Journal of Materials Processing Technology 211 (2011) 787–829

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Electromagnetic forming—A review

V. Psyk a,∗ , D. Risch a , B.L. Kinsey b , A.E. Tekkaya a , M. Kleiner a
a
Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Construction, Technische Universität Dortmund, Baroper-Strasse 301, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
b
University of New Hampshire, Kingsbury Hall, 33 Academic Way, Durham, NH, USA

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t

Article history: Electromagnetic forming is an impulse or high-speed forming technology using pulsed magnetic field to
Received 10 September 2010 apply Lorentz’ forces to workpieces preferably made of a highly electrically conductive material without
Received in revised form 7 December 2010 mechanical contact and without a working medium. Thus hollow profiles can be compressed or expanded
Accepted 15 December 2010
and flat or three-dimensionally preformed sheet metal can be shaped and joined as well as cutting oper-
Available online 23 December 2010
ations can be performed. Due to extremely high velocities and strain rates in comparison to conventional
quasistatic processes, forming limits can be extended for several materials. In this article, the state of the
Keywords:
art of electromagnetic forming is reviewed considering:
Electromagnetic forming
Impulse forming
High-speed forming • basic research work regarding the process principle, significant parameters on the acting loads, the
resulting workpiece deformation, and their interactions, and the energy transfer during the process;
• application-oriented research work and applications in the field of forming, joining, cutting, and process
combinations including electromagnetic forming incorporated into conventional forming technologies.

Moreover, research on the material behavior at the process specific high strain rates and on the equip-
ment applied for electromagnetic forming is regarded. On the basis of this survey it is described why
electromagnetic forming has not been widely initiated in industrial manufacturing processes up to now.
Fields and topics where further research is required are identified and prospects for future industrial
implementation of the process are given.
© 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

1. Introduction provided the foundation for the electromagnetic forming process.

However, the earliest work on technologically exploiting this prin-
Electromagnetic forming is an impulse or high-speed forming ciple for a target-oriented forming of metals began in the 1950s
technology, which uses pulsed magnetic fields to apply forces to with the patent of Harvey and Brower (1958). A more detailed
tubular or sheet metal workpieces, made of a material of high description including examples of applications is given in Brower
electrical conductivity. The force application is contact free and (1969).
no working medium is required. The principle is based on physi- Depending on the arrangement and the geometry of the coil
cal effects described by Maxwell (1873). Maxwell explained that and workpiece, different applications of electromagnetic forming
a temporarily varying magnetic field induces electrical currents are achieved: compression and expansion (also called bulging) of
in nearby conductors and additionally exerts forces (the so-called tubular components or hollow profiles as well as forming of ini-
Lorentz forces) to these conductors. Northrup (1907) reported tially flat or three-dimensional preformed sheet metals (see Fig. 1).
accordingly that “in passing a relatively large alternating cur- According to these three different variants of the process, different
rent through an non-electrolytic, liquid conductor contained on types of coils for the electromagnetic forming process can be distin-
a trough, that the liquid contracted in cross-section and flowed guished. During tube compression the coil encloses the workpiece,
up hill lengthwise of the trough, climbing up upon the elec- while in the setup for the expansion it is the other way around.
trodes” was observed. With increasing current a contraction of According to Belyy et al. (1977) tubes with a diameter in the range
the cross-section and a depression in the liquid was found. The of 3 mm up to 2 m and with thicknesses of up to 5 mm can be pro-
first one who generated magnetic field strengths which were suf- cessed. For electromagnetic sheet metal forming flat coils are used.
ficient to deform solid conductors was Kapitza (1924). Thus, he Here, the area of the formed workpiece can be in the range of 10−4
up to 0.02 m2 and the sheet thickness can be up to 5 mm (Belyy
et al., 1977). However, the charging energy depends on the area
∗ Corresponding author. to be formed, so that a machine with higher maximum charging
E-mail address: [email protected] (V. Psyk). energy is required if large tubes or sheets shall be processed.

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Fig. 1. Different coil types for the electromagnetic forming processes according to Harvey and Brower (1958).

