spanish Tech Day to introduce its users to the latest FORGE® and THERCAST® functionalities, as well as the trends in the forge and foundry market.
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GDR Recrystallization Workshop

Transvalor will be taking part in the recrystallization and grain growth Workshop organized at Les Houches, France, from 27 to 31 January 2020.
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Guarantee quality manufacturing and at the best price

How can simulation help the manufacturing of high quality components while ensuring the control of production costs?
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Conquer new markets

How does simulation help to conquer new markets and contribute to the growth of your business? Let’s discover a few concrete examples from customer experiences.
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Gain competitiveness and improve my ROI

How to be more competitive on the industrial scene? Let’s discover a series of concrete examples from customer experiences.
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Our strategic and technological partners

Transvalor relies on a network of technology partners to incorporate the latest innovations in its products and services.
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Improvement of radiation heat transfer calculation

Radiation results are more accurate in THERCAST® software thanks to recent improvements.
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New model for polyurethane foams behavior

Un nouveau modèle a été développé dans notre logiciel REM3D® pour améliorer la modélisation du comportement des mousses polyuréthanes.
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Polymer Foam 2019

Transvalor took part in Polymer Foam 2019, from 26 to 27 November in Germany.
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Datadvance User Conference 2019

Transvalor was sponsor of Datadvance User Conference, Nov. 6-7, at CentraleSupelec, Paris area, France.
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TISD 2019 - Transvalor International Simulation Days

The Transvalor International Simulation Days 2019 was for industrial and academic world interested in the simulation of material forming processes.
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ICFG 2019

Transvalor participated in ICFG 2019 from September 15th to 19th in Spain.
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Case study Dextra - optimize the cold swaging process with simulation

Dextra Group used FORGE® to validate the cold swaging process of the Griptec®, rebar splicing system.
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STEELSIM 2019

Transvalor took part in STEELSIM, an international conference focused on the modeling and simulation of metallurgical processes, in Toronto (Canada)
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Transvalor Customer portal

A brand new customer portal is now available.
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THERCAST® - Precision above all

Avoid surprises by modeling your casting process with unprecedented accuracy
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THERCAST® - Capabilities

Master the complex relationships between metal, molds and all other elements of your casting process
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THERCAST® performance and scalability

Run simulations faster and more accurately, and run more of them
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THERCAST® - Proven real-world accuracy

Benefit from the unmatched capabilities of THERCAST®
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THERCAST® - Easy setup and exploration

Easily model an existing casting process, or one you’re planning or imagining
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THERCAST® - Deployment

Set up, schedule, run and manage simulations with ease
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EPHJ 2019 - Fine Watchmaking exhibition

Transvalor participated to EPHJ June 18th-21th, 2019 in Palexpo Geneva, Switzerland.
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THERCAST® - Start-to-finish simulation

Simulate your casting process from A to Z, without additional software tools and optimize the manufacturing process chain from casting to forming.
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Testimonials THERCAST®

See what our clients have to say about THERCAST® software.
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ECHT 2019 – European Conference on Heat Treatment

June 5-7, 2019 Transvalor participated in the ECHT (European Conference on Heat Treatment) in Bardolino (Italy).
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Layout of Highly Stressed Injection and Motor Components

The companies Hirschvogel Automotive Group, Engineering Center Steyr and Transvalor have published an article in the journal ATZoffhighway.
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Case study Ascometal - validate a new ingot design

Ascometal used THERCAST® to validate the dimensioning of a new ingot.
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THERCAST® for investment casting process

The software THERCAST® allows to simulate the foundry processes such as investment casting.
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THERCAST® for tilt casting process

The software THERCAST® allows to simulate the foundry processes such as tilt casting.
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THERCAST® for centrifugal casting

THERCAST® software allows the simulation of centrifugal casting process, taking into account the filling and the solidification phases.
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THERCAST® for sand casting

The software THERCAST® allows to simulate the foundry processes such as sand casting.
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NEMU 2019

Transvalor participated to The International Conference NEMU in Stuttgart from 14th to 15th May 2019.
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How to get to Transvalor?

You are visiting us for a training or any other meeting? Follow our access instructions.
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Testimonials highlighting our Customer Support & Training

Read our testimonials to see what our clients have to say about our Customer Support and our trainings
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ESAFORM 2019

Three of our developers held presentations about material forming simulation at ESAFORM 2019, from 08th to 10th May of 2019 in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain).
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3D numerical modeling of ductile fracture

Research program in association with CEMEF: 3D numerical modeling of ductile fracture.
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SIA 2019 - International Conference and Exhibition on Numerical Simulation

Transvalor attended at the conference about Numerical Simulation organized by the SIA held on 03-04 April, 2019, St-Quentin en Yvelines, France
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Development of the multidirectional forging process with FORGE®

The Revue Forge & Fonderie published an article about a multidirectional forging studies done by Cetim and IPH. The work has been carried out with FORGE®.
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Testimonials COLDFORM®

See what our clients have to say about COLDFORM® software.
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Case study Felb - simulate the ring rolling process for mass production

Felb Srl used FORGE® to realize a new shaped ring rolling process.
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User Meeting FORGE® Turkey 2019

Transvalor organized its first FORGE® User Meeting from March 19 to 21, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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FORGE® NxT 3.0 is released

