Effects of process variables optimization on the quality of parts processed in high speed single point incremental sheet metal forming by ranking algorithm

Author(s):  
S. Ashokkumar ◽  
S.P. Sundar Singh Sivam ◽  
S. Balasubramanian ◽  
R.V. Nanditta
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sundar Singh Sivam Sundarlingam Paramasivam ◽  
Durai Kumaran ◽  
Ganesh Babu Loganathan ◽  
Krishnaswamy Saravanan ◽  
Raj Rajendran ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 504-506 ◽  
pp. 863-868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miklos Tisza ◽  
Péter Zoltán Kovács ◽  
Zsolt Lukács

Development of new technologies and processes for small batch and prototype production of sheet metal components has a very important role in the recent years. The reason is the quick and efficient response to the market demands. For this reasons new manufacturing concepts have to be developed in order to enable a fast and reliable production of complex components and parts without investing in special forming machines. The need for flexible forming processes has been accelerated during the last 15 years, and by these developments the technology reaches new extensions. Incremental sheet metal forming (ISMF) may be regarded as one of the promising developments for these purposes. A comprehensive research work is in progress at the University of Miskolc (Hungary) to study the effect of important process parameters with particular emphasis on the shape and dimensional accuracy of the products and particularly on the formability limitations of the process. In this paper, some results concerning the determination of forming limit diagrams for single point incremental sheet metal forming will be described.


Author(s):  
Rakesh Lingam ◽  
Anirban Bhattacharya ◽  
Javed Asghar ◽  
N. Venkata Reddy

Incremental Sheet Metal Forming (ISMF) is a flexible sheet metal forming process that enables forming of complex three dimensional components by successive local deformations without using component specific tooling. ISMF is also regarded as die-less manufacturing process and in the absence of part-specific dies, geometric accuracy of formed components is inferior to that of their conventional counterparts. In Single Point Incremental Forming (SPIF), the simplest variant of ISMF, bending near component opening region is unavoidable due to lack of support. The bending in the component opening region can be reduced to a larger extent by another variant of ISMF namely Double Sided Incremental Forming (DSIF) in which a moving tool is used to support the sheet locally at the deformation zone. However the overall geometry of formed components still has unacceptable deviation from the desired geometry. Experimental observation and literature indicates that the supporting tool loses contact with the sheet after forming certain depth. Present work demonstrates a methodology to enhance geometric accuracy of formed components by compensating for tool and sheet deflection due to forming forces. Forming forces necessary to predict compensations are obtained using force equilibrium method along with thickness calculation methodology developed using overlap that occurs during forming (instead of using sine law). Results indicate that there is significant improvement in accuracy of the components produced using compensated tool paths.


2013 ◽  
Vol 753-755 ◽  
pp. 203-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
On Uma Lasunon

This paper presents the effect of forming parameters on the arithmetic mean surface roughness (Ra) of aluminum alloy built by a single-point incremental sheet metal forming process. Three investigated parameters are feed rate (12.5, 25 and 50 in/min), depth increment (0.015 and 0.030 in), and wall angle (45° and 60°). The results show that wall angle, depth increment and its interaction play an important role on the surface roughness, while feed rate has little effect. The optimal forming conditions for minimum surface roughness are feed rate of 25 in/min, depth increment of 0.015 in and wall angle of 45°.


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