Process Control for Sheet-Metal Stamping is a comprehensive and structured approach to the design and implementation of controllers for the sheet metal stamping process. The use of process control for sheet-metal stamping greatly reduces defects in deep-drawn parts and can also yield large material savings from reduced scrap. Sheet-metal forming is a complex process and most often characterized by partial differential equations that are numerically solved using finite-element techniques. In this book, twenty years of academic research are reviewed and the resulting technology transitioned to...

This book offers a comprehensive and structured approach to design and implementation of controllers for the sheet metal stamping process. Presents experimental results from actual shopfloor deployments, with ideas for further improvement of the technology.