Manufacturing Technology Today

R. Chandramohan ¹, S. Sathish Kumar ², V. Arul Prakash Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Mechatronics Engg, Sri Krishna College of Engg and Tech., Coimbatore-641 008, IN
2 Fluidics Limited, Coimbatore, IN

Abstract

Hydroforming process is a sheet metal forming process with higher metal drawing capability than other conventional methods. This process uses only the punch instead of punch & die & Hydraulic oil acts as the die for the forming operation. This paper deals with the automation of Hydroforming aluminum sheets of various thickness under various pressure using a graphical programming language catted LABVIEW which facilitates to control the operation of the process from remote place through networking, by just using an ordinary PC.

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