Sheet metal Formability tester-Ductility tester-Cupping tester-Drawing cup tester

This is a short introduction to our range of equipment, for assessing and measuring ductility, and formability of sheet metals. Whether the requirement is for quality control or research & development in industry, science, or education, testing equipment for every type of sheet metal forming.

International Standards Erichsen Cupping Test

Erichsen Deep Drawing Cup Test

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0 great number of further sheet metal forming tests can be carried out using our 4niversal Sheet 1etal Testing 1achines, equipped 9ith the suitable test tools. Olsen or 7erso: cupping test Square cup test ,ore e;panding test <=WI test> *eep dra9ing cup test acc. to S9ift /u?ui test #ngelhardt test @*8 test *etermination of the forming limit curves </@6> Tests applying dra9ing speeds up to -" mAmin 6upping Tests at temperatures up to ''" degrees 6 ,ulge test

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Sheet Metal Testing Machines Sheet 1etal Testing 1achine & 1odel %"" Sheet 1etal Testing 1achine & 1odel %"+ Sheet 1etal #aring Testing 1achine & 1odel %"( Sheet 1etal Testing 1achine & 1odel %%% #ar 1easuring Instrument & 1odel %+( #ar 1easuring Instrument & 1odel %+(6 Sheet 1etal Testing 1achine & 1odel %Weld Seam Testing 1achine & 1odel %-8 Sheet 1etal Testing 1achine & 1odel % + /ully Integrated Sheet and Strip 1etal Testing 0uto grid System 1odel % +&+" Sheet 1etal Testing 1achine & 1odel % ' Sheet 1etal Testing 1achine & 1odel % ( Sheet 1etal Testing 1achine & 1odel %(% 6alibration Set & 1odel %)" Sheet 1etal 1ar?ing *evice & 1odel %!" 0uto 5rid B 0utomatic Strain 1easurement & /@6 0nalysis System Explaination of some machines such as:

Erichsen Model !! Sheet Metal Cupping Tester

#richsen 1odel %"" Sheet 1etal 6upping Tester Simple" Manually #perated Sheet Metal Testing Machine Model !! Sheet Metal Cupping Tester 1odel %"" Sheet 1etal Testing 1achine for manual operation provides a ma;imum dra9ing force of -" ?$ and a blan? holder force according to the standard, of %" ?$. 1odel %"", is a bench mounted unit 9ith a cast iron machine body and a cylindrical test head. To conduct the cupping test the sheet metal specimen or foil is entered into an opening through the test head. The scre9&in blan?holder is set for the sheet thic?ness using the scale provided. The test head is then tightened manually against a stop on the locating sleeve. This clamps the blan? 9ith a force of %" ?$ as required by the cupping test standards mentioned above. The clutch pin is pulled out9ards from the locating sleeve, the test head is turned cloc?9ise and the cupping process commences.

$pplication The manually operated Testing 1achine is intended for measuring the dra9ing qualities of ferrous and non&ferrous metal by means of the #CI68S#$ 6477I$5 T#ST in accordance 9ith.

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On sheet and strip from ".+ to %.' mm thic? < "" $AmmD tensile strength> and on foil material in thic?nesses do9n to ".""' mm. ,ecause it is easy to operate the machine, it is particularly suitable for use in factories only involved 9ith a limited amount of sheet metal forming, and applications confined to thinner materials. %or&ing principle 1odel %"" provides a means to measure the dra9ing quality of sheet metal 9ith very little effort. ,y establishing the quality of material 9hich is still Eust satisfactory for producing a particular dra9n 9or?piece the lo9est cost material suitable for the part can be established. The standardised #CI68S#$ 6upping Test is useful for the 7urchasing *epartment, as part of an order specification. The surface grain si:e is sho9n up clearly on the tip of the bulge produced in the 6upping Test, and this can be interpretted as a numerical value 9ith the aid of the #CI68S#$ grain scale. On this basis, the grain si:e of the sheet metal can also be fi;ed at the out&set. $o special s?ills are required to operate the machine. Sheet Metal Testing Machine - Model !'

