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Analysis of Some Innovative and Flexible Sheet Forming Processes
F. MicariN. Albertisubject
Flexibility (engineering)Computer scienceProcess (engineering)Forming processesFormabilityStampingReduction (mathematics)SpinningManufacturing engineeringField (computer science)description
In the field of sheet forming, innovative and flexible processes that do not impose the use of expensive conventional equipments and/or do not require time consuming set-up operations have become, nowadays, a rather promising research topic. Two different main lines are currently followed: the former is based on the development of new stamping processes based on the utilization of flexible media, while the latter is aimed to develop so called progressive forming processes (spinning and incremental forming). Both hydro-forming and incremental forming permit a very relevant reduction of the tooling and set-up costs and improve process flexibility. These items are discussed in detail in the paper; furthermore some experiments aimed to the characterization of material formability in the mentioned processes are presented.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-01-01 |