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AssigneeTechnische Universiteit Delft
InventorsDaan Rietbergen, Karel Jan Vollers
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A method for forming a double-curved panel from a flat panel, which comprises processing a plastically deformable flat panel or rendering the flat panel plastically deformable to enable it to mould itself to a predetermined shape, wherein the shape is obtained by a primary supporting construction cooperating with a secondary supporting construction, wherein the primary supporting construction may or may not be adjustable to an invariant position that determines the shape, and the secondary supporting construction is adjustable between a starting position in which it supports the flat panel, and a finishing position in which the secondary supporting construction supports the double-curved panel, while said supporting construction rests on and is shaped in accordance with the shape of the primary supporting construction, wherein the adjustment from the starting position to the finishing position occurs at least subject to the distribution of the gravitational force exerted on the secondary supporting construction by the panel while this is plastically deformable.
A method for forming a double-curved panel from a flat panel, which comprises processing a plastically deformable flat panel or rendering the flat panel plastically deformable to enable it to mould itself to a predetermined shape, wherein the shape is obtained by a primary supporting construction cooperating with a secondary supporting construction, wherein the primary supporting construction may or may not be adjustable to an invariant position that determines the shape, and the secondary supporting construction is adjustable between a starting position in which it supports the flat panel, and a finishing position in which the secondary supporting construction supports the double-curved panel, while said supporting construction rests on the primary supporting construction and is shaped in accordance with the shape of the primary supporting construction, wherein the adjustment from the starting position to the finishing position occurs at least subject to the distribution of the gravitational force exerted on the secondary supporting construction by the panel while this is plastically deformable.
An apparatus for forming a double-curved panel from a flat panel, wherein the same comprises a primary supporting construction that may or may not be adjustable to a time-invariable form that corresponds to a desirable double curve of the panel, as well as a secondary supporting construction that is designed to rest on the primary supporting construction and, subject to at least a distribution of gravitational force from a panel resting on the secondary supporting construction, is deformable into a shape that corresponds to the time-invariable shape of the primary supporting construction.
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