Quick Plastic Forming (QPF) is a hot blowforming technology for the production of aluminum closure panels for automotive applications. It includes an optimized tool material/coating/lubricant system in conjunction with specialized cooling fixtures to produce dimensionally correct panels directly out of the forming cell. In QPF, a heated aluminum sheet is subjected to high-pressure air that makes it conform to the shape of a hot tool that is created directly from design data. Simpler, one-sided tooling also reduces development time and aids in shortening the vehicle development process.


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    Title :

    Quick plastic forming simplifies aluminum auto parts manufacture


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2004


    Size :

    2 Seiten



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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