Rapid tooling for sheet metal forming using profiled edge laminations-design principles and demonstration

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 746-754

  Walczyk, D F ^a   Hardt, D E ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; DIES; MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINE TOOLS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SHEET METAL;

PROFILED EDGE LAMINATION (PEL) TOOLING METHOD; SHEET METAL FORMING DIES;

METAL FORMING;

EID: 0032202657     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2830215     Document Type: Article

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