Rubber forming adopts a rubber pad contained in a rigid box in which one of the tools die or punch is replaced by the rubber pad.
Rubber pad forming process pdf.
Rubber pad forming is a sheet forming process in which one or more product related molds.
Up to 60 of all sheet metal parts in aircraft industry such as frames seat parts ribs windows and doors are fabricated using rubber pad forming processes.
The rubber pad forming process is also called as guerin process.
The operations are 1 the guerin process and 2 hydro forming guerin process the guerin process uses a thick rubber pad or other flexible material to form sheet metal over a positive form block as in figure 20 28.
Rubber pad forming rpf is a metalworking process where sheet metal is pressed between a die and a rubber block made of polyurethane under pressure the rubber and sheet metal are driven into the die and conform to its shape forming the part.
The rubber pads can have a general purpose shape like a membrane.
The die is placed on lower bed and top of that soft die of rubber is placed.
During the rubber pad forming process the punch deforms the blank and apply large pressure 100 mpa over the blank.
The rubber die is forced on the blank and deform the blank into require shape.
The rubber pad is confined in a steel container.