Chapter 9 Micro-Hydroforming
Introduction
Hydroforming is a metal forming technology based on the application of pressurized liquid media to generate defined workpiece shapes from tubular materials or sheet metals. Numerous industries, for example the manufacturers of automotive components and the piping industries, which are providing mass products, apply this technology productively today [1]. This successful adoption of hydroforming technology results from the advantages that hydroforming offers in comparison to conventional techniques such as the assembly of stampings by welding. Hydroforming provides the possibility to form hollow complex-shaped components with integrated structures from single initial workpieces, combined ...
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