1odel %"+, 9ith electro&hydraulic drive, ma;. dra9ing force of (" ?$ and automatic s9itch off at specimen failure. The machine consists of a sturdy sheet metal housing into 9hich the test aggregate <test cylinder 9ith 9or? piston, sheet holder piston> and the test tools as 9ell as the hydraulic system are integrated. The operatorFs controls are arranged conveniently on a control panel. 0s an option, an electro&hydraulic blan?ing press for the manufacture of blan?s for the *eep *ra9ing 6up Test can be fitted into the machine housing. When carrying out the *eep *ra9ing 6up Test, the round blan? manufactured by the electro&hydraulic blan?ing press, is placed into an infinitely variable centering device located in the test cylinder. 0fter reselections of the sheet holder pressure the blan? is dra9n by a dra9ing punch <normally -- mm dia.> to a cylindrical hollo9 part, the socalled cup. The inner diameter of the dra9ing die used, corresponds to the sheet thic?ness to be tested. 0fter return of the dra9ing piston to the starting position, the cup can be removed from the test head 9ithout any difficulty. When carrying out the ,ore #;panding Test <=WI> the initial bore <in accordance 9ith the dimensions of the tools, i. e. normally ).' mm or %+ mm> is applied to the sheet metal specimen by drilling and reaming. 0fter9ards this initial bore is e;panded until a crac? appears.

Sheet Metal Testing Machine - Model !'

$pplication This Sheet 1etal Testing 1achine is intended for testing materials in the medium thic?ness range <".% to appro;. -.' mm>. It provides rapid an reliable quality monitoring for sheet metal producers and users. 1odel %"+ is suitable for the #CI68S#$ 6upping Test on all ferrous and non&ferrous metals. $ccessories The various accessories ma?e this sheet metal testing machine particularly versatile. *ata #valuation System 9ith user test soft9are, 76, monitor and printer for data evalution <under WI$ +"""AG7> for the #CI68S#$ 6upping Test and *eep *ra9ing 6up Test. *ata logger for recording the measurements such as dra9ing and blan? holder force and stro?e by timeH the connection is made by a 4S, connection to an e;ternal 76 <to be supplied by the user>. The soft9are included in the scope of supply runs under WI$ +"""AG7. The system consisting of measuring transducer for dra9ing force and analogue output for the stro?e as 9ell as the corresponding interfaces, 0A* converter module. Test Tools for the #CI68S#$ 6upping Test Modified E()C*SE+ Cupping Test in this machine The #CI68S#$ 6upping Test <in accordance 9ith #$ ISO +" 8+ and corresponding to national and international standards> is a test providing simple and quic? means of assessing the multi&a;is ductility of sheet and strip using a procedure that relates closely to practical processes. The depth range reached at failure is, ho9ever, only an initial guide to the evaluation of the forming properties of the sheet metal.

Sheet Metal Testing Machine - Earing Test Machine - Model !, Sheet and Strip 1etal Testing 1achine in special design, 9ith electro&hydraulic drive, for the manufacture of standard cups to establish earing & 1odel %"(. To operate the electro&hydraulic sheet and strip metal testing machine is very simple. The sheet metal strip 9hich has to be at least )" mm 9ide, is inserted into the % " mm 9ide machine aperture. In a single operation the blan? is stamped out and the standard cup is dra9n. The blan?holder pressure necessary to prevent the formation of folds during deep dra9ing of cups is provided hydraulically, and can be read off on a pressure gauge. This pressure is infinitely adEustable in the range from " to %8 ?$ by means of a regulating valve and remains constant until Eust before the end of the dra9. It then falls automatically to :ero to prevent squashing of the ears, 9hich 9ould give a misleading result.

