Implementation of virtual models from sheet metal forming simulation into physical 3D colour models using 3D printing

10th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes

Junk, S.^1

Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Offenburg, Campus Gengenbach, Klosterstr. 14, Gengenbach

77723, Germany^1

关键词: 3-D printing;    3D models;    Colour models;    Development teams;    Forming tools;    Physical model;    Virtual models;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/734/3/032062/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/734/3/032062

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Today the methods of numerical simulation of sheet metal forming offer a great diversity of possibilities for optimization in product development and in process design. However, the results from simulation are only available as virtual models. Because there are any forming tools available during the early stages of product development, physical models that could serve to represent the virtual results are therefore lacking. Physical 3D-models can be created using 3D-printing and serve as an illustration and present a better understanding of the simulation results. In this way, the results from the simulation can be made more "comprehensible" within a development team. This paper presents the possibilities of 3D-colour printing with particular consideration of the requirements regarding the implementation of sheet metal forming simulation. Using concrete examples of sheet metal forming, the manufacturing of 3D colour models will be expounded upon on the basis of simulation results.