Stainless steel deep drawing with polymer punches produced with fused filament fabrication technology: effect of tool orientation on the printing plate

Stainless steel deep drawing with polymer punches produced with fused filament fabrication technology: effect of tool orientation on the printing plate

Luca Giorleo, Elisabetta Ceretti

Abstract. In this research the potential of using polymer punches in a deep drawing process to realize stainless steel cups having diameter equal to 40 mm and drawing depth equal to 18 mm was investigated. Punches have been Additive Manufacturing printed following two different orientations (horizontal and vertical) and two different wire orientations with respect to the drawing direction (45° and 90°). Cups and punches radii, heights, roundness tolerances and linear profiles have been acquired to compare process performances. Results highlight benefits and problems of all tested punches.

Keywords
Additive Manufacturing, Deep Drawing, Polymer Tool

Published online 3/17/2023, 8 pages
Copyright © 2023 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: Luca Giorleo, Elisabetta Ceretti, Stainless steel deep drawing with polymer punches produced with fused filament fabrication technology: effect of tool orientation on the printing plate, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 25, pp 337-344, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902417-42

The article was published as article 42 of the book Sheet Metal 2023

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