Apart from these three major process variants, which are fre- construction concepts especially in the automotive industry. As
quently discussed in the literature, some special variants are recently stated by Schäfer and Pasquale (2010) as well as by Zittel
mentioned in Furth and Waniek (1962). These are electromag- (2010), at the moment joining operations are still the most relevant
netic forming with direct electrode contact. While in most cases ones, but according to Löschmann et al. (2006), the significance
a required current in the workpiece is realized via induction, Furth of the electromagnetic sheet metal forming can be expected to
and Waniek (1962) suggest passing the current directly to the metal increase within industry until 2012.
through electrodes. They claim this method to be more efficient The electromagnetic forming process has several advantages
than the conventional procedure and they recommend using elec- in comparison to conventional, quasistatic forming processes. The
trodes with flexible extensions in order to prevent sparking or major ones are summarized in the following:
erosion. A second idea presented in Furth and Waniek (1962) deals
with electromagnetic forming by pulling. While in typical applica- • Due to the contact-free force application, it is possible to form
tions the workpiece is always pushed away from the tool coil, here covered semi-finished parts without destroying the layer as
a special setup including two different coils is suggested in order stated by Bertholdi and Daube (1966). No mechanical contact
to establish pulling forces, which allows forming bulges on hollow between the tool coil and workpiece exists, so that no impureness
objects or large sheets, where a force application on the inner or or imprint occurs on the workpiece surface.
reverse side is not possible. • According to Erdösi and Meinel (1984) the process is environ-
Another special process variant is suggested in Brower (1966) mentally friendly, because no lubricants are used. Additionally,
for the first time. In this variant the electromagnetic forces act on this results in a simplification of the workpiece processing,
the workpiece via an elastic medium. For this purpose the setup because there is no need to clean the workpiece.
for electromagnetic sheet metal forming illustrated in Fig. 1 is sup- • A high repeatability can be achieved by adjusting the forming
plemented by a pressure concentrator and an elastomeric punch, machine once. According to Daube et al. (1966) the adjustment
which is positioned between the tool coil and workpiece. In contrast of the applied forces via the charging energy and the voltage,
to the more conventional electromagnetic forming variants, this respectively is very accurate. Belyy et al. (1977) quantify that the
process is not limited to workpieces made of an electrically conduc- forming energy can be dosed precisely up to 1%. According to
tive material. In Livshitz et al. (2004) a comparison between direct Bertholdi and Daube (1966) reworking operations are usually not
electromagnetic forming and electromagnetic forming through an necessary.
elastic medium is given. It is pointed out that using the elastic • Joining of dissimilar materials including material combinations
medium the current oscillation frequency should be lower then of metals and glass, polymers, composites or different metals is
in case of direct electromagnetic forming (a frequency of 5 kHz is possible. This is shown in Al-Hassani et al. (1967) on the exam-
advised, here). Furthermore, information about the suitability of ple of a metallic cap joined to a glass bottle and in Rafailoff and
elastomers of different modulus of elasticity are given. It is said Schmidt (1975) for the example of a joint between a metallic tube
that an elastomer of higher modulus of elasticity allows using an and a porcelain component.
open die while in case of an elastomer of lower modulus of elas- • In contrast to the conventional sheet metal forming the elec-
ticity has to be applied in a closed system in order to achieve good tromagnetic sheet metal forming process uses only one form
efficiency. defining tool. Hence, the tool costs can be decreased significantly
Bühler and von Finckenstein (1971) claimed the joining of (Plum, 1988).
tubular workpieces to be the most widespread and economically • Springback is significantly reduced in comparison to conven-
promising field of application. Bauer (1980) even stated that only tional quasistatic forming operations. This simplifies the die
the process variant of the electromagnetic compression has advan- design significantly.
tages compared to conventional forming processes at all. However, • According to Saha (2005) high production rates can be achieved.
according to Beerwald (2005) a kind of renaissance of the elec- In the case of manual feeding the production rate is limited by the
tromagnetic forming can be observed over the last years, which time required for loading and unloading of the part. As mentioned
is related to the increasing trend of implementing lightweight in Brower (1969) production rates of 350–400 parts per hour can
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be achieved if closing a coil cover directly initiates the charge- In the following a review about electromagnetic forming is pre-
and-fire cycle. In a more recent publication a charging time of sented. After a description of the process principle and process
approximately 8 s is reported for modern pulse generators. Belyy variants mentioned in the literature (see Section 2), information
et al. (1977) state that the process can be easily automated and about basic research considering the process analysis is given in
mechanized and mention an output capacity of 3600 operations Section 3. Thereby especially:
per hour or even more.
• Due to the fact that the magnetic forces penetrate low-conductive • the determination of the transient process parameters, i.e. the
materials like glass, ceramics and polymers, applications within a
magnetic pressure and the workpiece deformation,
vacuum, an inert gas atmosphere or under clean room conditions • the interactions in-between these process parameters,
are possible as predicated by Belyy et al. (1977) as well as by • the energy transfer during the process, and
Dengler and Glomski (1991). So the forming of sensitive materials • the influence of the electrical conductivity.
can be realized.
• The process can be operated by remote control and the pulsed
power generator need not physically be in the same room as the are considered. Differentiations according to the process vari-
tool coil. According to Zittel (1976) this can be exploited, e.g. ants are made wherever this was appropriate.
in order to close nuclear fuel waste containers in a radioactive Subsequently, the material behavior at the process specific
environment. high strain rates is regarded in Section 4. Information about the
• Due to the high workpiece velocities (about 250 m/s) and the equipment necessary for electromagnetic forming is summarized
high strain rates in the range of 104 s−1 the mechanical prop- in Section 5. A comprehensive overview regarding application-
erties of the workpiece material can be improved compared to oriented research work as well as some industrial application
the quasistatic ones. Details about investigations on the material examples is presented in Section 6. Thereby, special focus is set
behavior are presented in Section 4. on applications in the field of:
• Belyy et al. (1977) also pronounce that the process offers a
high technological flexibility, because the same coil can be used • forming,
to form workpieces of different configurations. Moreover, they • joining,
claim that it is possible to perform EMF in hard-to-reach areas, • cutting, and
because the coil can be connected to the capacitor by a flexible • process combinations as well as process chains including electro-
bus bar. magnetic forming operations.

Nevertheless, there are some disadvantages of the electromag-

The review is completed by a brief summary and some recom-
netic forming process:
mendations for future work in Section 7. A list of the symbols used
in this article and the according meanings is composed in Table 1.
• The process is most suitable for materials with a high electri-
cal conductivity and low flow stress. Wilson (1964) as well as
later on Bertholdi and Daube (1966) specified that the maximum 2. Principle of the electromagnetic forming process
specific resistance should not be lower than 15 ␮ cm. This cor-
responds to a specific electrical conductivity of about 6.7 MS/m. The typical setup of an electromagnetic forming configuration
In a recent publication, Schäfer and Pasquale (2009) refer to the corresponds to a resonant circuit. The high magnetic fields, which
conductivity of mild steel, as a limiting value which conforms to are necessary to form metals with a high electrical conductivity, are
the earlier statements. However, according to Belyy et al. (1977) achieved via a pulse generator. According to Ertelt (1982), the tool
lower conductive materials can be formed successfully if EMF coil-workpiece-unit characterizes a transformer. Equivalent circuit
machines with high discharge frequency (60–100 kHz) or a so- diagrams of different degrees of simplification have been used in
called driver foil is used. They claim that well-annealed copper literature to represent this setup, but with regard to the direct
is the best material for a driver. However, Dengler and Glomski transferability of the typical components the design suggested by
(1991) recommend the application of aluminum foil for this pur- Bauer (1967) is the most descriptive one. Here, the forming machine
pose. is represented by a serial circuit consisting of a capacitor C, an
• Only a small part of the charging energy is used for the plastic inductance Li as well as a resistor Ri . The tool coil is represented
deformation resulting in a comparable bad efficiency (Weimar, by its resistance Rcoil and its inductance Lcoil , both connected in
1963). Bertholdi and Daube (1966) found that the ratio of defor- series to the pulse power generator (see Fig. 2).
mation energy and capacitor charging energy is not higher than Within this high speed forming process, pulsed magnetic fields
20%. In Bauer (1969) an efficiency of only 2% is reported. are used to form metals with a high electrical conductivity. Thereby,
• Significant requirements regarding safety aspects are necessary, the stored charging energy of a capacitor battery Ec (t), which
because high currents and high voltages resulting in strong mag- according to Eq. (1) can be calculated from the capacity C and the
netic fields can occur (Plum, 1988). charging voltage U(t), is suddenly discharged by closing the high
• As mentioned already in Boulger and Wagner (1960) the main current switch:
limitation for the process is the mechanical and the thermal load-
1
ing of the tool coil. Up to now efforts have been made to build coils EC (t) = CU(t)2 , (1)
2
which can withstand this load long-term. A promising concept of
a durable flat coil is presented in Golovashchenko et al. (2006a) The resulting current I(t), which is a highly damped sinusoidal
and some results of lifetime tests on a realized coil are shown in oscillation, is determined by the electrical properties of the res-
Golovashchenko et al. (2006b). onant circuit. For the calculation the different inductances and
• Belyy et al. (1977) state that it is difficult to realize a deep drawing resistances can be summarized and represented by an equivalent
state by electromagnetic forming. They explain that in order to inductance Lrc and an equivalent resistance Rrc . If the capacitance
reach this strain state it is necessary to form the workpiece by C, the inductance Lrc and the resistance Rrc of the resonant circuit
various coils which must fit to the shape of the workpiece. are known the differential equation for the description of damped
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Table 1
List of symbols.

