Bulk forming of sheet metal

Year: 
2012
Authors: 
M. Merklein, J. M. Allwood, B. A. Behrens, A. Brosius, H. Hagenah, K. Kuzman, K. Mori, A. E. Tekkaya, A. Weckenmann
Abstract: 

Ever increasing demands on functional integration of high strength light weight products leads to the development of a new class of manufacturing processes. The application of bulk forming processes to sheet or plate semi-finished products, sometimes in combination with conventional sheet forming processes creates new products with the requested properties. The paper defines this new class of sheet-bulk metal forming processes, gives an overview of the existing processes belonging to this class, highlights the tooling aspects as well as the resulting product properties and presents a short summary of the relevant work that has been done towards modeling and simulation.