Sheet 1etal Testing 1achine & #aring Test 1achine & 1odel %"(

$pplication The operation of 1odel %"( is comparable to a blan?ing and dra9ing press. It is used to ma?e quic?ly and & 9here enquired & in batches standard cups using any type of steel or non&ferrous metal, especially in accordance 9ith *I$ '" %'', 4$I (%+ &() and 1S3 ')-%& (8. On these standard cups the anisotropy, i.e. the preferred crystal alignment in the various directions of the plane of the sheet metal can be established by e;amining the position, number and form of the ears. The #ar 1easuring Instrument, 1odel %+(, is employed to obtain a numerical measurement for the average ear height in millimeters and percent, and the depth of the cup. With the available ma;imum blan?ing and dra9ing force of )) ?$, 1odel %"( can dra9 sheet metal ".% to %." mm thic? based on a tensile strength of "" $AmmD or ".% to +.8 mm thic? based on a tensile strength of %"" $AmmD. The required 9idth of material is appro;. )" to % " mm. To test narro9er strips <minimum +' mm 9idth> special blan?ing and dra9ing tools can be supplied.

The -ey to Control Elements %. 6ontrol lever +. Stripper ring -. ,lan?ing rings . Test cylinder '. 6up eEector (. 7lug scre9 ). 7ilot valve 8. ,lan?holder !. Strip entry %". 6ontrol panel %%. 1ain s9itch %+. ,lan? holder regulator %-. *ra9er

$ccessories #ar 1easuring Instrument, 1odel %"( for rapid measurement of ears formed on cylindrical cups of diameters from %' to '" mm. The heights of the ears and the valleys are measured as a percentage and in millimeters by simple placing of the cup on the location of the instrument. The measuring result is displayed on a digital device 9hen a button is operated.

Fully )ntegrated Sheet and Strip Metal Testing $utogrid System Model .'-'! #lectro&hydraulic sheet metal testing 9ith automatic strain analysis based on grid patterns This Testing 1achine can be used not only to perform effortlessly, quic?ly and accurately all important and ?no9n deep dra9ing tests for ferrous and non&ferrous metals, but it is also designed for a large number of additional technological investigations. The Testing 1achine is driven electro&hydraulically. The test sequence can be controlled automatically or manually, as desired. 0 programme logic control is used to control the functions of the machine. *ra9ing force and blan?holder force as 9ell as the dra9ing punch stro?e are displayed digitally. The triple&acting hydraulic system in conEunction 9ith the general design results in the follo9ing cost saving simplifications. In this Sheet and Strip 1etal Testing 1achine the sheet holder force control is realised in proportional valve technology 9ith differential pressure measurement. The dra9ing speed is also regulated through proportional valve technology. Therefore allo9ing a much finer and more stable adEustment of the parameters. The Sheet and Strip 1etal Testing 1achine, 1odel % +, 9as developed not only for testing as a means for continuous production control, using standardised and other established methods, but also for research into all aspects of testing of sheet metal for deep dra9ing, due to the precise data acquisiton of all parameters during testing.

$uto /rid0 We provide the 0uto5ridI system solution for strain analysis in sheet metal industry. ,ased upon the automatic evaluation of grid patterns that consist of printed or electrochemically& mar?ed orthogonal lines spaced at % to ' mm, the system is able to determine a field of strain values on specimens or components very rapidly. Strains of more than %"" J can be measured 9ith high accuracy and reliability <up to ".%J>. The 0uto5ridI solution uses four 66* cameras that are mounted in a fi;ed position on the measuring Eig. 0ll four cameras observing the specimen from different perspective vie9s are e;actly synchroni:ed and the image sequences are recorded 9ith a rate of up to -" ; frames per second. #lectronic shuttering is combined 9ith the progressive scanning mode of the cameras to avoid any blur or disturbance due to the obEect motion. In addition, the corresponding data of the testing machine <force, path, pressure> are also recorded and related to the image sequence. In case of the testing velocity of %&+ mmAsec, a punch depth resolution of less than "."' mm can be achieved. Cecording can be started automatically by thresholds in time, machine force or punch displacement, respectively. This approach allo9s the time&resolved analysis of forming processes 9henever the area of interest is optically accessable. In particular the determination of forming limit curves </@6> ta?es advantage of this operation mode providing significant benefit both in time and costs. *irectly connected to the testing machine, the systems gives precise access to the ma;imum strain value Eust before nec?ing and subsequent crac?ing occurs. 6omfortable soft9are allo9s to create /@6Fs from a set of specimens very effectively. The in&process capability of 0uto5ridI can of course also be used e.g. for bulge or tensile tests. The 0uto5ridI solution is unique 9ith respect to the fact that it solves t9o tas?s 9ith e;actly the same instrumentation. measuring materialFs properties and analysing formed parts. Thus, quality assurance requirements are fulfilled that call for unified measuring solutions.

