The 3D printing, as a modern manufacturing method, is becoming more widespread and overrides the usual industry conventions. While it was mainly known in production of plastic parts, nowadays metal-based versions are also widespread. Reputable machine tool manufacturers such DMG Mori or GE compete with each other to create equipment for this technology industry, where there growing market machi...

recently, incremental sheet metal forming (ismf) process as one of the new methods in rapid prototyping collection has been considered by researchers. this process is based on a defined path in cnc controller and applies a spherical-head tool that supplies the required pressure for sheet metal forming. despite affirmation of process ability in forming symmetric geometries, some of its aspects s...