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: Received: 15 March 2024 / Approved: 15 March 2024 / Online: 18 March 2024 (15:59:15 CET)
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Formisano, A.; Boccarusso, L.; De Fazio, D.; Durante, M. Experimental Investigation on the Optimization of Incremental Formed Polymer Sheets through a Stair Toolpath Strategy. Preprints2024, 2024030957. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0957.v1
Formisano, A.; Boccarusso, L.; De Fazio, D.; Durante, M. Experimental Investigation on the Optimization of Incremental Formed Polymer Sheets through a Stair Toolpath Strategy. Preprints 2024, 2024030957. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0957.v1
Formisano, A.; Boccarusso, L.; De Fazio, D.; Durante, M. Experimental Investigation on the Optimization of Incremental Formed Polymer Sheets through a Stair Toolpath Strategy. Preprints2024, 2024030957. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0957.v1
APA Style
Formisano, A., Boccarusso, L., De Fazio, D., & Durante, M. (2024). Experimental Investigation on the Optimization of Incremental Formed Polymer Sheets through a Stair Toolpath Strategy. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0957.v1
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Formisano, A., Dario De Fazio and Massimo Durante. 2024 "Experimental Investigation on the Optimization of Incremental Formed Polymer Sheets through a Stair Toolpath Strategy" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0957.v1
Abstract
The incremental sheet forming represents a relatively recent technology that guarantees high customization, thanks to the layered manufacturing principle typical of rapid prototyping, and cost-effectiveness, because it does not require dedicated equipment. Research has initially shown that this process is effective in metal materials capable of withstanding plastic deformation but, in recent years, the interest in this technique has been increasing for the manufacture of complex polymer sheet components as an alternative to the conventional technologies, based on heating-shaping-cooling manufacturing routes. Conversely, incremental formed polymer sheets can suffer from some peculiar defects, for example twisting. To reduce the risk of this phenomenon and the occurrence of failures, a viable way is to choose toolpath strategies that make the tool/sheet contact conditions less severe, and this represents the main goal of the present research. Polycarbonate sheets were worked by incremental forming; in detail, cone frusta with a fixed wall angle were manufactured with a reference and a stair toolpath strategy, and both the forming forces and the twist angle were monitored. The analysis of the results highlighted that a stair toolpath involving an alternation of diagonal up and vertical down steps represents a useful strategy to mitigate the forming forces and, with them, the occurrence of the twisting phenomenon in incremental formed thermoplastic sheets.
Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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