Design and optimisation of an ultrasonic die system for forming metal cans
A new manufacturing process has been developed for reducing the diameter of one end of a tinplate can by over 30%. Conventional processes are limited to a maximum of 10% reduction and typically operate at less than 5%. The improvement was achieved by using special tooling and ultrasonic excitation o...
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Loughborough University
1995
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323899 |