Purpose: In this paper the experimental equipment and design of the system for deformation and forming force measuring by single point incremental sheet metal forming are described. Beside this the analysis results of the impact of the wall angle, tool rotation, vertical step size, tool diameter and lubrication on the magnitude of forming force and plastic logarithmic strain are presented. Desi...

Besides the presence of low accuracy, which limited up to now its industrial application, single point incremental forming exalts the advantages of Incremental Forming since no dies are strictly necessary. At the same time, the numerical simulation may supplied technical support to the designers only if the simulation time is comparable with the trial and error tests. With this aim, a FE model,...

The incremental sheet metal forming (ISMF) process is a new and flexible method that is well suited for small batch production or prototyping. This paper studies the use of the finite element method in the incremental forming process of AA1050 sheets to investigate the influence of tool diameter, vertical step size, and friction coefficient on forming force, spring-back, and thickness distribut...