TRANSVALOR公司隶属于ARMINES, 位于法国南部的Sophia Antipolis市。Transvalor公司建立于1984年，为私人股份有限责任公司，其目的是将Ecoles des Mines中心的研究成果转化应用到工业领域。主要从事材料成形领域应用模拟软件的开发和销售。公司目前拥有金属及塑料成形工艺模拟软件4套，主要是Tform3金属板材成形软件、Forge2/3锻造工艺模拟软件、Thercast铸造工艺模拟软件和REM3D注塑成形工艺模拟软件。

FORGE软件由CEMEF（材料成形研究中心）研究开发，CEMEF是由Ecole des Mines de Paris和ARMINES联合建立的研究中心。FORGE软件是锻造工艺（锻造和冷锻成形）模拟软件，可进行2维和3维模拟。

高性能的软件、有效的技术支持和遍布全球的销售网点使TRANSVALOR公司处于市场的领导地位。

The software package FORGE is a reference simulation tool for 2D & 3D bulk metal forming processes (for forging and cold forming processes).

FORGE, based on the finite element method, is used to simulate hot, warm and cold forging of both 3D parts and 2D geometry parts (such as long products where a cross section is studied or such as products with a revolution axis when a radial section is studied).

The software uses thermo-viscoplastic laws for hot forging. For warm and cold forging, a thermo-elasto-plastic model enables the prediction of residual stresses and geometrical dimensions at the end of the forming.

The stability of the automatic meshing and remeshing procedures enable the simulation of geometrically complex parts in both 2D and 3D.

The parallel / Cluster version of FORGE in 3D decreases the computation time and thus enables the use of meshes consisting of many nodes.

- FORGE 2D version is a software package developed through a joint research program, involving major companies such as SNECMA (France), and the Ecole des Mines de Paris, a leading french university. SNECMA has been successfully using the package since 1989.

- FORGE 3D version has also been developed through a joint research program, involving companies such as PEUGEOT S.A. (France), FORGES DE COURCELLES (France), PECHINEY (France), SAFE ASCOMETAL (France), TEKSID (Italy), and the Ecole des Mines de Paris.

- Notable improvement in computation accuracy

- Faster 2D solver

- Stable parallel computation up to 32 cores on Windows and Linux

- Customizable automatic computation report

- Larger processes / press database

- 64bit pre‐ and post‐processor version

- Flexibility with the possibility of sequencing computations on remote machines

New features and improvements in detail:

Improved result accuracy

- Improved time stepping scheme accuracy (3D)

- Improvement in transport algorithm accuracy (3D)

- New gas pocket computation algorithm during entrapment (3D)

- New press energy control algorithm (2D)

Large mesh processing capacity

- 64bit pre‐processor version

Improved file storage and management

- Deleted files placed in the trash can (no more definitive deletion)

- Projects cleaned in the event of deleted simulations

- Optimised storage for cogging simulations

About Transvalor

TRANSVALOR S.A. is a subsidiary of ARMINES, based in Sophia Antipolis, in the South of France. The company was created in 1984 in order to transfer and to enhance the research results of the Ecoles des Mines centres into industry.

The software package, FORGE, is the result of research from the CEMEF (a material Processing Research Center) which is a joint research center of the Ecole des Mines de Paris and ARMINES.

The software quality, support efficiency and sales worldwide presence have enabled TRANSVALOR to become one of the leaders in the market.