Smart Technologies Applied in Metal Forming
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: technologies and equipment for plastic deformation; numerical simulation of plastic deformation processes; unconventional technologies for plastic deformation; control and inspection in sheet metal forming; energetic phenomenon study in manufacturing using plastic deformation
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The automotive and aeronautical industries are going through a period of change due to the increasingly widespread adoption of smart technologies, based on three main components: digitization, numerical simulation, and intelligent control. The major objective of this Special Issue is to increase the competitiveness of research by applying the three components, stated above, in the field of manufacturing parts by plastic deformation, considering the technologies of interest: hydroforming, stamping and deep drawing of body parts, incremental deformation, multipoint deformation, and bulk metal forming. This Special Issue invites cutting-edge studies which address the following topics: designing new equipment for metal forming which incorporates automatic intelligent control of processes; designing methods for the intelligent dimensional control of deformed parts using digitization techniques, numerical simulation, and artificial intelligence; reducing the inspection time of parts by optimizing the measurement process; the optimal management of deformation processes through offline and online techniques; and new technologies for metal forming. The major impact of this Special Issue will be its contribution to the development of new classes of technologies and equipment with superior performance to current manufacturing systems. Both theoretical and experimental studies are welcome, as well as comprehensive review and survey papers.
Dr. Viorel Paunoiu
Dr. Adinel Gavrus
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydroforming
- deep drawing of body parts
- incremental deformation
- multipoint deformation
- dimensional control
- digitization techniques
- FEM
- numerical simulation
- optimization
- control strategies
- inverse analysis
- bulk metal forming
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