Ein Beitrag zur kombinierten (quasi-)statischen und dynamischen Umformung von blechförmigen Halbzeugen

Working-media-based forming processes (WMBF) represent a great potential regarding the production of complex sheet-metal lightweight components with excellent surface quality, shape accuracy and dimensional stability. The working-media-based forming processes characterize the sheet-metal forming process, where the sheet metal blank is formed during the forming process by means of a (quasi-)static or dynamic working media pressure into a contouring forming tool. Although the WMBF offers improved utilization of the formability of the used materials compared to conventional sheet metal forming processes, there are limits in the production of complex deeper or sharp edged components with (quasi-)static and dynamic WMBF processes, which can not be overcome by using these methods alone. In order to overcome this, multi-level WMBF process sequences for components with spherical and stepped geometries are developed in this work. Here the developed strategies combine the advantages of (quasi-)static and dynamic WMBF processes. Furthermore, based on analytical, experimental and numerical investigations, innovative process management strategies were derived, which completely compensate the local wall thickness changes, make better use of existing material resources and thus enable the safe production of mentioned geometries.