Savings mechanisms: The presentation quantifies cost savings through tool rework reduction, dimensional variation mitigation, launch stability improvement, and reduced physical try-outs.
- Conference focus: The IMTS 2026 Conference spotlights Assembly Simulation as a critical enabler of cost reduction, dimensional quality improvement, and launch risk mitigation for automotive and aerospace manufacturers.
- Adoption dynamics: Assembly Simulation is in a rapid growth phase, aided by mature digital infrastructures, higher computational power, and greater management awareness — though data consistency, cross-functional alignment, skill development, and process integration remain key challenges.
- Closed-loop workflow: Combining Forming Simulation, Assembly Simulation, and Virtual Quality Inspection creates a digital validation workflow that reduces late-stage engineering changes and manufacturing risk.
- Presenter credentials: Arthur Camanho, Sales Director at AutoForm Engineering USA, brings 25 years of numerical simulation experience and deep South American and European market knowledge to the session in IMTS16 Room W192-A.
A shift in digital manufacturing priorities
Forming Simulation has been a mandatory engineering standard across OEMs and Tier suppliers for decades. Assembly Simulation, by contrast, is only now entering a rapid growth phase of adoption — and the IMTS 2026 Conference is putting that transition front and center.
A session scheduled in IMTS16 Room W192-A will examine how Assembly Simulation functions as a critical enabler for cost reduction, dimensional quality improvement, and launch risk mitigation in the automotive and aerospace industries. The timing is not accidental. Unlike the gradual acceptance Forming Simulation experienced, Assembly Simulation benefits from mature digital infrastructures, higher computational power, and increased management awareness of virtual validation benefits.
That said, adoption is not automatic. Key challenges in deploying Assembly Simulation include data consistency, cross-functional alignment, skill development, and process integration — hurdles the presentation addresses directly.
What attendees will learn
The presentation will examine current implementation models at OEMs and Tier suppliers, with an emphasis on quantifying typical cost-saving mechanisms: tool rework reduction, dimensional variation mitigation, launch stability improvement, and reduced physical try-outs. Strategies that accelerate ROI realization will also be highlighted.
The most compelling thread may be the closed-loop argument. Combining Forming Simulation, Assembly Simulation, and Virtual Quality Inspection creates a closed-loop digital validation workflow — one that, per the session's real-world case examples, significantly reduces late-stage engineering changes and manufacturing risk. Attendees can expect practical insight into structuring an implementation roadmap, aligning engineering and quality teams, and capturing measurable financial impact within the first production programs.
The presenter
Arthur Camanho, Sales Director at AutoForm Engineering USA, leads the session. He is a mechanical engineer with 25 years of experience in numerical simulation of manufacturing processes, including stamping, casting, welding, assembly, and composites.
Camanho is currently working with the global AutoForm team to help enable full process chain digitalization at OEMs and to strengthen the link between engineering and the shop floor. He brings extensive knowledge of the South American and European markets, where he previously established and grew ESI Group's presence and customer base. He resides in Metro Detroit with his wife and two children.
The session was announced by GIE Media's Manufacturing Group, with coverage by Justin McCombs.
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