Author(s):
1. A. U. Rehman:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Abstract:
Due to higher manufacturing costs and significant time required for the manufacturing of conventional punch and dies for sheet metal forming, manufacturing industry is working to take a shift to manufacture plastic tools additively manufactured by using 3D printing techniques. Therefore, the objective of this research work is to additively manufacture U & V shape punch and dies using plastic material and evaluate its applicability. For the said purpose, 3D design model of U & V shape punch and dies were made using CATIA (a CAD software) followed by static structure analysis performed in ANSYS. Later, STL file of CAD was prepared and after setting the parameters on Gcodes, tools were prepared using 3D printer. The research work also focusses on finding the suitability of plastic tools for sheet forming and compared the findings with traditional bending dies. It was found that using this technique fixed time required for the manufacturing of punch and dies along with the money being spent on the shaping process of tooling were reduced. Furthermore, it is recommended to improve the overall efficiency of plastic tools by using reinforcement techniques.
Page(s):
37-44
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Technical Journal, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing
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Conventional Tools vs Plastic Tools
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Sheet Metal Forming
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Plastic Tools for Sheet Metal Forming
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Fusion Deposition Modeling FDM
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