Analysis of Pre-Strain in a Hybrid Forming Process Including Stretch and Incremental Sheet Forming

Abstract:

The conventional sheet metal forming processes, such as deep drawing and stretch forming, are used to produce large batches of parts, however they incur in higher initial manufacturing costs attributed to the use of a large amount of tooling. The application of conventional and incremental forming processes combined in the same metal sheet is called hybrid forming. This hybrid process is enacted by pre-forming the sheet through the stretch forming process followed by the final manufacture using the incremental process. The objective of this work is to analyze the influence of the pre-strain imposed during the conventional process on the DC04 steel relative to the maximum strain obtained. A numerical simulation was used to define the parameters for the conventional process and to evaluate the experimental results. The higher major true strains are inversely proportional to the pre-strain in both experimental and simulated results.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 879)
• Pages: 369-373
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.879.369
• Online since: November 2016
• Authors: F.A. Lora*, B.C.S. Silva, R.S. Coelho, L. Schaeffer
• Keywords: Hybrid Forming Process, Major True Strain, Numerical Simulation

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