Abstract:
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.
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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