ASM Handbook, Volume 14B

This comprehensive reference on sheet metal forming and fabrication provides state-of-the-art reference information for product and production engineers. Coverage addresses all methods of sheet metal fabrication technologies, selection of equipment and die materials, specification of forming practices for specific alloys, and new techniques for process design and control. This Volume provides you with practical reference information on the basic processes of press forming, drawing, bending, spinning, shearing, blanking, and piercing of sheet with additional coverage on forming with bar, tube, wire, shapes, or long parts.
New content areas include:

Expanded coverage on computer-based methods for process simulation and control

Advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) forming and material developments

Expanded coverage on the evaluation and mitigation of springback and the troubleshooting of formability problems

Rapid prototyping and die-less flexible manufacturing techniques such as thermal forming and peen forming

Updates on cold-work powder metallurgy tool steels and tool coatings

Updates and addition of practical reference information on basic operations of bending, press forming, and press brake forming

Application of tailor weld blanks

New process related developments in superplastic forming and conventional forming of aluminum, titanium, nickel, magnesium, and refractory alloys

Recent process modifications in hydroforming and high-velocity metal forming

Contents Include:

Introduction to Forming Processes

Shearing, Cutting, Blanking, and Piercing

Equipment for Forming of Sheet Metal

Tooling and Fabrication for Forming Sheet, Strip, and Plate

Forming Processes for Sheet, Strip, and Plate

Forming of Bar, Tube, and Wire

Sheet Forming of Specific Ferrous and Nonferrous Metals

Formability Analysis

Process Design and Modeling for Sheet Forming

Reference Information

Index