Hydroforming Sheet Metal And Device

The device has base and outer 11 and inner 12 slides and including a basic die 15 16 17 18 mountable to the press and tooling 25 51 mountable to the basic die.

Hydroforming sheet metal and device.

Virtually all metals capable of cold forming can be hydroformed. Hydroforming is a cost effective and specialised type of die moulding metal fabrication and forming process which utilises highly pressurised hydraulic fluid to shape metals such as steel stainless steel carbon copper aluminium and brass into lightweight strong and structurally stiff pieces. Hydroforming is a quick efficient and reasonably priced metal forming technique that produces structurally strong components with minimum material wastage. Numerous industries for example the manufacturers of automotive components and the piping industries which are providing mass products apply this technology productively.

The basic die includes an upper shoe 15 mountable to the outer slide 11 and hydraulic cylinder assemblies 17 18 mounted on the base and actuable by the inner slide for providing pressurised fluid to the tooling. Fluidforming s universal sheet metal and tube forming machine the formbalancer is a force contained structure that permits extremely high forming pressures of up to 400 mpa 60 000 psi. Manufacturing and assembly for the aerospace industry. With up to 4x the pressure used by traditional hydroforming devices highly complex medical equipment components and devices with can be formed with ease.