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A. Mentella ifu-hydro
- 1. Italian
Design…
Why make it
simple?
When you can
make it beautiful…
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- 2. New Potential Applications for Tube and
Sheet Hydroforming
in Furnishing and Household Hardware
Dr. Alessia Mentella, ESI Italy
Prof. Matteo Strano, Politecnico di Milano
Dr. Martin Skrikerud, ESI Group
Fellbach-Stuttgart/Germany
May 6th , 2010
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- 3. About ESI
Provider of Virtual Prototyping for the Industrial World
ESI is a world leading software editor for the numerical simulation of prototype
and manufacturing process engineering in applied mechanics.
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- 4. ESI Worldwide Operations
More than 30
countries
15 subsidiaries
Average
Headcount:
750 people
Tokyo, Japan
Paris, France Eschborn, Germany Pilsen, Czech Republic San Diego, CA, USA Beijing, China
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- 6. AGENDA
Introduction
Stainless steel in household Aesthetical requirements and
hardware geometrical complexity
Forming processes with solid tools
Cruet stand Vase Sauce pan
Fluid forming processes
DSHF - Vase THF – Cruet stand
Comparison
Vase Cruetstand
Conclusions
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- 7. INTRODUCTION
Stainless
Steel
Hygienic and Excellent
Corrosion
Surface look polished cold
resistance
surfaces formability
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- 8. FORMING PROCESSES WITH
SOLID TOOLS
Conventional deep drawing
ADDITIONAL DRAWING INVERSE DRAWING
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- 9. FORMING PROCESSES WITH
SOLID TOOLS
ALESSI’s Cruet stand
Production cycle
Initial blank:
AISI 304 disk
D=300mm
t=0.8mm.
1° deep drawing 2° deep drawing 3° deep drawing 1° trimming
global annealing 4° deep drawing 5° deep drawing 2° trimming
5 punch/die set,
2 annealing
3 necking.
Total: 8 dies and
partial annealing 1° necking 2° necking 3° necking 5 punches.
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- 10. FORMING PROCESSES WITH
SOLID TOOLS
ALESSI’s “Babyboop” Vase
Production Cycle
Initial blank:
2 AISI 304 2B
rectangles;
428,5mm x 312,5mm
1° deep drawing 2° deep drawing
t=1mm for
EACH
HALF
trimming of the borders trimming of the hole
JOINING
welding of the two halves welding of the bottom
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- 11. TOWARDS FLEXIBILITY
Rubber Forming of “Olympia” Saucepan
Production cycle
1st deep-drawn raugh-hewn 2nd deep-drawn raugh-hewn ending edge trimming.
and annealing. and calibrating.
formed part (left), polymeric punch (centre), semi-finished part (right)
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- 12. FLUID FORMING PROCESSES
Double Sheet Hydroforming
Closing Forming Calibrating
Flexforming
Positioning Forming Relift
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- 13. FLUID FORMING PROCESSES
Tube Hydroforming
1.The workpiece is 2.The die is closed 3.The fluid fills
positioned between the tube cavity
the dies
4.The tube ends are 5.The tube is formed by 6.The dies open and
sealed the increasing pressure the workpiece is
and the punch stroke removed
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- 14. Double Sheet Hydroforming
FEM Modeling of ALESSI’s “Babyboop” Vase
σ(εp)=K(ε0+ εp)n
4-nodes shell elements with 5 integration
points throughout the thickness
ρ E [GPa] ν K [GPa] ε0 n
AISI304
7.8·10E-06 210 0.3 1.1153 0.017 0.336
time [ms] 0 6 18 20
P [GPa] 0 0.025 0.035 0.13
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- 16. Tube hydroforming – axial feeding
ALESSI’s Cruet stand
1. DOUDLE SHEET HYDROFORMING WITH
Aesthetical
FLEXIBLE MEMBRANE
Welding line along the cruetstand axis, for the joining
requirements non
of the two shells completely fullfilled
2. TUBE HYDROFORMING - SELF FEEDING Lenght of the
1° Hydroforming – Annealing – 2°Hydroforming process quite hight
The system is complex
3. TUBE HYDROFORMING - AXIAL FEEDING but the part is formed in
a single operation
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- 17. Tube hydroforming – axial feeding
ALESSI’s Cruet stand
ρ E [GPa] ν K [GPa] ε0 n
AISI304
7.8·10E-06 210 0.3 1.1153 0.017 0.336
time [ms] 0 0.66 1 3 4 5
P [GPa] 0 0.01 0.0135 0.016 0.0161 0.08
time [ms] 0 2 3
vel DX [mm/ms] 20 20 0
vel SX [mm/ms] 2 2 0
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- 18. Tube hydroforming – axial feeding
ALESSI’s Cruet stand – Induced wrinkling
1 2
4 3
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- 19. Tube hydroforming – axial feeding
ALESSI’s Cruet stand – RESULTS
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- 20. COMPARISON - Vase
“Babyboop Vase” Conventional DDR DSHF
Forming 4 (2 for each half) 1
Annealing 0 0
Special operation for
0 0
undercuts solving
3 (initial blank + border + hole)
Trimming 2 (border + hole) for each half
for each half
Welding 2 (two halves + bottom) 2 (two halves + bottom)
n° Dies 1 1
Total op. 10 8
20s x 2 (forming) + 25s (forming) +
25s (trimming) + 25s (trimming) +
Manufacturing Time 15s (welding of two halves) + 15s (welding of two halves) +
8s (bottom welding) = 88s 8s (bottom welding) = 73s
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- 21. COMPARISON – Cruet stand
Tube Hydroforming
“Mami Cruetstand” Conventional DDR DSHF
Self feeding Active feeding
Forming 5 1 3 1
Annealing 1° global - 2° local 0 2 0
Special operation for
3 0 0 0
undercuts solving
Trimming 3 2 (1 for each half) 1 1
3 (upper ring + bottom 2 (upper ring + 2 (upper ring +
Welding 1 (upper ring)
+ body) bottom) bottom)
n° Dies 5 1 1 1
Total op. 14 6 8 4
60s (5 forming) +
25s (forming) + 50s (3 forming) +
14s (1°annealing) + 20s (forming) +
20s (2 trimming) + 20s (2 annealing) +
7s (2°annealing) + 5s (trimming) +
4s (top ring welding)+ 5s (trimming) +
Manufacturing Time 30s (3 necking) + 4s (top ring welding)+
6s (bottom welding) + 4s (top ring welding) +
10s (3 trimming) + 6s (bottom welding)
15s (body welding) 6s (bottom welding)
4s (top ring welding) = 35s
= 70s = 85s
= 125s
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- 22. CONCLUSIONS
Aesthetics in manufacturing:
In the case studies discussed, the designer’s vision and its
aesthetic dictates have been successfully combined with
technological requirements:
• joints and welding lines are significantly reduced
• the production is simplified in terms of number of operation and
needed dies
• Problems with possible undercuts in deep drawing are eliminated
• if the press is available, the costs for the component production
could be lower.
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- 23. CONCLUSIONS
Hydroforming processes, both THF and SHF, can be
successfully used in fields that is very different from the
classical automotive or aerospace
It offers a real alternative when paying respect to the
aesthetical aspect of the component, instead of resistance
or strength.
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