Bulk forming of sheet metal

Merklein, M and Allwood, JM and Behrens, BA and Brosius, A and Hagenah, H and Kuzman, K and Mori, K and Tekkaya, AE and Weckenmann, A (2012) Bulk forming of sheet metal. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 61. pp. 725-745. ISSN 0007-8506

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. © 2012 CIRP.