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Worthwile simulation Mercedes-AMG F1 Team cuts radiator production time by 25 percent with Vericut Force

Source: CG Tech 4 min Reading Time

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Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, a user of Vericut verification, simulation and optimisation software from CG Tech for over two decades, recently completed trials of Vericut Force with highly impressive results. The trial use of Force on a complex radiator component at Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team provided notable cycle time savings of 25 % at the first attempt.

Force calculates optimal feed rates by analysing factors that include tool geometry and parameters, material characteristics and cutting material, detailed cutting edge geometry and Vericut Smart Part Technology.(Source: CG Tech)
Force calculates optimal feed rates by analysing factors that include tool geometry and parameters, material characteristics and cutting material, detailed cutting edge geometry and Vericut Smart Part Technology.
(Source: CG Tech)

Vericut Force is physics-based software that analyses and optimises cutting conditions to deliver significant time savings and improved tool life. The success of Force emanates from its ability to set the maximum reliable feed rate for a particular cutting condition based on four factors: load on the cutting edge, spindle power, maximum chip thickness and maximum allowable feed. With the Machine Shop at the Brackley headquarters of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team keen to discover what advantages Vericut Force could deliver, CG Tech granted the use of three temporary licences for trial purposes.

“We’ve been intrigued by Force since it launched a few years back,” says Robert Brown, Machine Shop Manager at Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team.” The opportunity to run a trial was too good to turn down. It gave us the chance to have a really good look at the software; take the covers off, so to speak.”

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