Technical Specifications for Fully )ntegrated Sheet and Strip Metal Testing $uto grid - Model .'-'! *ra9ing force ,lan?ing force ,lan? holder force *ra9ing punch stro?e ,lan? holder stro?e *ra9ing punch dia. *ra9ing punch dia. </@6> ,lan? dia. *ra9ing speed *igital displays A resolution *ra9ing punch stro?e *ra9ing force ,lan? holder force ".% mm <on request "."% mm> ".% ?$ ".% ?$ +"" ?$ +(' ?$ up to %"" ?$ appro;. 8" mm appro;. -8 mm up to '" mm up to %"" mm up to %+" mm appro;. %.%"" mmAmin

$utom atic Strain Measurement and Determination of Forming 1imit Cur2e 3F1C4 2ia $uto /rid Model- , 5ulge6F1C Tester

The ne9 Kualitest ,ulgeA/@6 Tester offers une;pected possibilities 9ithin the field of modern material testing. Thus specimens up to a si:e of "";('" mm can be tested by carrying out the hydraulic deep dra9ing test. In addition to the actual hydraulic forming process the design also allo9s the use of ball punches up to a diameter of +"" mm. The ma;imum dra9ing force is %.""" ?$. In order to guarantee an e;act reading of the required dra9ing force even in case of lo9er forces these are divided into t9o measuring ranges. 0t specimen failure the test can be stopped both manually or automatically. The capture of the given dome geometry is carried out preferably by an optical measuring device <e.g. @aser ,ulge 0nalyser, model % mm, 9ith digital indication. The operation of the testing machine is most simple. 0fter the specimen has been placed into the test head, the hydraulic system is started 9ith the help of a push button 9hereupon in the first instance the test panel is clamped tightly. Thereafter the dra9ing piston moves up9ards and presses the quantity of oil that is located bet9een the piston and the test panel, into the direction of the test panel so that the specimen is formed into a spherical bulge. 0fter the machine has s9itched off automatically at specimen failure all hydraulic pistons return to their ground position. 8inged protective panels made of 7le;iglass, prevent oil splashes from spouting. > placed on top of the test head or by a standard displacement measurement of the dome height, ma;. measuring path being %""

Model- , 5ulge6F1C Tester

Characteri7ation of material The reliable and defined characteri:ation of materials is a basic requirement that is absolutely necessary for gaining input data for modern simulation calculations 9hich in turn are used for the faster development of components and tools. In addition, ne9 methods are required for process monitoring and quality assurance supplying material information in a quic? and easy manner. 0 car body is a good e;ample to ma?e clear ho9 many different materials are used for the various components </ig. %>. *ependend on their material properties e.g. TCI7ATWI7 steels, qualified by their high stability, are used for loadsupporting components such as columns. ,ased on the struggle of the automotive industry for 9eight reduction, ne9 aluminium, magnesium and steel alloys have been developed, 9hich guarantee e;celllent strength properties and a good forming behaviour at the same time even in thic?ness ranges of % to + mm.

/or the characteri:ation of these materials as 9ell as for the quality assurance in production, effective test methods are needed 9hich supply comprehensive information on the forming behavior.

