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US 2019/0099799 A1Published application
New incremental forming tools and method
AssigneeThe Penn State Research Foundation
InventorsJohn Timothy Roth, Tyler John Grimm, Glenn Craig
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Abstract
An incremental forming tool of a sheet material has a tool holder having an axis and at least one tool rod mounted in the tool holder. The at least one tool rod may have variable shapes, lengths, diameters and radii such that the rotation of the at least one tool rod about the axis of the tool holder on the sheet material simulates an up and down, in and out, and/or side-to-side vibration motion.
Claims43
A method of incremental forming a sheet material, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a tool holder having an axis;
- providing at least one tool rod mounted in the tool holder, each tool rod having a height, a cross-sectional shape and a head;
- rotating the at least one tool rod about the axis of the tool holder, wherein the tool rod is shaped such that the rotation of the at least one tool rod on the sheet material simulates an up and down, in and out, and/or side-to-side vibration motion;
- applying the rotating tool rod to the sheet material;
- and
- forming the sheet material with the rotating tool rod.
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A tool used for incremental forming of a sheet material, comprising:
- a tool holder having an axis;
- and
- at least one tool rod mounted in the tool holder, the at least one tool rod having height, a cross-sectional shape and a head,
- wherein the at least one tool rod is shaped such that a rotation of the at least one tool rod about the axis of the tool holder on the sheet material simulates an up and down, in and out, and/or side-to-side vibration motion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.