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Bulk forming of sheet metal

  • M. Merklein*
  • , J. M. Allwood
  • , B. A. Behrens
  • , A. Brosius
  • , H. Hagenah
  • , K. Kuzman
  • , K. Mori
  • , A. E. Tekkaya
  • , A. Weckenmann
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Ever increasing demands on functional integration of high strength light weight products leads to the development of a new class of manufacturing processes. The application of bulk forming processes to sheet or plate semi-finished products, sometimes in combination with conventional sheet forming processes creates new products with the requested properties. The paper defines this new class of sheet-bulk metal forming processes, gives an overview of the existing processes belonging to this class, highlights the tooling aspects as well as the resulting product properties and presents a short summary of the relevant work that has been done towards modeling and simulation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)725-745
Number of pages21
JournalCIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology
Volume61
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Jun 2012

Keywords

  • Forming
  • Processes
  • Sheet-bulk

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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