An investigation of conventional and ultrasonic-assisted incremental forming of annealed AA1050 sheet

Studying the effect of longitudinal ultrasonic vibrations on the performance of incremental forming process of aluminum-1050 sheet is the main purpose of this paper. In this new technique, ultrasonic vibrations with high frequency and low amplitude are axially added to the movement of forming tool. To fulfill this purpose, a system was carefully devised. This system consists of different parts including a mechanism attached into the chuck of CNC machine to give rotary motion and also sent ultrasonic power to the vibratory tool. Straight groove test was performed, and various parameters including forming force and sheet formability were investigated in both conventional and ultrasonic-assisted incremental forming process. The achieved results show that ultrasonic assistance can increase formability and decrease forming force significantly.

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