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Flexible forming with hexapods

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The work presented in this paper provides the basis for an extension of conventional orbital forming to a new, flexible forming process. A hydraulically actuated hexapod is used to move a swage in order to extrude a work piece towards a desired shape. This paper presents an analytical model of the actuators and the dynamics of the hexapod. This model is used for developing a cascaded position control law, and for developing a simulation environment representing the machine and the work piece in an entire forming process loop. The design of the machine is briefly introduced and results of position control are presented.

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  1. Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik, Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology, TU Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19b, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany

    Jürgen Hesselbach, Franz Dietrich & Sven Rathmann

  2. Institut für Umformtechnik und Umformmaschinen, Institute of Metal Forming and Metal Forming Machine Tools, Leibniz Universität Hannover, An der Universität 2, 30823, Garbsen, Germany

    Bernd-Arno Behrens & Jens Poelmeyer

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Correspondence to Sven Rathmann.

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This work was part of the Priority Program (SPP) 1099, supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

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Hesselbach, J., Behrens, BA., Dietrich, F. et al. Flexible forming with hexapods. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 1, 429–436 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-007-0063-3

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