Verwendung einer Stanzmaschine zur inkrementellen Umformung von Blechen

DE 102005024378 A1 UPAB: 20070112 NOVELTY - Incrementally deforming a thin workpiece, especially sheet metal, by hammering or pressing the workpiece to a desired contour in several steps without using a specially shaped tool comprises performing the deformation steps with a stamping machine. DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a stamping machine comprising a stamping head with a tool holder, a machine table, an x-y or x-y-z displacement device with a workpiece-clamping device, and a control unit adapted to control the stamping head and displacement device to carry out a process as above. USE - The process can be used e.g. to form cooling fins, threads, cable recesses, fastenings, lettering, constructional recesses or specialist designs. ADVANTAGE - Various geometries can be created without changing tools