& Sciences Publication Pvt. Ltd. Review on Various Kinds of Die Less Forming Methods

Abstract—With the increasing demands for low-volume and customer-made products, a die-less forming method, also called Incremental Sheet Metal Forming (ISMF), has become one of the leading research and development topics in the industry. Incremental Sheet Metal Forming (ISMF) is a recently invented die-less forming method that is quite different to the traditional methods. In ISMF, a piece of sheet metal is formed to the desired shape by a series of small incremental deformations. As it does not use dies, ISMF is effective for small batch production and prototypes. There are various kinds of die-less forming methods which can produce sheet metal parts without dies are proposed. This paper can help anyone who is interested in Incremental Sheet Metal forming with insight for future research direction. Index Terms — Die-less forming, Incremental sheet metal forming, Sheet metal parts