PROCESS IMPROVEMENT IN VOLUMETRIC ROLL-STRETCH BENDING

In order to ensure success in the rapidly changing market manufacturin g must be rapid and free of errors, with the lowest possible manufactu ring costs. In this article some possibilities for rapid further devel opment of an existing bending technology will be shown, at the end of which should be found an adaptive-controlled, reproducible and economi c bending process. By using various analysis procedures and special co mputer-aided simulations for different development phases, it is possi ble to introduce a co-ordination of the development at a very early st age. This permits a shortening of the process development time and a c oncentration on quality-enhancing measures.