Stretching is the sheet metal forming process where the punch which creates the part shape forces the sheet metal to thin since lock beads prevent metal flow inward from the flange area. In contrast with drawing, significant metal thinning occurs in stretching,...
top-of-page Rotary Bending The usual mode of bending is curvature around a straight-line radius (Figure 1). Through the thickness is a gradient of strains from maximum outer fiber tension (the outermost surface) through a neutral axis to inner fiber compression (the...
Drawing is the sheet metal forming process where the punch that creates the part shape forces the sheet metal to pull in from the flange area. In contrast with stretch-drawing or stretch forming, little metal thinning occurs in pure drawing. There is not a generally...
Stamping and die designers are interested in the forming capabilities of the steels they specify. Complex stampings are created from several different basic forming modes, which are sensitive to different mechanical properties. For this reason, steel formability,...