Application of 3D scanning and rapid prototyping in designing metal sheet forming processes

Joanna Gołębiewska-Kurzawska, Franciszek Grosman

Department of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy, Silesian University of Technology,8 Krasińskiego Street, 40-019 Katowice, Poland.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7494/cmms.2011.2.0365

Abstract:

The procedure of designing sheet metal forming processes for elements which geometrical features are determined experimentally at stand tests has been presented in the paper. The designing procedure is aided by 3D scanning and rapid prototyping. There are the following successive stages: producing a physical model of the element, 3D scanning, geometrization of the scanned record of the element’s surface, dimensional analysis of the element and preparing a model which has been geometrically elaborated, making a prototype of that model, preparing a general outline of technology to be applied, preparing technical documentation in CAD/CAM format, numerical simulation of the technological process, elaborating programmes which contain steering codes for producing the tools for m forming process and finishing process of the element.

Cite as:

Gołębiewska-Kurzawska, J., & Grosman, F. (2011). Application of 3D scanning and rapid prototyping in designing metal sheet forming processes. Computer Methods in Materials Science, 11(2), 432 – 435. https://doi.org/10.7494/cmms.2011.2.0365

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