Manufacturing Industry
Roboshaping hammers relief pattern into sheet metal.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
Advanced Materials & Processes, March, 2006
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A metal-hammering process known as Roboshaping has reportedly been developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation, Germany. To develop the proper shape, a robot guides an oscillating punching tool in circular movements over a fixed sheet of metal. It gradually produces a relief pattern corresponding to the computer template, needing less than 15 minutes to convert a CAD model into a design measuring 10 x 10 centimeters.
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The limits of the process are dictated by the shape of the part: hammering is more suitable for curved shapes, whereas the ...
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