BENDING PROCESS ESTIMATION APPARATUS, BENDING PROCESS ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND BENDING PROCESS ESTIMATION METHOD

The present invention has been made to provide a laser bending process estimation apparatus, a laser bending process estimation program, and a laser bending process estimation method capable of estimating a result of a laser bending process without an actual workpiece. A laser bending process estimation apparatus that estimates a result of a bending process performed using a laser beam comprises: a process condition acquisition section 1 that acquires a process condition of the bending process; an analysis model creation section 3 that creates an analysis model based on the process condition acquired by the process condition acquisition section 1; and an analysis section 5 that performs heat transfer analysis and heat stress analysis based on the analysis model created by the analysis model creation section 3 to calculate an analysis result of the bending process.