GRAPHICAL MODELLING OF A HYDROMECHANICAL DRAWING DIE

Abstract

Hydroforming processes have become increasingly popular in recent years, due to the increasing demand for light parts in various fields, such as the automotive, aircraft and aerospace industries. This technology is relatively new compared to other processing procedures, such as lamination, forging or stamping. This paper presents some basic concepts about hydroforming procedures, as well as 3D graphical modeling of a hydro-mechanical drawing die made in the Autodesk Inventor software program.

Keywords

• die
• hydroforming
• drawing
• Autodesk Inventor
• graphical modelling