The ford research and innovation center in dearborn michigan has taken a page from the 3d printing handbook and is developing a new way of forming sheet metal that allows designers to create.
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Sheet metal forming automotive industry with flexform for decades quintus technologies has supplied flexform solutions to major automotive manufacturers worldwide including ford daimler benz volvo bmw rover gaz and saab.
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Their new freeform fabrication technology f3t morphs metal.
In some cases heat is applied to make the metal more pliable.
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It then indents further and draws the next contour for the part into the sheet and continues to do this until the full part is formed.
The tool which can be attached to a cnc machine a robot arm or similar indents into the sheet by about 1 mm and follows a contour for the desired part.
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Sheet metal working is the process of forming new products by bending and cutting sheet metal to achieve a different shape surface or size.
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However studies have shown that it can be applied to polymer and composite sheets too.
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Generally the sheet is formed by a round tipped tool typically 5 to 20mm in diameter.
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In keeping with this philosophy ford has introduced a sheet metal process that eliminates the need for expensive dies to be machined.
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