Development of Finite Element models for a Swaging process

位于安大略省密西沙加的美尔森加拿大多伦多公司（http://ep-ca.mersen.com）是电力行业的领导者

Located in Mississauga, Ontario, Mersen Canada Toronto Inc. (http://ep-ca.mersen.com) is a leader in the electrical power industry, manufacturing a variety of electronic components including fuses, switches, power resistors, DC bar contactors, laminated busbar and heat sinks. The growing use of electricity has led to an increased need for heat sinks to cool high power devices, such as converters and electric motors. This presents the opportunity for companies like Mersen to increase their output and merge into the high volume production market, allowing them to create more jobs and earn higher profits. Currently, Mersen uses a swaging process to produce high quality heat sinks and is seeking to optimize this process in partnership with Dr. Wu at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. A solution will be driven by the development of a Finite Element (FE) based model to accurately simulate the swaging process. The model will facilitate improvements to both the process as well as component design with emphasis on increasing production efficiency and eliminating current issues.