Discover the new functionalities of FORGE® NxT 3.0: improvement of computation time, mesh adaptation, aluminum heat treatment , cutting and shearing, etc.
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New address: Transvalor is moving

Transvalor is moving to a new address in Sophia Antipolis.
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Download our software and Transvalor logos

Download our official logos in different formats to use them on your communication media.
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Case study NTN-SNR Roulements - validate the induction hardening

NTN-SNR Roulements used FORGE® to simulate its induction hardening process.
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Optimize the electrical resistance spot welding process

How to optimize the electrical resistance spot welding process in the automotive industry.
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Case study ABS Metallurgical Center - soft reduction in continous casting

ABS Centre Métallurgique used THERCAST® software to set up a study revamping a vertical-curve machine to include soft reduction.
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TEI has chosen FORGE® to simulate its hot forging process

The Turkish company TUSAS Engine Industries Inc. (TEI) has integrated FORGE® to simulate complex manufacturing processes.
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Improving the ingot quality

Improving the ingot quality by understanding the behavior of the mold flux during casting processes using 3D fluid/structure numerical simulation model.
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Case study Boucledor - optimize the stamping process

Boucledor used COLDFORM® to simulate the complete sequence of its stamping process.
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Process simulation for fastener manufacturing

Fastener + Fixing Magazine published an article about Transvalor and the benefits of manufacturing process simulation.
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Transvalor obtains ISO 9001 - 2015 version

Transvalor renews its ISO 9001 certification and gets the 2015 version.
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Leiber Group chooses FORGE® Simulation Software

LEIBER Group GmbH & Co. KG has introduced FORGE® simulation software.
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Testimonials REM3D®

See what our clients have to say about REM3D® software.
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Testimonials DIGIMU®

See what our clients have to say about DIGIMU® software.
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French research projects

Transvalor is naturally often implicated in research projects at the french national level, with numerous large-scale industrial participants.
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THERCAST® - FAQ

Answers to frequently asked questions about the software THERCAST®.
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An innovative method for producing balls from scrap rail head

The paper, written by Lublin University in Poland, describes an innovative technological solution for producing balls from scrap rail heads.
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THERCAST® for ingot casting

The software THERCAST® allows the simulation of ingot casting processes.
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THERCAST® for continuous casting

The software THERCAST® allows the simulation of continuous casting processes.
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FORGE® for open-die forging

FORGE® addresses major open-die forging processes: cogging, becking, mandrel drawing, blooming, etc. serving the energy industry and other industries.
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FORGE® for orbital forging

FORGE® simulates orbital forging and permits validation and optimization of forging sequences to improve forging yield and the parts’ quality.
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FORGE® for hydroforming

FORGE® allows the simulation of hydroforming, a process dedicated to manufacturing thin products, plates or tubes.
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FORGE® for closed-die forging

FORGE® software simulates closed-die forging process and provides a fast and accurate insight into forged components.
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FORGE® for superplastic forming

FORGE® addresses regular superplastic forming as well was superplastic forming combined with diffusion bonding.
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FORGE® for Shape Rolling

Shape rolling is used to produce preforms for components such as connecting rods or crankshafts. FORGE® makes it possible to simulate this process.
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FORGE® for glass forming

FORGE® can simulate two processes of glass forming: blow-blow process and press-blow process.
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FORGE® for machining

The FORGE® software can be used to simulate machining.
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FORGE® for Cross-Wedge Rolling

FORGE® can simulate cross wedge rolling and skew rolling, and predict final shape of the preform, defects, microstructure, stresses, strain, etc.
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FORGE® for sheet metal forming

FORGE® simulates sheet metal forming and predict the final shape and thickness, defects like striction, residual stresses, press loads, metallurgy, etc.
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FORGE® for heat treatment

FORGE® simulates heat treatment processes such as induction heating, carburizing, case hardening, quenching, austenizing, solutioning, annealing, cooling..
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FORGE® for bending processes

FORGE® allows the simulation of bending processes and predicts phase changes, temperature, thickness evolution, stresses, kinematics of the tooling, etc.
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FORGE® for trimming and fine blanking processes

Cutting processes occur at different stages of the workflow.
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FORGE® for ring rolling

FORGE® simulates ring rolling processes and predicts the ring geometry, defects, microstructure, efforts and torques, temperature, strain, stresses, etc.
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THERCAST® for foundry casting

The software THERCAST® allows to simulate the foundry processes such as sand, shell, low and pressure casting, tilted casting, etc.
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Physical modeling of polycrystalline evolutions

The microstructural state of a metallic material plays a major role.
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Improving cold forming processes using FEM simulation

The cold forging technique is a difficult process. It requires a good mastery of the process to give the expected output.
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Compaction in the shaping of semi-crystalline polymers

When crystallizing thermoplastics occurs a material shrinkage.
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Injection and foam molding

PU foams are widely used in several sectors. REM3D® software is used to finely simulate the injection and foam molding process.
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Prediction of grain size evolution during thermal treatments

Prediction of grain size evolution during thermal treatments at the mesoscopic scale: numerical improvements and industrial examples.
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Forming Process Simulation for Manufacturing Optimization

The grain size of the austenitic stainless steel is an important issue for parts such as primary pipes in nuclear power plants and more for metal forming.
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Benefits of simulation for heat treatment and microstructure prediction

This article aims at promoting process simulation in the forging industry by presenting the newest opportunities available.
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