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Seminar report

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HYDROFORMING
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of degree
Of Mechanical

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Preface
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CONTENTS

1. Introduction

2. Taking advantage of Hydro forming

3. Methods of Hydro forming

4. Tube Hydro forming

5. How can Tube Manufacturing benefit the auto manufacturers?

6. Sheet Hydro Forming

7. The Application Spectrum of Sheet Hydro Forming

8. Hydro forming process control

9. New concept in sheet Hydro forming

10. Double sheet hydroforming

11. Hydro path work or hydroformed tailored blank

12. Hydro joining

13. Conclusion

14. References
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INTRODUCTION

Hydro Forming uses water pressure to form complex shapes from sheet or

tube material. The pressure may go up about 60,000 psi depending on the

component.

As the automobile industry strives to make car lighter, stronger and more

fuel efficient, it will continue to drive hydro forming applications. Some automobile

parts such as structural chassis, instrument panel beam, engine cradles and radiator

closures are becoming standard hydro formed parts.

The capability of hydro forming can be more fully used to create

complicated parts. Using a single hydro formed item to replace several individual

parts eliminate welding or hole punching, simplifies assembly and reduce inventory.
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TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HYDRO FORMING

When considering hydro forming, companies need to ask whether this

technology will make a part cheaper to produce. The real question is whether you

can refine the entire manufacturing process to take advantage of hydroforming that

is when it really makes.

Instead of looking at a single competent to determine whether it can be

hydro formed , companied need to look at a product through whole process, from

material to assembly , to determine what savings can be achieved . For e.g. Hydro

forming often reduces number of pieces or the amount of floor space used or

eliminates the need for welding stations.

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METHODS OF HYDRO FORMING

Tube Hydro forming

Straight, pre bent and or performed tubes are formed by internal water

pressure with additional application of compressive mechanical forces. In this

method the tube in placed in die and as press clamps the die valves, low pressure

fluid in introduced into tube to pre form it.

One the maximum clamping pressure in achieved, the fluid pressure inside

the tube in increased so that tube bulges to take internal shape of the die.

Simultaneously additional cylinders axially compress the tube to prevent thinning

and brushing swing expansion.

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HOW CAN TUBE HYDRO FORMING BENEFIT

THE AUTO MANUFACTURER

 Increased strength to weight ratios

 Multiple cross – section reshaping or section modules increase
 Improved stiffness torsion and bending rigidly
 Improvement in NHV Factor
 Incorporation of hole punching, slot making, embosses swing hydro
forming process.

 Reduction in number of manufacturing stages, hence tooling.

 Reduction in welding, hence distortion and subsequent heat treatment.
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SHEET HYDRO FORMING

Sheet hydro forming involves forming of sheet with application of fluid

pressure. A sheet metal blank informed by hydraulic counter pressure generated by

punch drawing sheet into pressurized water chambers. The water pressure

effectively punches the sheet firmly against punch to form required shape.

The major advantage of fluid forming is increased drawing ratio. The

process tale place in two stages performed during one press stroke. The sheet in

performed by applying low fluid pressure while it is in clamped firmly by a blank

holder pressure. Performing achieves on evenly distributed strengthening in the

component center. In next step fluid pressure in gradually increased and blank

holder pressure in controlled relative to sheet reformation.

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THE APPLICATION SPECTRUM

There are numerous automotive components well suited to hydro forming of

sheets. This is especially true in area of outer skin with its extreme demand of

surface quality and dimensional accuracy. Longer outer skin parts for passenger

cars, utility vehicles and truck such as goods, doors and tender as well as complex

structural components can be formed

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HYDRO FORMING PROCESS CONTROL

A typical hydro forming system would include a press capable of developing

necessary forces to clamp the die valves together when internal pressure acts on

fluid; a high pressure water system to intensify water pressure for forming

component, looking including aerial cylinder and punches, depending on component

and a control system for process monitoring.

Since the entire process of operation takes place inside a closed die, one

cannot see what actually happens during forming. Therefore the controller plays a

vital role in displaying, monitoring and controlling the different parameters of

forming in real time.

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NEW CONCEPT IN SHEET HYDRO FORMING

DOUBLE SHEET HYDRO FORMING

Structural component with closed components are formed by this process.

Some advantages of this process are:-

1. Integration of more parts, further reduction of components & thus steps.

2. Stiffness increase and reduction in overall spring back due to closed box

section & continuous weld section.

3. A complete component is made in one single hydroforming step, with only

top and bottom die .

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HYDRO PATH WORK OR HYDRO FORMED

TAILORED BLANK

By this method, the need for additional forming / joining operation in

unnecessary. It is used in areas where sound insulation and vibration damping is

required & where high degree of energy absorption during crash in needed. The

additional or path sheet could be of same or different material or different thickness

from parent material.

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HYDRO JOINING

Usually after hydro forming, additional joining operations are required to

form assemblies. To reduce manufacturing time and number of process steps,

joining operation are being integrated into hydro forming process. This also reduces

tool cost. Two approaches to hydro joining are punch riveting hydro clinching.

In punch riveting, pressurized fluid acts on one sheet while a moving punch

acts on other sheets from opposite sheet . Punch is moved against rivet and under

the fluid counter pressure it spreads to form a solid , visually attractive joint .

In hydro clinching, high pressure fluid action the punch. The prescribed

fluid presses the material to be hydro formed part through a note in sheet to be

joined .
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CONCLUSION

During the last 12 years, general awareness of hydro forming has grown

steadily . Although interest in hydroforming is wide ranging , the vast majority of

application are in automobile industry .

Hydro Forming is not panacea for manufacturing all automotive parts. The

benefits of automotive light weight resin and weight reduction achieved by

hydroforming can be measured in kilogram. It cannot be applied to every

components, one has to study inability of hydro forming the part and the economic

and technical payback.

Just like transistor revolutionized the electronic industry, hydro forming has

taken the vehicle manufacturing industry a step up to evolutionary ladder, allowing

auto component for vehicle . Although hydroforming has not taken off rapidly as it

should have , is only matter on time before this technology is absorbed in the

industry .
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REFERENCES
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