Symbol Unit Meaning Symbol Unit Meaning

a mm Gap width between tool coil and workpiece r mm Radius, radial coordinate
B G Magnetic flux density s mm Tube’s wall thickness
b mm Sheet thickness t s Time
C F Capacitance T K Temperature
C MPa Strength coefficient U V Voltage
E J Energy u mm Displacement
f s−1 Frequency v mm/s Velocity
F N Force z mm Axial coordinate
H A/mm Magnetic field strength G J Activation free enthalpy
I A Current trise s Rise time
J A/mm2 Current density ˇ s−1 Damping coefficient
k – Distribution coefficient ı mm Skin depth
L H Inductance ε – Strain
l mm Length ε̇ s−1 Strain rate
m – Strain rate sensitivity  −1 Conductivity
n – Number of turns  – Ludolph’s number (3.141. . .)
N mm−1 Number of turns per length  Vs/Am Permeability
n – Strain hardening exponent  kg/mm3 Density
p MPa Pressure ␴ N/mm2 Flow stress
R  Resistance ω rad/s Angular frequency

oscillations (Eq. (2)) can be applied: and the frequency f of the closed electrical circuit:

dI(t) 1 1
Lrc + Rrc I(t) + I(t) dt = 0 (2) ı=  (7)
dt C f0 r

Assuming a capacitor voltage U0 and no current at the beginning where 0 represents the magnetic permeability in a vacuum and
of the process (i.e. U(t = 0) = U0 and I(t = 0) = 0) as initial conditions, r is the relative permeability of the material with eddy currents
the differential equation leads to the following solution: induced.
A magnetic pressure, also called Maxwell pressure, acts nearly
U0 −ˇt
I(t) = e sin ωt (3) orthogonal onto the workpiece surface. The applied magnetic pres-
ωL
sure acts only in areas close to the winding of the coil so that the
with the damping coefficient ˇ: deformation of the workpiece starts in these pressurized areas. This
pressure causes a plastic deformation of the workpiece by exceed-
Rrc
ˇ= (4) ing the flow stress (see Fig. 3). Thereby, workpiece velocities in the
2Lrc
magnitude of 102 m/s are achievable. Several approaches to esti-
and the frequency of the current ω: mate the acting magnetic pressure are known from literature and
 will be described in Section 3.1.1. The different directions of the
ω= ω02 − ˇ2 with (5) current, the magnetic field lines and the pressure are illustrated in
Fig. 3 for the setups of the electromagnetic compression and expan-
1 sion of tubes as well as for the setup of electromagnetic sheet metal
ω0 =  (6)
forming.
LRC CRC
In tube compression processes the setup described above is
The current is related to the corresponding magnetic field, which frequently complemented by an additional component, which is
is concentrated between the workpiece and the tool coil. This mag- positioned between the tool coil and workpiece. This tool is com-
netic field creates eddy currents that flow in the opposite direction monly referred to as a fieldshaper (also field-shaper or field shaper),
in the workpiece. These are located close to the surface of the work- but there are also some publications, in which it is called field
piece due to the skin effect. This effect was first described in Lamb concentrator (e.g. the patent by Khimenko et al., 1979) or flux
(1883) for the case of spherical conductors and was generalized to concentrator (e.g. in Kim and Platner, 1959; Brower and Hayward,
conductors of any shape in Heaviside (1951). The depth of penetra- 1966). A fieldshaper is a usually axis-symmetric component made
tion of the current into the workpiece called skin depth ı mainly of an electrically high conductive material, which features one or
depends on the specific electrical conductivity  of the workpiece more axial slots as shown in Fig. 4. In this process variant again

Fig. 2. Equivalent circuit diagrams: a) detailed version (Bauer, 1967); b) reduced version (Jablonski, 1976).
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Fig. 3. Directions of the current, the magnetic field lines and the pressure during a) electromagnetic compression (von Finckenstein, 1967); b) electromagnetic expansion
(Bauer, 1967); c) electromagnetic sheet metal forming (Beerwald et al., 2003).

the sudden discharge of the capacitor causes a damped sinusoidal concentration area, which in turn shields the magnetic field. How-
current flowing through the tool coil which induces a related elec- ever, the tool coil, the fieldshaper and the workpiece are electrical
tromagnetic field according to the first Maxwell equation. Baines conductors in a magnetic field, so that by Lorentz (1895) forces are
et al. (1965) indicates that the electrically conductive parts of the acting on all components as soon as the currents are flowing. These
fieldshaper can be regarded as a short circuited second winding of so-called Lorentz forces initiate a plastic deformation of the work-
a current transformer. According to the second Maxwell equation piece as soon as the resulting stresses in the workpiece reach the
a current is induced here. Due to the skin effect and Lenz’ law this flow stress.
induced current flows opposed to the coil current at the outer sur- Babat and Losinsky (1940) were the first ones making use of
face of the fieldshaper. At the axial slots the current is directed to the a fieldshaper in order to inductively heat a workpiece. One of the
inner surface of the fieldshaper (the so-called concentration area). most important advantages of the use of a fieldshaper in an electro-
Here the current direction is the same as in the tool coil. Initially magnetic forming operation identified by Kim and Platner (1959)
the magnetic field is shielded by the induced current and therefore is that the mechanical loading of the tool coil can be significantly
limited to the gap volume. reduced in comparison to a direct acting coil (i.e. without a field-
Compared to the outer surface of the fieldshaper the concen- shaper) resulting in a higher coil lifetime. The background of this
tration area is typically much smaller, resulting in a higher current correlation is that, in the case of a sophisticated choice of the size
density and higher field strength, here. Due to this magnetic field ratio of the fieldshaper surface in the concentration area and the
another current is induced in the workpiece in the region of the outer fieldshaper surface, the forces between the fieldshaper and

Fig. 4. a) Sketch of the magnetic field distribution for a fieldshaper featuring a step, Dietz et al. (1967b); b) current directions in tool coil fieldshaper and workpiece, Dietz
et al. (1967a).
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Fig. 6. Schematic of a spiral, flat coil for sheet metal forming (Risch, 2009).

