Part optimisation – cleverly designed to make your component more cost effective

What potential is hidden within your parts? Find out now at our workshops and seminars on part optimisation for sheet metal and tubes. Whether you wish to manufacture parts more profitably, produce new parts, or enter new types of technology – the relevant knowledge regarding sheet metal design will help you trim your parts for success, while saving money as well. Because cost-efficiently designed parts are the key to efficient manufacturing, require fewer process steps and reworking, and pave the way to networked production.

Cost-effective design

Cut down production steps and costs through the function-based redesign of your components.

Apply your skills directly

Learn how to optimise your parts practically through exercises and your own components.

Make use of experience

Take advantage of our practical knowledge from more than 500 workshops.

New inspiration

Acquire rules of design for creative ideas and new solutions.

Sheet metal part design

Lighter, cheaper, or more functional: How would you like your parts? When sheet metal parts have a well-thought-out design, this allows your machines for laser cutting, punching, or bending to reach their full potential – while saving on materials, costs and effort.

Example: optimised axis stop

The axis stop is conventionally produced out of a welded construction with a semi-finished product and milled parts. The many work steps are both time-consuming and cost-intensive. The new design made of two sheet parts reduces the number of parts and thus the joining processes and material usage.

Part optimisation, sheet metal part design, example

1. Sawing

...all components to size.

2. Milling

... the contact surfaces, oblong holes and stepping.

3. Drilling

... all holes in the components.

4. Welding

... all four components.

5. Laser cutting

... allows for any desired geometries to be cut into sheet metal, and creates bores.

6. Tapping

... for more strength compared to cut threads.

7. Bending

... replaces welding and decreases the number of parts.

8. -46% in costs

... with the new design

Additional examples

Optimised support bracket

The right tricks allow you to design your parts more economically. The solution: reducing the number of single parts and process steps. The support bracket shown here originally consisted of three parts connected with four weld seams, plus separately cut threads. It was redesigned out of just one bending part – without welding. An additional bend even allows you to reduce the sheet thickness and form the threads directly on the punching machine.

Optimised shock absorber bracket

The shock absorber shows how a milled part can become a light bending part. Instead of milling it completely from one block, it now consists of a sheet metal part with three bends. The precision remains.

The following training types are offered

Part consulting

Get the best out of your parts. Work with TRUMPF experts to establish how you can design your parts to be more economical. Duration: 1 day
Speakers: 1
Participants: 1-6
Venue: by request
Dates: by request

Part optimisation – cleverly designed to make your component more cost effective

Sheet metal part design

Example: optimised axis stop

1. Sawing

2. Milling

3. Drilling

4. Welding

5. Laser cutting

6. Tapping

7. Bending

8. -46% in costs

Additional examples

The following training types are offered

Laser welding part design

Example: optimised cover

1. Laser cutting

2. Bending

3. Welding

4. Grinding/polishing

5. Laser cutting

6. Bending

7. Laser welding

8. -30% in costs

Additional example

The following training types are offered

Sheet metal fixture design

Example: optimised fixture made of sheet metal for laser welding

1. Sawing

2. Milling

3. Finishing

4. Laser cutting

5. Assembling

6. -17% in costs

The following training types are offered

Tube part design

Example: optimised cantilever

1. Sawing

2. Milling

3. Welding

4. Deburring

5. Laser tube cutting

6. Assembling

7. -83% in costs

Additional example

The following training types are offered

Tube fixture design

Example: optimised fixture made of tubes

1. Sawing

2. Milling

3. Drilling

4. Laser tube cutting

5. Assembling

6. -80% in costs

The following training types are offered

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