Journal of Computational & Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering (JCARME)

Document Type : Review paper

Authors

¹ Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Esfarayen University of Technology, Esfarayen, North Khorasan, 966199819, Iran

² Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Semnan, 3619995161, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22061/jcarme.2024.10785.2414

Abstract

In recent years, most industries such as the aerospace, automotive, and others have been pushed to methods for reducing costs. One of these methods is the rubber pad forming (RPF) process, which has been given more attention as a low-cost method than conventional methods. In RPF, unlike conventional methods which mainly use metals as tools, one of the tools will be made of elastic pads. The RPF process has attracted the attention of many researchers around the world. Researchers from Iran started their work in this field around 2001 and subsequently published several remarkable articles. The first published Iranian study of the RPF process dates back to 2003, indicating that the use of flexible tools has a history of two decades in Iran. However, in the last decade, the number of published Iranian articles in the RPF process field and the introduction of new methods based on RPF and its simulation has increased. This review article aims to outline Iran's involvement in the RPF process, and it emphasizes that Iranian researchers predominantly contribute to the RPF process through simulation, experimental endeavors, and the introduction of innovative methods utilizing flexible tools.

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Manufacturing Processes

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