In principle the application of fieldshapers is not limited to elec-

tromagnetic compression. As suggested in Neubauer et al. (1988)
the use in electromagnetic expansion is also possible, but there
are only very few publications, dealing with this topic. Some basic
Fig. 5. Fieldshaper applied for sheet metal forming according to Bely et al. (1975). investigations regarding the correlations between the charging
energy, fieldshaper geometry and resulting workpiece geometry
are presented in Suzuki et al. (1987). Another special application
of fieldshapers is suggested in Bely et al. (1975). Here a specially
workpiece are significantly higher than the forces between the tool
shaped fieldshaper is used in order to adapt a cylindrical compres-
coil and fieldshaper. Moreover, Rowland (1967) shows that field-
sion coil to the forming of a sheet metal workpiece. Thereby, a
shapers can be used in order to adjust the diameter and length
higher efficiency and a more uniform distribution of the forces is
of an existing tool coil to different workpieces and forming tasks,
realized via holes which are made in the fieldshaper face facing the
respectively, so that the flexibility of the process is increased sig-
workpiece and connected to the nearest end surface by means of
nificantly. This flexibility can be increased by the detailed design
slits (compare Fig. 5).
of the fieldshaper. As described in Beerwald (2005) the field and
In Jurgasch and Damavandi (2006) this idea is seized for
force distribution significantly depends on the gap width between
the combined inductive heating and electromagnetic forming of
the fieldshaper and workpiece. Thus, the force distribution and the
magnesium sheets. The influence of the surface shape on the tem-
resulting workpiece contour can be adjusted by a target-oriented
perature distribution and the achievable workpiece deformation
contouring especially of the fieldshaper’s concentration area. As
is demonstrated exemplarily. Similarly, Kamal and Daehn (2007)
another important advantage Rowland (1967) points out that sepa-
used a fieldshaper to produce a more uniform magnetic/pressure
rable fieldshapers (i.e. fieldshapers featuring at least two axial slots)
field for sheet metal forming.
can be applied if the overall workpiece geometry requires coil diam-
Moreover, a form defining tool (a so-called mandrel) can
eters which are significantly larger than the workpiece geometry
be positioned inside the workpiece during electromagnetic tube
in the forming zone. This is, e.g. the case if a tube features locally
compression. In this process variant the mandrel supports the
strong curvatures or if it needs to be connected to relatively large
workpiece during the compression process and the workpiece
fittings at both ends. As stated in Bauer (1980), the inner side of the
aligns to the mandrel and adopts the shape.
fieldshaper need not be rotationally symmetric, but it can also be
of a triangular, rectangular or polyangular cross-section geometry
in order to form or join accordingly shaped workpieces. 3. Process analysis
More recently Uhlmann and Hahn (2003) used fieldshapers for
the joining by electromagnetic compression of inductively heated For a target-oriented dimensioning of electromagnetic form-
magnesium tubes. Since the requirements on coils for inductive ing processes, knowledge about the relevant process parameters
heating and coils for electromagnetic forming, respectively, vary as well as their influences and dependencies is essential and has
significantly, two different tool coils are applied which are con- therefore been a topic of intensive research since the 1960s up to
nected via one and the same fieldshaper. Thus, the forming can now. Within this work especially the determination of the acting
be realized directly after the heating process without time and loads and the resulting deformation of the workpiece is an impor-
temperature losses. tant aspect. The acting loads depend on many different parameters
On the other hand, the use of a fieldshaper entails the disadvan- which can be classified as machine parameters, tool parameters
tage of an inhomogeneity in the magnetic field and consequently and workpiece parameters. Important machine parameters are the
in the force distribution along the circumference of the workpiece. capacity, the inner inductance, the inner resistance, the ringing fre-
Both, the magnetic field and the force feature a local minimum in quency and the charging energy. Tool parameters are properties as,
the area of the axial gap(s) in the fieldshaper which is more sig- e.g. the geometry, the inductance, and the material of the coil, the
nificant the higher the gap width is. Moreover, according to Furth fieldshaper properties, and the die/mandrel. Important workpiece
et al. (1957) the process efficiency is reduced if a fieldshaper is parameters are the geometry, the material, the electrical conduc-
applied. Reasons for this effect are additional resistive losses in the tivity, and the mechanical properties (e.g. flow stress and strain at
fieldshaper and losses of inductive energy due to inefficient induc- failure). This means that for one and the same charging energy of the
tive coupling of the tool coil, fieldshaper, and workpiece and due capacitor, depending on the machine, the coil, and the workpiece
to additional gap volumes. However, these losses can be reduced properties completely different loads can occur and consequently
and thus the process efficiency can be increased if the fieldshaper significantly different forming results can be achieved. Thus, the
material is of high electrical conductivity as shown in Wilson and charging energy which is a frequently declared process parameter,
Srivastava (1965) (Fig. 5). alone is not sufficient to describe the loads.
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In order to enable a comparison between experimental stud- Similarly, the forces acting on a sheet metal workpiece can be
ies in which different equipment is applied, the course of the coil calculated by Eq. (13):
current (i.e. frequency and maximum current) and the temporary
∂H 1 ∂(H 2 )
course as well as the local distribution of the magnetic field strength Fz = −H =−  (13)
and the magnetic pressure can be used to give a more detailed ∂z 2 ∂z
description of the acting loads. These volume forces acting on the workpiece can be trans-
For the characterization of a sinusoidal oscillation the frequency formed mathematically to virtual surface forces, the so-called
and amplitude can be used. However, since the current is a damped magnetic pressure p. According to Bühler and Bauer (1968b) the
sinusoidal oscillation, there is a wide spectrum of different frequen- pressure difference between two points in the wall of the work-
cies included which depend on the resistance, the capacitance and piece can be determined by integrating the acting forces over the
the inductance of the equivalent circuit. To simplify the description, distance and thus, the overall pressure acting on a tubular work-
frequencies which make up a significant part of the oscillation can piece can be calculated by using the inner radius ri and the outer
be identified by means of Fourier analysis as suggested in Brosius radius ro of the tube as integration limits (see Eq. (14)):
(2005) or alternatively a significant frequency fsig can be calculated
ri
1  2 
from the current rise time trise using Eq. (8) as done in Bühler and
2
Bauer (1968b): p(r, t) = F(r, t)dr =  Hgap (t) − Hpen (t) (14)
2
1 ro
fsig = (8)
4 trise
Similarly in the case of sheet metal forming, the lower and the
Similarly, the pressure course can also be characterized by its upper surface of the workpiece can be used as integration limits.
amplitude and rise time. In both cases – tube and sheet forming – the magnetic pressure
Due to the acting loads the workpiece deformation results. How- depends only on the magnetic field strength in the gap between
ever, the acting loads also depend on workpiece parameters (e.g. the tool coil and workpiece Hgap and on the penetrated magnetic
electrical conductivity) and on the gap width between the tool field Hpen .
coil and workpiece. Consequently, the variation of these properties As described in Bauer (1965) on the example of a tube compres-
due to the workpiece deformation affects the magnetic pressure. sion process, these field strengths can be measured using suitable
These interdependencies complicate the process analysis. The sig- measuring loops which are positioned inside the tubular workpiece
nificance of this interaction depends on the process variant and and in the gap outside the workpiece and orientated orthogonal to
on the course of the magnetic pressure itself. Due to the typi- the magnetic field lines. Due to the temporary change of the mag-
cally higher deformations it is usually more distinctive during sheet netic flux density, a voltage is induced in the measuring loop. If the
metal forming than during tube compression or expansion and it area of the probe is known the integral of the voltage can directly be
is more important the slower the pressure pulse is as shown in used in order to calculate the flux density. A procedure for the cal-
Beerwald et al. (2003). Depending on the specific loading case sig- ibration of measuring loops with unknown areas is given in Bauer
nificantly nonlinear deformation paths can occur as reported in (1967).
Badelt et al. (2003). Therefore, in order to give a detailed description If the skin depth is small in comparison to the thickness of the
of the deformation process knowledge about the time-dependent workpiece, the penetrated magnetic field is frequently neglected
displacement curve of the workpiece surface is required. To sim- and so the magnetic pressure can be calculated by the simplified
plify this, typically characteristic points are identified and regarded. Eq. (15):
1 2
3.1. Determination of transient process parameters p(t) = Hgap (t) (15)
2

