Abstract
Flexible rolling is a novel forming process for three-dimensional surface parts, which combines the rolling process with multipoint-forming technology. This process employs a pair of forming rolls as a forming tool. By controlling the gap between the upper and lower forming rolls, residual stress caused by the longitudinal non-uniform elongation of sheet metal makes the sheet metal generate three-dimensional deformation. In this paper, the improvement of the process is introduced that the middle curve radius of the roll gap is much larger than the transverse curvature radius of the forming surface in the forming process. The forming roll rotates around its own axis easily because of the small bending deformation which is suitable for producing three-dimensional surface parts including the wide sheet metal with a relatively small transversal curvature radius. The forming principle is set forth, and corresponding formulations are presented. Finite element analysis model is established, and spherical and saddle surface are simulated. The forming precision and the causes of the shape errors are analyzed through simulated results. The experimental equipment is designed and their experimental results are obtained. Simulation results are in well agreement with the experimental results, which verifies the feasibility of using simulation to guide the experiment. The results of both numerical simulations and experiments show that the proposed process is a feasible and effective way of forming three-dimensional surface parts.
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Wang, D., Li, M. & Cai, Z. Continuous-forming method for three-dimensional surface parts combining rolling process with multipoint-forming technology. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 72, 201–207 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-014-5660-7
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