"Fascination of Sheet Metal" – The new edition of the bestseller from TRUMPF

We have put together some excerpts from various chapters as reading samplers.
Fascination knows no bounds!

Sheet Metal through and through

  • What the design engineer's workday looks like today
  • The sheet metal process chain: how the finished part emerges from the design engineer's idea
  • Rules of thumb for fabrication-friendly design

Chapter 2: Sheet Metal through and through (261 KB)
 

Laser Cutting

  • Short introduction to laser technology
  • Processes, quality criteria, parameters, programming
  • Laser cutting of tubes and profiles
  • Overview of conventional machine concepts
  • A detailed look at flatbed laser cutting machines
  • Sensor systems
  • Automation

Chapter 4: Laser Cutting (467 KB)
 

Punching, Nibbling and Forming

  • The many facets of punching
  • Challenges of the process
  • Machine technology, tooling
  • Comparison of processes: Punching and laser processing
  • Combined punch-laser processing

Chapter 5: Punching, Nibbling and Forming (376 KB)
 

Bending: the third Dimension

  • Bending processes: air bending, coining, hemming and flattening
  • Challenges of the process
  • Parameter selection, programming, simulation
  • Machine technology, tooling
  • Safety
  • Automation

Chapter 6: Bending: the third Dimension (349 KB)
 

Joining Technology

  • Design considerations / Prerequisites
  • Conventional mechanical joining processes
  • Conventional thermal joining processes
  • Laser welding and soldering

Chapter 7: Joining Technology (489 KB)
 

Organizing Sheet Metal Fabrication

  • Introduction to production systems
  • SYNCHRO
  • Data organization with application systems from PPC to SCM
  • Interview with Prof. Berthold Leibinger regarding opportunities and challenges in sheet metal fabrication

Chapter 9: Organizing Sheet Metal Fabrication (337 KB)
 
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