Design an experimental reconfigurable die for sheet metal forming

Abstract

The reconfigurable surface tooling is based on the concept of discrete approximation of a die continuous surface with a number of closely spaced rigid pins. The heights of the pins can be adjusted to approximate the desired surface shapes either manually or using a computer control. In the paper are analyzed some of main parameters of the deep drawing with reconfigurable die and based on this are presented the results of the development of a reconfigurable die in the present research activity.