As one kind of key components with enormous quantities and diversities, the bent tube parts
satisfy the increasing needs for lightweight and high-strength product from both materials …

Free bending forming (FBF) is a flexible forming technology that gained significant attention
recently because of its broad applications in critical industries such as the automotive …

Metal bending tubes have been widely used in various fields owing to their excellent
performance; however, bending defects significantly affect their quality. This study proposes …

The mandrel plays a vital role in metal tube bending limit improvement and high-quality
achievement. For the bending forming process of metal tubes with different diameters, the …

Thin-walled bent tubes with small bending radius are one of the key components used in
airspace and aerospace launch vehicles and various electrical equipment. Traditional …

Implicit elastoplastic finite element (FE) analyses of rotary draw tube bending (RDTB) with a
ball-and-socket-type mandrel were conducted with an emphasis on accurate prediction of …

The free bending technology is regarded as a promising fabricating technology in the recent
years. Due to characteristics of complex product shape and dieless forming, this technology …

Six-axis free bending and twisting (6FBT) technology is suitable for the integral bending of
complex profiles with torsional characteristics for the cross-section. However, the influence …

Stress-relieved Ti–3Al–2.5 V bent tube in hydraulic bleeding systems improves the overall
performance of advanced aircraft and spacecraft due to its unique high specific strength …

As the first study in the field regarding CB, this paper investigates the implications of
interchanging between RDB and CB through manufacturing bends with various angles and …