3.1.1. Determination of the acting loads According to experimental investigations and analytical calcu-
By Lorentz (1895) the volume forces F acting on the workpiece lations considering the tube compression processes performed by
can be determined on the basis of the current density J and the Mühlbauer and von Finckenstein (1967) this simplification is allow-

magnetic flux density B: able, if the ratio of skin depth and inner radius of the workpiece is
less than 0.2 and the ratio of wall thickness and skin depth is at least
F = J × B
 (9) two. Dietz et al. (1967a) declared on the basis of analytical esti-
Disregarding the component of the magnetic field strength that mations that this simplification is acceptable if the wall thickness
is oriented in the direction of the workpiece thickness – i.e. the equals at least 1.5 times the skin depth.
radial component in the case of tube forming and the z-component
in the case of sheet metal forming – the current density equals the 3.1.1.1. Tube compression process. In the case of direct acting com-
negative derivative of the magnetic field strength H with respect pression coils, the magnetic pressure can be estimated analytically
to the radius r as shown in Eq. (10) and the with respect to the as shown in Dietz et al. (1967a). Here, initially an undamped sinu-
z-coordinate, respectively, as shown in Eq. (11): soidal current is assumed and the magnetic field, the eddy-current
density, the magnetic field energy and the joule losses are calcu-
J = − ∂H (10) lated. Thus, the equivalent inductance and resistance for a setup
∂r without workpiece deformation are determined and it was shown
J = − ∂H (11)
that these equivalent parameters are only slightly influenced by
∂z the workpiece deformation. Therefore, the authors conclude that
The magnetic flux density is the result of the product of the a sufficiently accurate approximation of the maximum achievable
permeability  and the magnetic field strength. Thus, according to magnetic pressure of the damped coil current can be deduced from
Bauer (1967) the radial forces acting on a tubular workpiece Fr can the energy balance setup for the undamped sinusoidal current.
be calculated using Eq. (12): In order to calculate the axial distribution of the magnetic field
strength in the gap Hgap for a setup with a direct acting compression
∂H 1 ∂(H 2 ) coil, Beerwald (2005) used a relationship based on the number of
Fr = −H =−  (12)
∂r 2 ∂r turns of the tool coil n, the coil current I(t), the coil length l and a
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so-called distribution coefficient kH : 3.1.1.2. Tube expansion process. In electromagnetic tube expan-
sion, the magnetic field strength in the gap between the workpiece
nI(t)
Hgap (t) = kH with (16) and tool coil depends on the current induced in the workpiece. In
l contrast to the tube compression, this induced current is not as
1
 2z + l 2z − l
 high as the coil current and therefore, the magnetic field strength
kH = arctan − arctan (17)
 a a cannot be calculated from the coil current as easily as in the case of
tube compression. However, Bauer (1967) measured the magnetic
The mentioned distribution coefficient depends on the effec- field between the workpiece and tool coil in order to determine the
tive gap a between the tool coil and workpiece, which includes the force acting on the workpiece. Building on Gourdin (1989) the prin-
width of the air gap aAir and half of the skin depth of the workpiece ciple of virtual work is used in order to determine the acting loads
ıWp and of the coil ıCoil as shown in Eq. (18): on the basis of a measured coil current and the measured current
1 in the workpiece. In contrast Al-Hassani et al. have been working
a = aair + (ıWp + ıCoil ) (18) on analytical approaches for calculating the workpiece current and
2
in a second step the magnetic pressure from the measured coil
The current course can either be measured as in Beerwald (2005) current. In their earlier work Al-Hassani et al. (1967) neglected
or calculated analytically by analyzing the resonant circuit (see Eqs. the time dependency of the gap width between the tool coil and
(2)–(6)). workpiece and thus the variation of the parameters of the equiva-
If a fieldshaper is applied it influences the inductance and resis- lent circuit diagram (inductance and resistance) during the forming
tance and thus the current course in the resonant circuit. Equations process. Those parameters were assumed constant and values for
for the analytical estimation of these parameters for a simple non- a mean gap width determined on the basis of the average tube
staggered fieldshaper (i.e. the length of the concentration area radius before and after deformation were used for the analysis. An
equals the outer length of the fieldshaper) are given in Dietz et al. improved strategy for the pressure calculation taking the varying
(1967a). If the fieldshaper features a staggered geometry (i.e. the geometry of the workpiece into account is presented in Al-Hassani
length of the concentration area is shorter than the outer length et al. (1974). Due to the interdependencies of the electrical and the
of the fieldshaper), the distribution of the magnetic field outside geometrical parameters in the system and the acting loads and the
of the concentration area is inhomogeneous. Dietz et al. (1967b) workpiece deformation respectively, a solution cannot be found
approximates this inhomogeneous distribution by a cone. Assum- directly but only by iteration so that a numerical approach is cho-
ing a sinusoidal coil current the authors determine the magnetic sen, here. A comparison of the calculated coil current and workpiece
field energy and the Joule heating in order to approximate the deformation to measured values shows satisfactory results.
maximum magnetic pressure in the first half wave of a damped
coil current on the basis of an energy balance. A verification of 3.1.1.3. Sheet metal forming. In contrast to the electromagnetic
the analytically predicted values with measurements show a good tube compression, there are only a few scientific papers address-
agreement. ing the estimation of the magnetic pressure in an electromagnetic
A simpler analytical approximation of the magnetic pressure for sheet metal forming process. The reason for this is that the elec-
the application of a staggered fieldshaper is suggested in Beerwald tromagnetic forming of sheet metal is the most complex process
et al. (2001). Here, the authors define a concentration coefficient variant and only a few physically reasonable assumptions can be
cH , which equals the ratio of the magnetic field strength in the made.
operating gap between the fieldshaper’s concentration area and the Göbl (1969) claims that the process cannot be described mathe-
workpiece and the magnetic field strength in the leak gap between matically in a closed form. The major reason is that the deformation
the tool coil and the outer surface of the fieldshaper. It is propor- of the workpiece and the according increase of the gap volume
tional to the ratio of the length of the tool coil and the length between the workpiece and tool coil influence the acting magnetic
of the fieldshaper’s concentration area and depends on the mag- pressure and in sheet metal forming this effect is much more rel-
netic resistances of the operating gap and of the areas next to the evant than in the case of tube compression or expansion. Hence,
concentration area as well as on the magnetic resistance of the also Fischer (1983) concludes that a closed analytical solution is
inner surface of the fieldshaper to the skin depth. A comparison not possible. Nevertheless, there are some possibilities to estimate
to results of finite-element (FE) simulations shows that the analyt- the magnetic pressure, but in these cases the temporal course and
ically determined values slightly overestimate the magnetic field the local distribution are approximated in a coarse manner.
in the concentration area. Al-Hassani (1975) presents an analytical derivation to estimate
Yu et al. (2005) also used FE simulations in order to analyze the pressure distribution of a spirally wound, flat tool coil, which is
the influence of the fieldshaper with trapezoidal cross-section based on the geometrical dimension of the tool coil (see Fig. 6) and
on the pressure distribution. Simplifying the setup as rotation- the maximum current I.
ally symmetric, the authors use a two-dimensional model of coil, Regarding the magnetic field Hr in the radial direction as well
fieldshaper, workpiece and surrounding air in order to show that, as the magnetic pressure pr , Al-Hassani (1975) indicates following
compared to a direct acting tool coil, a fieldshaper leads to a more equations:
homogeneous pressure distribution. In a parameter study they
show how the magnetic pressure increases with decreasing length


