In this paper, traditional process design rules for deep drawing of box shapes are used to develop constraints within a dynamic programming (DP) approach to generate a set of alternative optimized process plans that minimize the number of drawing stages and heat treatments. The DP approach is capable of scanning a wide range of different alternative values for process parameters which allows fo...

In this investigation a DoE (Design of Experiments) analysis of distortion for a typical manufacturing process of pre-straightened, cold drawn and induction hardened AISI 1045 cylindrical steel bars was carried out. A careful characterization of the material, including residual stress states and geometrical changes, was done for the different manufacturing steps. In order to identify effects an...

Aluminum alloys have a high strength-to-weight ratio and proper anti-corrosion properties that are used in the automotive, shipbuilding and aerospace industries. The major problem with forming aluminum sheets is the low formability of aluminum sheets at room temperature. Therefore, in the present study, warm deep drawing (WDD) of AA5052-O aluminum alloy sheets with a thickness of 1mm was invest...

In conventional wire drawing the diameter of a wire or rod-like workpiece is reduced by drawing it through a conical die. Dieless drawing of a wire or a rod is realized by a localized heating of the work piece. As heat source for example an induction coil can be used. Immediately after having passed the heating zone the work piece is cooled to restrict the heat input on very small region. By ap...

The deep drawing is a process for shaping flat sheets into cup-shaped articles without failure or excessive localized thinning. The design and control of a deep drawing process depends not only on the material, but also on the condition of the tool material interface, the mechanics of plastic deformation, the equipment used, and the control of metal flow. The equipment and tooling parameters th...

In the present study, the finite element analysis of the hot deep drawing process of commercially pure (CP) titanium has been performed without the blank holder in order to investigate the influence of temperature (T), die radius (Rd) and blank diameter (D) on the maximum punch force (Fp) and minimum thickness of the blank (t). Tensile tests were first conducted to extract...

This paper presents a new methodology for complete solution of general shape deep drawn parts. Evaluation of forming severity, estimation of the punch load and prediction of the thickness variation are the major results obtained in this work. The punch work is the summation of the homogenous work of flange deformation and bending and frictional works. To evaluate the strain energy of the flange...

In this research, two new methods that improve the drawing depth of deep-drawing processes have been introduced. In the first technique, by creating ridges on the punch surface, the stress concentration is decreased on the blank near the punch edge, in turn increasing the drawing depth. The second method is based on the principle of reducing resistant force in the flange area between the die, t...

Zabramski, S. 2014. Creating Digital Traces of Ideas. Evaluation of Computer Input Methods in Creative and Non-Creative Drawing. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Social Sciences 94. 110 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-8911-3. Ideas are formed in a process of idea generation that includes creation, development, and communic...