0utomatic Strain 1easurement & /orming @imit 6urve </@6> via 0uto5rid vario

0utomatic Strain 1easurement & /orming @imit 6urve </@6> via 0uto5rid $uto/rid 2ario that consist of electrochemically&mar?ed orthogonal lines spaced %&' mm. The system is able to determine a field of strain values in the range of ".' J to more than %"" J 9ithout any unambiguity. The 0uto5rid systems proved 9ell suited for a variety of applications in deep dra9ing and hydroforming as 9ell as for different materials including aluminium alloys, stainless steel and fibre reinforced composites. The 0uto5rid vario is fitted 9ith an in&process facility, i.e. an e;tension that allo9s the recording of deformations and strains during a forming process. This type of operation facilitates the measurement of forming limit curves </@6> if the pre&calibrated measuring head is mounted on a sheet metal testing machine <#richsen or others>. 0ll four cameras observing the specimen from different perspective vie9s are e;actly synchroni:ed and the image sequences are recorded 9ith a rate of up to %' ; frames per second. #lectronic shuttering is combined 9ith the progressive scanning mode of the cameras

9ith variable e;posure time to avoid any blur or disturbance due to the obEect motion. #mploying latest digital camera technology 0uto5rid vario provides '.) million pi;el per recording. In case of the standard testing velocity of %&+ mmAs, a punch depth resolution of less than ".% mm can be achieved. In many practical cases some lo9er frame rates can be chosen. The length of the sequence recorded fulfils all practical requirement by appropriate memory configuration of the noteboo? 76 used. In addition, the in&process facility supports the data acquisition of signals from the testing machine. 1easuring data, e. g. of path and force pictures in the sequence and the recording can be controlled automatically by corresponding thresholds. 0fter the test, the 9hole sequence of image ensembles is stored in memory and may be inspected immediately or saved to dis? for further analyses if desired. The sequence can be displayed step by step, :oomed and also connected to forceApath data in order to identify the moment and the location 9here the critical nec?ing occured first. Kualitest provides a fast and accurate tool for the determination of forming limit curves </@6s> of sheet metal materials. *irectly connected to the testing machine, the system gives precise access to the ma;imum strain value Eust before nec?ing and subsequent crac?ing occurs. 6omfortable soft9are allo9s to create /@6s from a set of specimens very effectively. /urthermore, the customer have the option to create free editable /@* reports for documentation. Of course, 0uto5rid vario can also be used e.g. for bulge or tensile tests. The unsurpassed performance allo9s for materials testing and component analysis 9ith one system, 9hich ma?es 0uto5rid vario the ideal solution for quality assurance purposes in sheet metal industry.

Technical Specifications for $uto /rid 2ario progressive scanning 66* cameras %-!+ <8> ; %" " <L> active pi;el 9ith fM8,%( +' mm high quality measuring lensesH 76 1easuring head connection and po9er supply via a single m cable using the fire9ire interfaceH convenient transport bo;, 9eight. 8 ?g brand mar? first class laptop 76 9ith 9orld9ide service, incl. 6omputer laptop case <alternatively midi to9er 76 and T/T monitor on demand> temperature. operating %" ... -'N 6, non&operating. & " ... O)"N 6 #nvironment humidity. +"J...!-J non&condensing 1icrosoft Windo9s G7 7rofessional Soft9are full compatibility 9ith 1icrosoft Office applications and other standard soft9are about '"" ; "" ; +"" mmP per image set <other volumes on 1easuring demand> /ield of data. up to %+.""" measured points per single volume measurementH combined measurements 9ithout si:e limitation fi;ed optical setup maintaining long term calibrationH 6alibration automated, robust self&calibration procedure <- min> using certified calibration gauge 1easuring time -&' min for a complete analysis of one image set Cecording ma;. %' frames per second * shape. coordinates ;,y,: QmmR at grid line crossing pointsH Cesults engineering strain S QJR, true strain T, v.1ises equivalent strain, thinning QJR, thic?ness QmmR -* surface display using original obEect grid for direct result mapping to obEect color encoded presentation of strain and thic?ness as te;ture on the -* obEect +* data profiles along user 5raphs defined curves forming limit diagram </@*> 9ith various /@6Us and au;iliary lines interactive tool for the creation of /@6Us from strain data sets free editable /@* reports field of vie9 QmmPR '"" ; "" ; +"" 0ccuracy <rms> '"" ; "" ; +"" '"" ; "" ; +"" #;port gridQmmR +." -." '." 7oints per image set X %+.""" X !.""" X (.""" V; Vy V: VW QmmR QmmR QmmR ".' "."% "."% "."+ J "."."% "."% "."+ J ".% "."% "."% "."+ J

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