In −2aair r −2aair r
of the concentration area if a constant charging energy is applied. Hr = tan−1 + tan−1 (19)
l a2air + ro,Coil
2
− r2 a2air + ri,Coil
2
− r2
As a qualitative verification the workpiece geometry is compared
to experimental results.
Finally, a three-dimensional FE simulation is presented in


2
0 I 2 n2 −2aair r −2aair r
Bahmani et al. (2008). The authors determine the distribution of pr = tan−1 + tan−1 (20)
22 l2 a2air + ro,Coil
2
− r2 a2air + ri,Coil
2
− r2
the magnetic field considering the deformation of the workpiece
but disregard the axial gap in the fieldshaper. A comparison to here n represents the number of turns and l represents the width of
results of a two-dimensional simulation showed the same qualita- the winding, aair indicates the gap width between the tool coil and
tive distribution but different quantitative values. An experimental workpiece and ri, Coil and ro, Coil respectively represent the inner and
verification is not presented here. the outer radii of the tool coil. The radial position is indicated by
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the value of r. The experimental verification of this approximation while first pictures showing the course of an electromagnetic sheet
formula is satisfactory according to Al-Hassani (1975). metal forming process into a (transparent) die made of acryl glass
In contrast, Beerwald (2005) uses a harmonic field simulation is presented in Risch (2009).
to determine the pressure distribution. Thereby, the ratio of the A tactile measurement approach is presented in Lippmann and
numerical result of the field strength Hgap (tmax ,r) when the cur- Schreiner (1964) for the example of a tube compression process
rent reaches the maximum and maximum possible field strength (see Fig. 8). They used cylindrical mandrels each allowing a specific
H0 (tmax ) determines a factor of pressure distribution kH (r), anal- radial deformation of the tube and applied a voltage between tube
ogous to the distribution coefficient for the tube compression and mandrel which was monitored by an oscilloscope. As soon as
process introduced in Eq. (17): the workpiece hits the mandrel a voltage drop can be recognized.
Thus, for each distinct radial displacement a corresponding contact
Hgap (tmax , r) nI(tmax )
kH (r) = with H0 = (21) moment can be determined and the course of the complete work-
H0 (tmax ) lcoil
piece deformation can be assembled from different measurements.
However, not only the local field distribution and pressure distribu- A further development allowing a determination of the axial
tion but also the temporal field and pressure course are of interest. distribution of the deformation and the forming velocity in a tube
So, the process itself can be characterized temporally as well as expansion process1 is presented in Poynton et al. (1967). In order
locally. In Ertelt (1982), a method is described to approximate the to do so, several contact pins are used instead of a mandrel. These
temporal course of the magnetic pressure. This approach is based pins are positioned at a specific axial location and at a specific radial
on the key values of the pulse generator and the geometrical as distance to the tubular workpiece. They feature different series
well as electrical properties of the tool coil. The magnetic pressure resistors, so that the voltage steps measured at the moment of
is determined by Eq. (22): contact are different and can be reassigned to the different con-
ESp (t) tact pins. This principle was adapted to the electromagnetic sheet
p(t) = (22) metal forming process in Badelt et al. (2003) for the use of one con-
Veff
tact pin while in Risch (2009) multiple contact pins were used in
here Veff defines the effective volume with the assumption, that this order to measure the radial displacement and velocity distribution
volume contains the complete magnetic energy, which is responsi- of the sheet.
ble for the retroactivity between the electrical and magnetic values. An alternative optical measurement technique for detecting the
ESp (t) is the energy, which is transferred into the coil energy and can trajectory of the middle cross-section during an electromagnetic
be calculated on the basis of the specific values of the peak current, tube compression process is presented in Bauer (1965). It is based
see Eq. (23): on the shadowing principle A parallel ray of light is sent axially
1 through the workpiece so that the tube’s complete cross-section is
ESp (t) = LA I(t)2 (23)
2 illuminated. At the other side the light is gathered by a lens and
The inductance LA of the workpiece-tool coil unit can be deter- directed to the cathode of a vacuum photocell. The generated cur-
mined using a commercial inductance measurement instrument rent causes a voltage at the resistance which is proportional to the
or estimated analytically by applying the correlations described received light. With increasing workpiece deformation more and
in Timpl et al. (1981). The transient current response I(t) can be more light is shadowed by the workpiece and the measured volt-
identified using Eqs. (2)–(6) or determined from measurements. age decreases. Thus, the compression of the workpiece can directly
The effective volume Veff can be calculated by Eq. (24) (geometrical be measured after calibrating the system in order to determine
dimensions of tool coil the setup according to Fig. 6): the correlation between the workpiece diameter and the measured

