Technology centre from Catalonia (spain) offers expertise and services of new sheet metal forming technology. Incremental forming is a new producti on method for sheet metal components that brings several new possibilities I nt o t he sheet met al f I el d. It requires none or greatly reduced tooling efforts compared to traditional processes.
Technology centre from Catalonia (spain) offers expertise and services of new sheet metal forming technology. Incremental forming is a new producti on method for sheet metal components that brings several new possibilities I nt o t he sheet met al f I el d. It requires none or greatly reduced tooling efforts compared to traditional processes.
Technology centre from Catalonia (spain) offers expertise and services of new sheet metal forming technology. Incremental forming is a new producti on method for sheet metal components that brings several new possibilities I nt o t he sheet met al f I el d. It requires none or greatly reduced tooling efforts compared to traditional processes.
Dieless Forming: New technology useful for obtaining short series of customized sheet metal parts. INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING, MATERIAL AND TRANSPORT Abstract A Technology centre from Catalonia (Spain) offers expertise and services of new sheet metal forming technology. Incremental forming is a new producti on method for sheet metal components that brings several new possibilities i nt o t he sheet met al f ormi ng f i el d. The geometries that previously were impossible or very expensive to prototype, are now possible to try. It is possible to make the prototypes from production material. They are opened to any kind of collaboration. Description Innovations and advantages of the offer Di el ess i ncr ement al sheet forming is a sheet metal forming technology allowing for the easy and rapid manufacture of sheet metal parts of complicated It requires none or greatly reduced tooling efforts compared to traditional processes. The part can be formed directly from a 3D CAD model. It is a suitable forming method for parallel product development process, where changes occur fast and affect several components. It enables sheet metal component prototyping, with a possibility of rapid changes in geometry in low cost. This supports flexibility in product development process. I t of f ers i mport ant cost and product i on t i me advantages for new products, pre-series and short series. At present, this is the only profitable alternative profile, with the advantage of requiring none or greatly reduced tooling efforts compared to traditional processes. Its operation is completely automated and consists of a Semi-spherical punch which acts directly on the sheet following the programmed tool paths. The part is formed as a result of small deformations applied successively in localized areas of the sheet. It is considered a rapid manufacturing technology, the part can be formed directly from a 3D CAD model. to the traditional and manual processes used in specialized production. The fundamental advantage of this technology is its versatility which provides the opportunity to obtain a large number of geometries of macro and micro dimension pieces. The same is applicable for a range of laminated materials with a thickness inferior to a tenth of a millimeter. Dieless forming is cost effective up to 700 pieces for large parts and up to 250 pieces for small parts. Dieless forming enables producing different kind of products with the same machine without long setting times. The only product related part in the machine is the support tool, which is easy and quick to change. If the support tool is made of soft material such as wood or polymers, it is also quick and affordable to manufacture. For further information (including IPR status) please contact: Phone: (39 02) 2399 2970 Fax: (39 02) 2399 2960 Email: angelo.gatto@simplernet.it Angelo Gatto 1