Metal forming with flexible tools for sheet metal and tubular products

• Main Authors: Thiruvarudchelvan, Sinnathamby., Loh, Ngiap Hiang.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Production Engineering
• Format: Research Report
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Metallic materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/6910
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Using flexible tools a novel technique of friction-actuated blank holding has been developed for drawing cylindrical, conical and hemispherical cups. Flexible tools have also been used to develop a method of bulging metal tubes. Tooling for the above processes have been designed,fabricated and teste...