Multi-step incremental forming using local feature based toolpaths

Autor: Joost Duflou, Yannick Carette, Hans Vanhove
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Procedia Manufacturing. 29:28-35
ISSN: 2351-9789
Popis: Single Point Incremental Forming owes its flexibility to lack of dedicated tooling needed to create a variety of different geometries. This is possible because of its computer controlled nature: the toolpath that is executed will determine the shape of the produced part. By altering the toolpath in a smart way, the process can be optimized towards different criteria: speed, accuracy, surface quality. This paper describes a new methodology to automatically create toolpaths based on feature geometry. It can be used to add local features to a preformed shape, or to improve the surface quality of complex freeform parts. The paper describes the slicing algorithm and toolpath generation. The robustness of the procedure is demonstrated and a first test case shows an increase in surface quality without compromising on accuracy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE