Incremental sheet metal forming
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damn
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 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.
The problem I see is the time involved in stamping out one piece, plus it still needs to be trimmed.
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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.
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Jesus, don't show that to my Son.. LOL
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.
Like stated in the video, it’s a game changer for that “first piece”.
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I played saw man for a while once and did full 1/4 panels. Pain in the *** but I did it. Not that hard.
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I could see how it could be adapted with a cutting bit for trimming too.
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!
Wonder what's the largest pat it could handle.
Great for small parts, I don't see it working on long gently curved piece like fender or quarter panel.
These guys could probably make a fender
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Pretty cool. This should bring the cost down right? Riiiiiiiiight…
Not to mention the several hundred thou for the punch and die. Never bought one, set them in presses for years. Didn't watch the video yet, did they allude to a price for that machine?
edit: the presses required are quite large to huge (room sized) and the hard tooling weighs hundreds to thousands of pounds requiring fork lifts and such to set them. My press brakes are 120 ton, I suppose that would be enough to pop a shaker but a 70 fender? I would guestimate by the area of it would require about 200+ tons? BIG stuff. Definitely not short run. This new machine must go through tooling like mad ... I'm going to watch.
Thanks @DeltaV Very interesting subject.
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