Incremental sheet metal forming

[DeltaV]

Incremental sheet metal forming. This is cool!​

They even make a "shaker".



Found the link on FCBO.

 

[eldubb440]

damn

 

[kiwigtx]

Great for short-run production....but longer-term die-stamping is better for mass production.

I can see AMD investing in this for short-run parts orders.....or at least I hope they consider it.

Might help out the guys with one-year body cars.

 

[Richard Cranium]

The problem I see is the time involved in stamping out one piece, plus it still needs to be trimmed.

 

[eldubb440]

The problem I see is the time involved in stamping out one piece, plus it still needs to be trimmed.

no need to stockpile parts, manufacture any part to order........ trimming is easily solved

 

[Richard Cranium]

no need to stockpile parts, manufacture any part to order........ trimming is easily solved

I think what Kiwi said is true. It’s good for small specialty batches, but not for an order of tens of thousands of pieces.

 

[dadsbee]

Jesus, don't show that to my Son.. LOL

 

[Richard Cranium]

Great for short-run production....but longer-term die-stamping is better for mass production.

I can see AMD investing in this for short-run parts orders.....or at least I hope they consider it.

Might help out the guys with one-year body cars.

I don’t see it making a 70 Charger fender.

 

[kiwigtx]

I don’t see it making a 70 Charger fender.

Probably not a one-piece....maybe patch parts.

I see the shaker hood will lead to other hard-to-find parts though.

Daytona and Superbird rear window plugs for example - when others have dropped the ball.

 

[DeltaV]

Aircraft OEM's will love it for rapid prototyping of parts.

 

[PlymCrazy]

Like stated in the video, it’s a game changer for that “first piece”.

 

[WS23U1]

The problem I see is the time involved in stamping out one piece, plus it still needs to be trimmed.

I played saw man for a while once and did full 1/4 panels. Pain in the *** but I did it. Not that hard.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

I could see how it could be adapted with a cutting bit for trimming too.

 

[Hey-O]

Absolutely to cool!!! Great for replacement parts. I watched cars being drove off the line every 72 seconds. After the die is made, they would punch them out as fast as you could feed it in and pull them out. Maybe tomorrow, but not today. Thanks for sharing, very impressive!

 

[Fran Blacker]

Wonder what's the largest pat it could handle.

 

[RJ Squirrel]

Great for small parts, I don't see it working on long gently curved piece like fender or quarter panel.