Traditional sheet metal forming practices required lots of physical force and effort to ensure that a sheet conformed to the shape that an engineer, or designer, desired. This work translated into the ...

In modelling metal forming processes, whether analytically or with the help of numerical approaches, e.g. the finite element method (FEM), the input data determines the results. Therefore, a lot of ...

Friction behaviour in sheet metal forming encompasses the interaction between the deforming sheet and tool surfaces, critically influencing material flow, tool wear, energy consumption and final ...

Deformation processes transform solid materials from one shape into another. The initial shape is usually simple (e.g., a billet or sheet blank) and is plastically deformed between tools, or dies, to ...

Forging machines use compressive force and a high workpiece temperature to shape metal by plastic deformation. Hot forging is a metallurgical process that forms metal parts by forcing hot metal into ...

Forming complex shapes in metal sheets is still a laborious process, especially if you aren’t needing more than a couple parts so stamping doesn’t make sense. That may change with Digital Sheet ...

This version provides new capabilities for sheet metal forming process chain. AutoForm Engineering GmbH, the leading supplier of software solutions for stamping and BiW assembly processes, unveils its ...