Abstract
The purposes of this review are to summarize the historical progress in the last 60 years of lightweight metal forming, to analyze the state-of-the-art, and to identify future directions in the context of Cyber-physically enabled circular economy. In honoring the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Manufacturing Engineering Division of ASME, this review paper first provides the impact of the metal forming sector on the economy and historical perspectives of metal forming research work published by the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, followed by the motivations and trends in lightweighting. To achieve lightweighting, one needs to systematically consider: (1) materials and material characterization; (2) innovative forming processes; and (3) simulation tools for integrated part design and process design. A new approach for process innovation, i.e., the Performance- Constraints-Mechanism-Innovation (PCMI) framework, is proposed to systematically seek new processes. Finally, trends and challenges for the further development in circular economy are presented for future exploration.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 110813 |
| Journal | Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME |
| Volume | 142 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2020 |
Funding
J. C. would like to acknowledge the support of the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship N00014-19-1-2642 for its encouragement and financial support for pursuing fundamental manufacturing science. M. B. would like to acknowledge the U.S. Department of Energy, DE-EE0008456 award, for support of research on light-weight materials, as well as the support of the American Light-weight Metal Manufacturing Innovation Institute—LIFT. J. C. and M. B. would like to thank the ASME/MED for the invitation to be part of the MED 100th birthday special volume, to Dr. Delcie Durham for her encouragement and support over the years, and to Dr. Yuanli Bai for his in-depth comments.
Keywords
- Lightweight materials
- Metal forming
- Performance-Constraints-Mechanism-Innovation (PCMI)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Computer Science Applications
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
