A New Method of Predicting the Formability of Materials
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The paper presents a new method, based on standard laboratory cup tests, for predicting the formability of materials; in the example provided, the forming potentials of four new materials are shown.
The properties of stretchability and drawability, which are the principal factors defining a material's forming limits, may be assessed using the Olsen spherical cup test and the Swift flat-bottomed cup test. In the shape analysis procedure described, the minimum amount of deformation needed to fix a desired shape is determined. Then necessary adjustments to tooling for optimum sheet metal usage are made based on calculations from a new type of chart showing stretch forming ratio and draw forming ratio, providing a comparison of the formabilities of a number of materials. It is shown that, in the absence of reliable cup testing data, values can be obtained using laboratory tensile testing results; this is possible because computer-determined correlations of certain tensile parameters to standard cup test results have been made.
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Kasper, A. and VanderVeen, P., "A New Method of Predicting the Formability of Materials," SAE Technical Paper 720019, 1972, https://doi.org/10.4271/720019.Also In
Number:V81-A; Published:1976-04-01
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