Cost-Efficient Manufacturing by Employing Incremental Forming Processes

Today’s market is characterized by a high diversification and complexity of demanded products. With the flexibility of incremental forming processes these requirements can be achieved well. This paper focusses on the large varieties of geometry, prevention of material waste and possibilities to integrate parts by the application of processes based on kinematic shaping. Innovative investigations point out that incremental forming techniques offer great potentials to realize cost-efficient process chains.