Metal-Forming Techniques
Abstract
The art of metal forming is an ancient one, as evidenced by the Greek and Roman helmets and cuirasses produced by the skill of early-day crafts- men. The wooden mallet, the metal hammer, and the leather sand bag used originally for hand forming of metals are still with us. With the advent of hand-operated machinery, a variety of hand brakes, benders, folders, rollers, crimpers, and rope-type drop hammers appeared and are still in use today. The development of power-driven machines brought out power hammers, power brakes, a multitude of presses, including hydraulic monsters (50,000 tons), wrappers, stretchers, steam and pneumatic hammers and the like. All are in use today in combination with tools and dies, some of which are rather sophisticated in nature. Some of the newer techniques of metal forming have been developed by the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory of the Marshall Space Flight Center, and others by the aerospace industry companies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- ADA392822
Entities
People
- Ilia I. Islamoff