Different material models are compared with respect to their suitability for the design of process, tooling and product.
This article provides an overview of the state of the art and important advances of hydroforming regarding the design of process steps, semifinished products, presses and tools and briefly presents new hydroforming technologies like the use of heat energy to improve formability of lightweight materials.
The purpose of this article is to outline an identifying, organizing, and synthesizing strategy for determining the evidence, using the integrative research review and a standard set of research process tools designed to address issues related to rigor and replication.
The lessons learned concern the modelling process, the fit between the type of model and its use, and the advantage of involving stakeholders in the design process of tools and innovations.
CRC-ACS is developing rubber pad forming of RTL and has used PAM-FORM™[2] to carry out forming simulations to assist in the understanding of the effects of process conditions and in the design of forming tools and processes.
The implementation strategies deals with visions and targets, renewable energy strategies, legal frameworks, design of urban competition processes, tools supporting the decision making process, monitoring, stakeholder engagement, socio-economic criteria and organisation structures.
Prediction and prevention of side-wall wrinkling are extremely important in the design of tooling and process parameters in sheet metal forming processes.
This challenge is addressed through a "multiscale" approach, which involves the design of assembly tools and processes at multiple scales, and their integration into coherent system architectures.
Second, the same skills need to be applied to the design of the tools, environment, and process as is done to the products that all these are intended to serve.
Examples from research work into the development and investigations of the forming process, design of tools as well as machines are given to illustrate the presented technical contents.
