Automated system of sheet-metal forming preproduction engineering control

Surface Engineering in Sheet Metal Forming

Expert System Applications in Sheet Metal Forming

Expert system can be defined as an intelligent computer program, a repository of knowledge, a set of rules, like a human consultant, all aiming at delivering accurate solutions/suggestions to a problem at any level, say during plan, design, manufacture, and quality control. Some of the important definitions are quoted here. “An expert system is a computer system used to distribute the expertise...

Prediction of Instability in Planar Anisotropic Sheet Metal Forming Processes

In this paper instability of planar anisotropic sheet metal during a few forming processes is investigated for the first time. For this reason components of the constitutive tangent tensor for planar anisotropic sheets are developed. By using the above tensor location of necking is predicted. Direction of the shear band is also predicted using the acoustic tensor. A finite element program is pr...

Analytical Modeling of Axi-Symmetric Sheet Metal Forming

The cup drawing is a basic deep drawing process. Thus, understanding the mechanics ofthe cup drawing process helps in determining the general parameters that affect the deep drawingprocess. There are mainly two methods of analysis; experimental and analytical/numerical.Experimental analysis can be useful in analyzing the process to determine the process parameters thatproduce a defect free prod...

Photogrammetric Measurement Techniques for Quality Control in Sheet Metal Forming

Within the Brite/EuRam project “DIGIMAN” a new optical measuring system for the assessment of sheet metal components in terms of shape accuracy and strain distribution has been developed. Based on the photogrammetrically measured geometric parameters of the object the system detects deviations from the desired geometry caused by springback and allows the strain analysis within critical stamping...