Research on the Influence of the Pitch of the Spiral Toolpath on the Forming Quality of Single Point Increment Forming

Abstract:

In order to study the influence of the pitch of the spiral toolpath on the forming quality in the single-point incremental forming, three kinds of spiral toolpath with pitch of 0.2 mm, 0.5 mm and 1 mm were generated by using the UG software, and the thickness distribution, contour dimensional accuracy and equivalent stress of the formed parts based on the spiral toolpath with the three kinds of pitch were compared and analyzed through numerical simulation by using the ANSYS/LS-DYNA software. The research result show that the smaller the pitch of the spiral toolpath, the better the forming quality of the formed part.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1054)
• Pages: 117-122
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-3eij0f
• Online since: February 2022
• Authors: Hu Zhu*, Cheng Ao, Dong Won Jung
• Keywords: Forming Quality, Numerical Simulation, Single-Point Incremental Forming, Spiral Toolpath

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