Recent developments in hydroforming technology

Lee, Myoung‐Gyu; Korkolis, Yannis P.; Kim, Ji Hoon

doi:10.1177/0954405414548463

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“…Similarly a tube hydroforming review in 2012 by Alaswad, et al [2] summarized the recent experiments and literature in tube hydroforming technology. A tube and sheet hydroforming review was written by Lee, et al who looked into recent technical work and simulations of tube and sheet hydroforming [14].…”

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A state of the art review of hydroforming technology

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Hydroforming is a relatively new metal forming process with many advantages over traditional cold forming processes including the ability to create more complicated components with fewer operations. For certain geometries, hydroforming technology permits the creation of parts that are lighter weight, have stiffer properties, are cheaper to produce and can be manufactured from fewer blanks which produces less material waste. This paper provides a detailed survey of the hydroforming literature of both established and emerging processes in a single taxonomy. Recently reported innovations in hydroforming processes (which are incorporated in the taxonomy) are also detailed and classified in terms of “technology readiness level”. The paper concludes with a discussion on the future of hydroforming including the current state of the art techniques, the research directions, and the process advantages to make predictions about emerging hydroforming technologies.

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“…Additional mechanical loads on the formed component can be utilized to contribute to the plastic flow of the formed material or supporting areas of the component during expansion [62]. Applications of hydroforming at macro-scale predominantly concern the industrial production of thin-walled, complex-shaped components for numerous sectors, such as the automotive and aerospace industry or sanitary and piping manufacture [63][64][65][66][67]. Scaled-down hydroforming offers an economic potential for the micro-manufacturing industries, for example, for the production of metallic components for medical technology, elements of fuel cells, micro-fluidic devices, micro-heat exchangers, or hollow micro-shafts [6,68,69].…”

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Review on Advances in Metal Micro-Tube Forming

Hartl

2019

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Metallic tubular micro-components play an important role in a broad range of products, from industrial microsystem technology, such as medical engineering, electronics and optoelectronics, to sensor technology or microfluidics. The demand for such components is increasing, and forming processes can present a number of advantages for industrial manufacturing. These include, for example, a high productivity, enhanced shaping possibilities, applicability of a wide spectrum of materials and the possibility to produce parts with a high stiffness and strength. However, certain difficulties arise as a result of scaling down conventional tube forming processes to the microscale. These include not only the influence of the known size effects on material and friction behavior, but also constraints in the feasible miniaturization of forming tools. Extensive research work has been conducted over the past few years on micro-tube forming techniques, which deal with the development of novel and optimized processes, to counteract these restrictions. This paper reviews the relevant advances in micro-tube fabrication and shaping. A particular focus is enhancement in forming possibilities, accuracy and obtained component characteristics, presented in the reviewed research work. Furthermore, achievements in severe plastic deformation for micro-tube generation and in micro-tube testing methods are discussed.

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“…Recently, there has been an increasing demand for tubes that have the T-shape configuration, particularly, in automotive industry, aerospace industry, and for household appliances [3–5]. Various methods have been used for forming T-shaped tubular fittings with different tube sizes: diameters, wall thicknesses, and lengths.…”

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A new method to produce T-shaped tubular fittings with experimental and simulation results

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A tube is an important structural element for fluid manipulation in piped networks in many industries. Tube branching is achieved using tube fittings of various shapes, including T, Y, X, and L shapes. This study proposes a new innovative technique to produce T-shaped tubular fittings. The technique uses a specially designed die setup where a tube is placed inside a T-shaped die cavity and a metallic insert is used to deform the tube into the cavity, creating the T-fitting shape. Experimental and numerical methods are used to evaluate the process. The main outcome of this research is the successful creation of T-shaped copper tube fittings using a technique similar to tube hydroforming without the need for internal pressure. This technique could be modified to assist the production of T-fittings with thicknesses outside the hydroforming limits.

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Recent developments in hydroforming technology

Cited by 37 publications

References 119 publications

A state of the art review of hydroforming technology

A state of the art review of hydroforming technology

Review on Advances in Metal Micro-Tube Forming

A new method to produce T-shaped tubular fittings with experimental and simulation results

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