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Spinning of tubes: A review

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Journal of Applied Metalworking

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Spinning of tubes involves progressive localized deformation of a cylindrical ring between a rotating mandrel and a roller. The resultant product is a tube whose wall thickness is determined by the gap between the mandrel and roller. The process is also known as shear forming, flow turning, spin forging, rotary extrusion, roll extrusion, flow forming, hydrospinning, rotoforming, and floturning. Spinning of tubes is reviewed herein with the objective of providing an understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying the process,important variables and their influence on the process, some of the simpler tooling techniques that have evolved for specific parts, and the types of parts to which the process has been successfully applied in industry.

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  1. Illinois Institute of Technology, 60616, Chicago, IL

    S. Kalpakjian (Professor of Mechanical Engineering)

  2. Manufacturing Technology Section, IIT Research Institute, 60616, Chicago, IL

    S. Rajagopal (Manager)

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Kalpakjian, S., Rajagopal, S. Spinning of tubes: A review. J. Applied Metalworking 2, 211–223 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02834039

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