 1 1
 voltage. A variant of this measuring principle in which not the com-
Veff = ((r +ro,Wp )2 − (ri,Coil + ri,Wp )2 ) aair + ıCoil + ıWp plete cross-section is illuminated but only a narrow light beam is
4 o,Coil 2 2
sent through the tube is presented in Bauer (1969). The application
(24)
of the same shadowing principle for measuring the workpiece’s
Thereby, ro,Coil and ro,Wp represent the outer radii of the tool coil bulging during an electromagnetic expansion process is described
and the workpiece, respectively. The gap width between the work- in Bauer (1967). In more recent publications, as, e.g. in Beerwald
piece and tool coil is symbolized by aair and ıCoil and ıWp represent et al. (1999), the shadowing principle is still being applied for tube
the skin depth within the tool coil and the workpiece, respectively. compression and expansion processes but in this setup modern
It has to be mentioned that the described approaches to deter- semi-conductor components (so-called position sensitive devices
mine the acting load are developed on stationary workpieces. – PSD) are used. In Badelt et al. (2003) the principle is adapted to
Thereby, the retroactivity of the deformation on the magnetic pres- the electromagnetic sheet metal forming process.
sure was neglected despite Brosius et al. (2003) claims that this While the measurement techniques described above are suit-
interaction is required for a correct analysis of the forming process. able for measuring the displacement of the workpiece surface and
the velocity and the acceleration can be determined by differen-
3.1.2. Determination of the workpiece deformation tiating the measured curves with respect to the time, Barker and
As mentioned above, the second important aspect with regard Hollenbach (1972) developed a measurement technique that can
to the process analysis is the determination of the workpiece be used for the direct measurement of the surface velocity. This
deformation. In order to determine this parameter, measurement velocity interferometer system for any reflector (VISAR), according
techniques as well as analytical and numerical approaches have to Daehn et al. (2008), has become a standard for high speed veloc-
been used. Considering the measurement techniques, three major ity measurements. The principle of velocity interferometry goes
variants have been introduced already in the 1960s, which are still back to the 1960s. It is based on the relativistic Doppler-effect and
being used and refined in current investigations. wave superposition, which may be constructive or destructive. For
the measurement, coherent light is directed towards the surface
3.1.2.1. Measurement techniques. For a metrological determina- point to be measured and the reflected radiation is collected. Due
tion of the workpiece deformation during electromagnetic tube
expansion processes, Kegg and Haverbeck (1962) used high speed
cameras. A visualization of a free electromagnetic sheet metal form- 1
In Poynton et al. (1967) the tube expansion is initiated by a gas detonation and
ing process is presented in Bach et al. (2003) and can be seen in Fig. 7 not by electromagnetic forming.
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Fig. 7. Sequence of an electromagnetic sheet metal forming process into a die (Bach et al., 2003).

to the velocity of the reflecting surface, the wavelength of the light is in order to calculate the deformation of the workpiece. These
changed. The reflected radiation is sent to an interferometer, pro- approaches are exclusively focusing on tube forming processes,
ducing an output containing the input signal and a time delayed because this is the simplest process variant. Nevertheless, also in
version of the input signal. On the basis of the reflected wavelength, these attempts significant simplifications are made in order to be
or more precisely the reflected optical phase, object motion and able to predict the deformation of the workpiece. For example, it is
velocity can be detected. A detailed description of different well assumed that the tube is thin-walled and both the tube and tool coil
established as well as recently deployed VISAR systems is given in are of infinite length. Thus, the displacement u depends only on the
Dolan (2006). However, according to Daehn et al. (2008), the analy- time while the dependencies on the radius and the axial position
sis of the data gathered by a VISAR system is difficult, the technique can be neglected (Lippmann and Schreiner, 1964). In many publica-
is expensive and the system is not suitable for the application in tions including Birdsall et al. (1961), the basic equation that is setup
any manufacturing facility. Considering these aspects, the Photon is the pressure equilibrium. Lippmann and Schreiner (1964) equal-
Doppler Velocimetry (PDV) which was developed by Strand et al. ize the magnetic pressure and the inertia force of the tube, which
(2005) offers significant advantages. In this system newly available depends on the density , the wall thickness s and the acceleration
fiber optic lasers and components as well as higher speed oscil- (d2 u/dt2 ) and solve the equation for the workpiece acceleration.
loscopes are applied and Daehn et al. (2008) considers this as a This leads to Eq. (25) in which Bz represents the axial component
breakthrough in robust and inexpensive velocimetry. A schematic
of the PDV-system is shown in Fig. 9.

3.1.2.2. Analytic and numerical approaches. The theoretical basis to

describe the physical effects for the production and usage of high
transient magnetic fields were established in the 1950s and 1960s
by Furth and Waniek (1956) as well as Lal and Hiller (1968). This
work was followed up by the development of analytical approaches

Fig. 8. Setup and principle of the tactile displacement measurement according to Fig. 9. Schematic diagram for Photon Doppler Velocimetry (PDV) (Daehn et al.,
Lippmann and Schreiner (1964). 2008).
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of the magnetic flux density. Oliveira and Worswick (2003) combine the commercial codes
ANSYS/EMAG for the electromagnetic simulation and LS-DYNA for
d2 u 1
= B2 (25) the structural simulation in order to represent the electromagnetic
dt 2 20 s z
forming process. The required information about the acting forces
A subsequent integration of the acceleration allows calculat- respective of the resulting geometry is exchanged by means of an
ing the velocity  according to Eq. (26) and the displacement u interface. While in Oliveira and Worswick (2003) the results of the
of the workpiece according to Eq. (27). In both equations Bm rep- electromagnetic sheet metal forming for a free operation are pre-
resents the maximum occurring magnetic flux density during the sented, the expansion regarding the forming into a die is described
deformation process. in Oliveira et al. (2005). In both papers the aluminum alloys AA5182
2 and AA5754 were investigated in experimental as well as numeri-
du Bm
= = t (26) cal analyses. Furthermore, the possibility to model the process in a
dt 20 s
three-dimensional way is shown.
2
Bm The implementation of a fracture model in the structural simu-
u= t2 (27) lation is presented in Imbert et al. (2005) in order to investigate the
40 s
interaction between the workpiece and the die. In doing so, a mod-
A similar approach for calculating the workpiece deformation
ified Gurson–Tveergaard–Needleman material model is integrated
is presented in Dietz et al. (1968). The authors again setup the
in the simulation. However, due to the computation time, no cou-
equation for the movement of the workpiece on the basis of New-
pling strategy was applied, but the pressure estimation according
ton’s second law of motion by equalizing the difference between
to Al-Hassani (1975) was used to determine the acting forces.
the magnetic forces and a “contra-force” of the workpiece, both
Bessonov and Golovashchenko developed a fully coupled simu-
referring to the volume that is accelerated, with the product of the
lation considering:
workpiece density and acceleration. The mentioned “contra-force”
of the workpiece is calculated by Barlow’s Formula. Considering the • the electromagnetic field propagation, which is defined by quasi-
flow stress of the material experimental data determined via qua-
stationary Maxwell equations transformed in Lagrangian form,
sistatic compression tests is used. Regarding the magnetic pressure • a dynamic elastic–plastic deformation, which is modeled using
a simplified description of the course using piecewise linear func-
the solid mechanics equation of motion, the modified theory of
tions is applied. On this basis Dietz et al. (1968) solve the equation of
elastic plastic flow and the Von Mises yield criterion, and
motion differentiating between two different cases depending on • the heat transfer, which is considered via the energy conservation
whether the deformation of the workpiece is completed during the
law.
first pressure pulse or not. The results are compared to experiments
considering the electromagnetic compression of copper tubes.
In this simulation tool also the forming machine is modeled as
A method for calculating the minimum required field strength
a R–L–C circuit, so that the current course can be calculated on the
for the electromagnetic compression of rotationally symmetric
basis of the electrical parameters of the machine and the charging
tubes is suggested in Bühler and Bauer (1968b). In order to do so
energy. Exemplary results of 2D simulations are shown. However,
the authors assume the workpiece to be made of a homogeneous,
only a qualitative verification by a comparison with experimental
isotropic, and incompressible material, so that the Tresca yield cri-
investigations is given.
terion can be applied. Further assuming that the magnetic field is
Similarly, Karch and Roll (2005) present a fully transient elec-
completely shielded by the induced current, the simplified Eq. (15)
trodynamic structure mechanical coupled simulation in ANSYS for
can be used to determine the magnetic pressure. The minimum
the tube compression process. Here, the current displacement, the
field strength required depends only on the geometric workpiece
temperature development in the tube and tool coil, the modeling
characteristics, i.e. wall thickness s and outer radius ro , and the flow
of the RLC-equivalent circuit, and the retroactivity of the deforma-
stress kf and it can be calculated using Eq. (28).
tion on the electromagnetic fields were considered disregarding
 
