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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cheers, Christopher F.
Published: Loughborough University 1995
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323899