Handbook of Flexible and Smart Sheet Forming Techniques Industry 4.0 Approaches

Single-source guide to innovative sheet forming techniques and applications, featuring contributions from a range of engineering perspectives

Handbook of Flexible and Smart Sheet Forming Techniques presents a collection of research on state-of-art techniques developed specifically for flexible and smart sheet forming, with a focus on using analytical strategies and computational, simulation, and AI approaches to develop innovative sheet forming techniques. Bringing together various engineering perspectives, the book emphasizes how these manufacturing techniques intersect with Industry 4.0 technologies for applications in the mechanical, automobile, industrial, aerospace, and medical industries.

Research outcomes, illustrations, case studies, and examples are included throughout the text, and are useful for readers who wish to better understand and utilize these new manufacturing technologies.

Topics covered in the book include:

• Concepts, classifications, variants, process cycles, and materials for flexible and smart sheet forming techniques
• Comparisons between the aforementioned techniques and other conventional sheet forming processes, plus hardware and software requirements for these techniques
• Parameters, responses, and optimization strategies, mechanics of flexible and smart sheet forming, simulation approaches, and future innovations and directions
• Recent advancements in the field, including various optimizations like artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and machine learning techniques

Handbook of Flexible and Smart Sheet Forming Techniques is an ideal reference guide for academic researchers and industrial engineers in the fields of incremental sheet forming. It also serves as an excellent comprehensive reference source for university students and practitioners in the mechanical, production, industrial, computer science engineering, medical, and pharmaceutical industries.

Ajay, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, JECRC University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Parveen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rawal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Faridabad, Haryana, India.

Hari Singh, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.

Vishal Gulati, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India.

Pravin Kumar Singh, Senior IP Analyst, Clarivate, India.

1              Incremental Sheet Forming - A state of Art Review

2              Classification of Incremental Sheet Forming

3              A Review on Effect of Computer Aided Machining Parameters in Incremental Sheet Forming

4              Equipment and operative for industrialising the SPIF of Ti-6Al-4V

5              Texture Development during Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF): A state of Art Review

6              Analyses of Stress and Forces in Single Point Incremental Sheet Metal Forming

7              Finite Element Simulation Approach in Incremental Sheet Forming Process

8              Detection of defect in Sheet Metal Industry: An implication of Fault Tree Analysis

9              Integration of IOT, Fog & Cloud based Computing Oriented Communication Protocols in Smart Sheet Forming

10           Blockchain for the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 Application

11           Experimental Study on the Fabrication of Plain Weave Copper Strips Mesh Embedded Hybrid Composite and its Benefits over Traditional Sheet Metal

12           Application of Reconfigurable System Thinking in Reconfigurable Bending Machine and Assembly Systems

13           Application of Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) Towards Biomedical and Medical Implants

About the Editors

List of contributors

Preface

Index

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