Optimal Design Accuracy through Overbuild Prediction
The Overbuild Prediction of CASIMIR/Automotive allows for precise forecasting of the necessary foam geometry expansion to achieve the target design after the upholstery process. It is essential to ensure that the upholstery is evenly supported, allowing it to lie taut without requiring excessive assembly forces.
Why Overbuild Prediction?
Achieving Design-A-Surface-Geometry
During manufacturing, the foam is deformed in certain areas, particularly on the bolsters at geometric curves, due to the upholstery. This deformation leads to undesirable deviations from the intended Design-A-Surface. To minimize these deviations, the foam geometry must be selectively increased. It is crucial to determine where and to what extent adjustments are needed to achieve the Design-A-Surface in the finished seat.
Tight upholstery attachment
By adding extra foam, the seat cover can be stretched more tightly and consistently over the surface. This leads to fewer wrinkles, producing a smooth and visually appealing result. A tighter fit also enhances the seat's ergonomics by ensuring the cover conforms closely to the foam's contours. This alignment provides better support and comfort, optimizing the seating experience for the user and improving both form and function.
Avoiding compression set
Foams naturally compress and lose volume over time due to continuous use and the effects of aging. Incorporating a small additional geometric overbuild helps counteract this issue. The extra foam layer serves as a protective buffer, helping to maintain the seat's original shape and firmness. This prolongs the seat's lifespan, ensuring it retains consistent comfort and structural integrity over a more extended period.
Combination of overbuild and wrinkling simulation for optimized seats
With the optional Overbuild Prediction feature of CASIMIR/Automotive, it is possible to optimize foam geometry regarding the three points mentioned above. Based on the strain distributions and boundary forces determined during the upholstery simulation, it is also possible to assess the risk of wrinkling, and the hand forces required for upholstery attachment.
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EXPERT IN AUTOMOTIVE SOFTWARE, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND AI-BASED ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS
Responsible for the global sales of the NVH simulation software CASIMIR as well as for business development within the Seat Comfort Solutions business unit
More than 10 years of international B2B experience in the automotive and wind energy industries, providing complex engineering and software solutions for OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers at the interface of technology and business models, particularly in Asia and North America
Holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Industrial Engineering and Management with a focus on automation technology and product management, complemented by additional training as a value analyst
GLOBALLY RECOGNISED EXPERT IN SEATING COMFORT AND WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION
Product Manager for Virtual Seating Comfort with CASIMIR
25 years of professional experience in seating comfort and occupational health and safety
Speaker at renowned international conferences on seating comfort and whole-body vibration
Contributor to standardisation working groups, including the revision of ISO 2631-5
Core developer of the internationally used seating comfort tool CASIMIR
Degree in General Mechanical Engineering
DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER (DIGITAL PRODUCTS)
Holds a Master of Science degree in Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures from the University of Stuttgart
Responsible for the development of CASIMIR/Automotive (Wölfel’s software tool for seating comfort analysis and optimisation)
Provides close customer support and technical consulting
Optimises customer processes in the field of seating comfort
Conducts simulations in seat development with a focus on H-point, static and dynamic seating comfort, as well as the numerical modelling of human bodies
EXPERT IN AUTOMOTIVE SOFTWARE, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND AI-BASED ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS
Responsible for the global sales of the NVH simulation software CASIMIR as well as for business development within the Seat Comfort Solutions business unit
More than 10 years of international B2B experience in the automotive and wind energy industries, providing complex engineering and software solutions for OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers at the interface of technology and business models, particularly in Asia and North America
Holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Industrial Engineering and Management with a focus on automation technology and product management, complemented by additional training as a value analyst
GLOBALLY RECOGNISED EXPERT IN SEATING COMFORT AND WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION
Product Manager for Virtual Seating Comfort with CASIMIR
25 years of professional experience in seating comfort and occupational health and safety
Speaker at renowned international conferences on seating comfort and whole-body vibration
Contributor to standardisation working groups, including the revision of ISO 2631-5
Core developer of the internationally used seating comfort tool CASIMIR
Degree in General Mechanical Engineering
DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER (DIGITAL PRODUCTS)
Holds a Master of Science degree in Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures from the University of Stuttgart
Responsible for the development of CASIMIR/Automotive (Wölfel’s software tool for seating comfort analysis and optimisation)
Provides close customer support and technical consulting
Optimises customer processes in the field of seating comfort
Conducts simulations in seat development with a focus on H-point, static and dynamic seating comfort, as well as the numerical modelling of human bodies
