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Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) is a flexible sheet forming process suitable for single part and small series production. To form a component, a CNC controlled generic forming tool is moved along the contours of the desired shape and locally induces plastic deformations. Hence, the final shape of the component is obtained stepwise as a sum of all localized plastic deformations. However, the basic process shows several process limits, such as long process time, material thinning and limited geometrical accuracy. Here, a Hybrid Sheet Metal Processing Center is presented that addresses these process limits. It allows for combining stretch forming with ISF, performing laser assisted ISF as well as pre- and post-processing in one concerted machine setup.
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Bailly, D., Conrads, L., Hirt, G. (2015). Hybrid Sheet Metal Processing Center. In: Tekkaya, A., Homberg, W., Brosius, A. (eds) 60 Excellent Inventions in Metal Forming. Springer Vieweg, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46312-3_22
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