Designers are adopting new high-performance alloys to create innovative and reliable products while simultaneously reducing cost; however, forming these unique materials can be challenging. As a result, U.S. manufacturers require new forming approaches to stay globally competitive. To address this need, the EWI Forming Center is developing an intelligent servo-controlled forming process that integrates nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques, real-time data acquisition, visual monitoring, and computer-aided engineering (CAE) simulation to develop a process-optimizing control algorithm. This new process is expected to yield multiple benefits, including increased productivity, real-time parameter adaptation to material property variations, and an improved understanding of the formability limits of these new alloys.
Hyunok Kim, Director of the EWI Forming Center, has written The Development of Intelligent Servo-Controlled Forming Technology to discuss the EWI Forming Center’s work to develop an intelligent servo-controlled forming process that will leverage nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques, real-time data acquisition, visual monitoring, and computer-aided engineering (CAE) simulation to develop a process-optimizing control algorithm. To read the paper, click here.
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