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Flexible 3D Profile Roll Forming Technology

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Flexible Metal Forming Technologies

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Nowadays, roll forming becomes one of the most promising sheet metal forming method due to its excellent superiority of capital saving and capability of lightweight, high accuracy manufacturing technique. It has been increasingly used in a wide range of sectors, such as aerospace, automotive, transportation, construction, etc. However, with the requirements of rapid manufacturing and more complex customized profile shape in forming direction, such as variable shape, depth, etc., traditional roll forming is no longer suitable due to the movement restrictions along transverse and vertical directions. Also, with the trend of industry 4.0, traditional roll forming is fundamentally lack of machine learning capability for intelligent manufacturing upgrade. A new replacement called (3D) flexible roll forming has been proposed in recent years to confront the above challenges. The technology is carried out via an advanced control system. It is a complicated flexible manufacturing system composed of many key elements/parts, such as six-axis robot arms, high, blankholder system, smart sensors and other key elements.

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    Yong Sun, Qiuquan Guo, Dongxing Zhang, Hui Xia, Shiyi Cu, Jie Dong & Yinwang Ren

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Sun, Y. et al. (2022). Flexible 3D Profile Roll Forming Technology. In: Guo, X. (eds) Flexible Metal Forming Technologies. Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1348-8_5

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