Caterpillar Inc.

Tarsem S Jutla

Yi Dong

Ashok Nanjundan

Xiao Chen

A method for providing a process model for a material in a manufacturing process. The method includes the steps of receiving stress and distortion information of the material from a previous manufacturing process, determining updated stress and distortion information of the material from a process model for the present manufacturing process, the updated stress and distortion information being a function of the stresses and distortions caused by the present manufacturing process and the stresses and distortions from the previous manufacturing process, and providing the updated stress and distortion information of the material to a subsequent manufacturing process.

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Peoria, IL, United States of America

Tarsem S Jutla