https://popups.uliege.be/esaform21/index.php?id=871 Publications of Auteurs Lasse Langstädtler fr 0 https://popups.uliege.be/esaform21/index.php?id=2483 Compared to cutting processes such as milling, forming processes like electrohydraulic forming offer advantages regarding resource as well as energy efficiency. Due to high tooling costs, forming technologies are nonetheless considered as economically inefficient for low production quantities. Using a combination of high-speed forming with 3D printing technologies for tool manufacturing, three variants to reduce tooling time and costs for processing sheet metals for small quantities were proposed. Since the dies have to withstand high dynamic loads, 3D-printed low-cost dies made of polylactide (PLA) are limited regarding their form stability, mainly depending on the forming energy and sheet thickness. To enlarge the scope of application for 3D-printed dies a method to reinforce these dies is presented and investigated. Armoring of the dies was achieved by electrohydraulic cladding of the dies with 0.5 mm thick aluminum sheet metals. To characterize and compare the properties of the unarmored and the armored polylactide dies, specific characteristics of the formed sheet metals concerning the die wear and the molding quality were investigated. Polylactide dies enabled embossing of fine structures in addition to the forming of the die shape. Armoring of the dies led to a reduction of the embossed layer structure. Therefore, the armoring can be used as a way to control the characteristics of the formed sheet metals. In a further step, the cladding sheets were produced with copper sheet metals and used as sinking electrode for electric discharge machining of steel dies. Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:21:45 +0100 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:37:17 +0200 https://popups.uliege.be/esaform21/index.php?id=2483 https://popups.uliege.be/esaform21/index.php?id=867 Electrohydraulic forming is a high-speed process, which is based on a force transmission by a working media. In this process, shock waves transmit the punching force in a very short period of time. These shock waves are applied to accelerate the workpiece towards a passive die. Besides forming and embossing of sheets and tubes, joining of sheets with tubes is enabled as a novel application presented in this contribution. Thereby, the tube is embedded temporarily in the die as a functional part. By accelerating the sheet towards the tube end, the joint is formed. This study deals with the question of how this joint is formed in sense of process kinematics and material flow. Therefore, the loading energy, the distance of sheet and tube as well as the sheet thickness was varied and the influence of these parameters and geometric conditions of the tube on the process and resulting joints was observed. Joining of EN AW-1050 aluminum alloy sheets to EN AW-6060 aluminum alloy tubes was performed. These joints were analyzed by microsections and head tension tests. The investigations introduce the new joining process regarding its process behavior and show first joining results. Sun, 21 Mar 2021 22:29:48 +0100 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:52:43 +0200 https://popups.uliege.be/esaform21/index.php?id=867