Abstract Magnesium alloys, because of their good specific material strength, can be considered attractive by different industry fields, as the aerospace and automotive one. However, use is limited poor formability at room temperature. In this research, a numerical approach proposed in order to determine an analytical expression hot incremental forming processes. The model was developed using co...

Besides the presence of low accuracy, which limited up to now its industrial application, single point incremental forming exalts the advantages of Incremental Forming since no dies are strictly necessary. At the same time, the numerical simulation may supplied technical support to the designers only if the simulation time is comparable with the trial and error tests. With this aim, a FE model,...

During the last decade, incremental forming is an innovative processing method which has been strongly investigated. Its potential as a flexible manufacturing method was noticed. This paper aims to present a comparative study of the recent worldwide developments in the field of incremental sheet forming (ISF), as a flexible method for manufacturing hollow metal parts. There are pointed out its ...

Ultrasonic vibration assisted single point incremental forming (UVaSPIF) is based on localized plastic deformation in a sheet metal blank. It consists to deform gradually and locally the sheet metal using vibrating hemispherical-head tool controlled by a CNC milling machine. The ultrasonic excitation of forming tool reduces the vertical component of forming force. In addition, application of ul...

The single point incremental forming process is well-known to be perfectly suited for prototyping and small series. One of its fields of applicability is the medicine area for the forming of titanium prostheses or titanium medical implants. However this process is not yet very industrialized, mainly due its geometrical inaccuracy, its not homogeneous thickness distribution... Moreover considera...