Fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) production in many cases involves expensive molds, which especially hinders cost-effective of small series and prototypes. In metal parts production, incremental sheet forming (ISF) is an established process for creating individual through a flexible die-less process. Establishing similar FRP desirable but challenging, as deformation mechanisms endless differ sig...

Ultrasonic vibration assisted single point incremental forming (UVaSPIF) is based on localized plastic deformation in a sheet metal blank. It consists to deform gradually and locally the sheet metal using vibrating hemispherical-head tool controlled by a CNC milling machine. The ultrasonic excitation of forming tool reduces the vertical component of forming force. In addition, application of ul...