MODELING AND SIMULATION OF METAL-FORMING EQUIPMENT

The demand for components made from hard-to-form materials is growing, as is the need to better understand and improve the control of metal forming equipment, Techniques are presented for developing accurate mo dels and computer simulations of metal forming equipment for the purpo se of improving metal forming process design, Emphasis is placed on mo deling the dynamic behavior of hydraulic vertical forge presses, altho ugh similar principles apply to other types of metal forming equipment , These principles are applied to modeling and simulation of a 1000 to n forge press in service at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, alo ng with experimental verification.