Asm Sheet Metal Forming

This practical and comprehensive reference gives the latest developments on the design of sheet forming operations equipment tooling and process modeling.

Asm sheet metal forming.

Materials for sheet forming 7. Plastic deformation state of stress yield criteria flow rule and hardening rules 6. Approved sheet metal asm will fabricate a single prototype sheet metal fabrication all the way to low volume production sheet metal quantities in the thousands. Sheet forming details this book addresses all methods of sheet metal fabrication technologies selection of equipment and die materials specification of forming practices for specific alloys and new techniques for process design and control.

Asm handbook volume 14b metalworking. Individual chapters cover all major sheet forming processes such as blanking bending deep drawing and more. Asm precision inc located in rohnert park california is a precision sheetmetal fabrication company with cnc machining powder coating silk screening. 9 762 9599 fax.

Chapters also address special sheet forming operations like spinning incremental forming and mechanical joining and processes related to sheet forming such as sheet and tube hydroforming roll forming and high velocity forming. Classification and description of sheet metal forming operations 3. It describes general principles on how metal forming is accomplished and analyzed when inertial forces are large. It provides examples that illustrate how these methods can be practically applied.

The book also covers the latest developments in sheet metal forming technology including servo drive presses and their applications and advanced cushion systems in mechanical and hydraulic presses. Topics include stress analysis formability criteria tooling and materials for sheet forming. Rapid prototyping rp techniques in the sheet metal forming industry is developed to quickly test the form and fit of new sheet metal products on a prototype basis as well as for production runs characterized by small lot sizes. Our rapid sheet metal services utilize state of the art software seasoned employees and top of the line equipment to get parts out the door fast and right the first time.

Plastic deformation strain and strain rate 4. Process modeling using finite element analysis is described in one chapter and discussed in all appropriate chapters. Plastic deformation flow stress anisotropy and formability 5. Metal forming processes in manufacturing 2.