Tubular sheet metal components get a lot tougher to make when they need to incorporate branches. Sure, they can always be fabricated in pieces and welded together, but this approach adds a ...

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 ...

Springback is the elastic recovery of a metal sheet after the removal of forming loads, resulting in deviations from the intended geometry. It arises from the release of residual stresses accumulated ...

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 ...

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 ...