Research On System Of Water Jet Incremental Forming

High pressure water jet flexible dieless forming, which is a new kind ofsheet mental dieless forming with good flexibility, is quite suitable for theproduction of multi-varieties and small batch products and trial-manufacture ofnew products.As the domestic and overseas researching is still in the initial stage,so the in-depth study of water jet incremental forming technology is inevitableline. Based on Project of Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Precision EngineeringCenter,a five-axis water jet incremental forming prototype systems wasdeveloped, and water jet forming theory is in further research.Based on the basic principles and characteristics of water jet incrementalforming, a comprehensive analysis of the four major components of the overallsystem, using the popular open control system: PC+Googol-GTS-800motioncontrol card, semi-closed loop servo control to realise precision, WindowsXPplatform as a host computer, the motion control card control coordinated motion,thus completing the expectedtrajectory; communication with PC via the serialport to control the drive to achieve variable speed pump motor indirectly toachieve automatic control of high-pressure water pressure; CNC control systemPC software was developed in VC++6.0development environment, real-timecontrol and monitoring of the entire system running status; Three-dimensionalmodeling designed with Solidworks software, layer sliced with IMAGEWAREand a post-processing and simulation software was developed; a large number ofexperiments was made by five-axis water jet forming prototype platform, theoptimal range of process parameters of water jet forming was analysed andprocessed straight-walled cylindrical member and bellows expansion joints andother complex parts successfully.Based on the principle of water jet dieless forming, five-axis water jetforming prototype was researched and the developed. Qualified forming partswas forming through a large number of processing experiments,This provides agood platform for further study of water jet sheet metal forming theory.