2 s only the strain rate dependency of the flow curves. A qualitative
Hmin ≈ − k ln 1 − (28) and quantitative comparison with experimental tube compression
0 f ra
processes shows a good agreement. In Kleiner and Brosius (2006)
However, Fenton and Daehn (1998) state that the deformation a two-dimensional fully transient strategy is described. Here, the
behavior has a significant influence on the current course and con- coupling is realized between MSC. Mentat with a self-developed
sequently on the acting magnetic pressure. Due to the deformation electromagnetic FE-Code.
of the workpiece, the inductance course of the workpiece-tool coil – One major problem considering the three-dimensional simu-
unit is influenced. One possibility to consider this interdependency lation of the electromagnetic forming process is the calculation
and to generate a realistic and sufficiently accurate process model time. The model size in finite element simulations is extremely
is to realize a coupled finite element analysis. Takatsu et al. (1988) high, because not only the tools and the workpiece but also the sur-
presented the first completely numerical solution including the rounding air has to be considered. Moreover, in order to be able to
deformation course of the workpiece. He coupled the electromag- calculate the magnetic field distribution with sufficient accuracy, a
netic fields and the structure mechanical simulation in defined time dense meshing is required especially in the region of the coil and the
steps considering a rate-dependent material model. The numerical workpiece. In order to realize a fast three-dimensional magnetome-
results were verified with photos taken from a high speed cam- chanical problem Schinnerl et al. (2002) used an implicit multigrid
era. Despite several assumptions, the comparison of the numerical method. However, in this work the modeling of the mechanical
and the experimental results agree well. The experimental data system is restricted to linear elasticity.
from Takatsu et al. (1988) is used in Fenton and Daehn (1998) to Stiemer et al. have been working on a fully transient coupled
verify their two-dimensional simulations. These simulations are simulation of the electromagnetic forming process over several
based on a C-program bibliotheca, which is not freely accessible. years. Temperature effects are neglected in this simulation. In
The authors use a Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) method for Stiemer et al. (2006) the authors present a simulation strategy in
solving the coupled system. This means that for small mesh distor- which the electromagnetic field is calculated via a Eulerian formu-
tion the Lagrangian form of the field equations is applied while in lation for a stationary grid. The mechanical structure is modeled by
case of more distinctive mesh distortion the Eulerian form is used. a Lagrangian formulation with a grid, which is free to move over the
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stationary electromagnetic grid. By applying this modeling strategy These have been realized applying forming machines with differ-
a fast solving of the coupled system is possible and the displace- ent properties and especially different capacities (case 1: C = 22 ␮F;
ments are calculated with high accuracy. However, regarding the case 2: C = 1197 ␮F).
acting forces oscillations occur. Later in Stiemer et al. (2009) an In the measured current with the high frequency (curves indi-
ALE formulation was used for the modeling of the magnetic sys- cated as 1) the typical damped sinusoidal oscillation can be clearly
tem. Here, the electromagnetic grid is moved together with the identified. Here, the workpiece deformation starts immediately
mechanical structure. This strategy was also used for the mod- after the first rising of the current and the magnetic pressure and it
eling of three-dimensional problems. In order to be able to solve continues for several oscillations of the current. The current of the
the electromagnetic equations efficiently in these cases, Nedelec- lower discharging frequency (curves indicated as 2) is the more
finite-elements have been applied. common case. Here, the current and consequently the magnetic
Conraux et al. (2006) introduce a coupling method, in which pressure are rising at the beginning of the process but no workpiece
the FE-code SYSMAGNA for the electrodynamical effects and PAM- deformation can be measured, yet. A plastic workpiece deformation
STAMP for the structure–mechanical simulation are used. In this can be identified by a rise of the displacement curve as soon as the
paper results regarding the electromagnetic tube compression as inertial forces are exceeded and the yield strength of the workpiece
well as the electromagnetic sheet metal forming are discussed. The material is reached. The deformation process is completed during
model description is based on finite elements. the first half wave of the coil current and the first pressure pulse
Contrary, L’Eplattenier et al. (2008) present a new electromag- accordingly. Similar experiments performed in Beerwald (2005)
netic module, implemented in LS DYNA. This module should be show an elastic, radial oscillation of the tube that follows the plastic
very suitable regarding the mechanical, thermal, and electromag- deformation, which cannot be recognized, here. This oscillation can
netic coupled tasks. The electrical fields are determined by means be attributed to the fact that the high kinetic energy resulting from
of the finite element method, while the surrounding air is con- the high velocity cannot be dissipated spontaneously in a free form-
nected via the boundary element method on the electromagnetic ing operation. The frequency of this oscillation is correlated to the
finite element simulation. The verification experiments correspond natural frequency of the tube and can be more or less distinctive.
well to the numerical results L’Eplattenier et al. (2009). Meanwhile, In Psyk et al. (2006b) the oscillation of aluminum and magnesium
this tool has been used in several investigations. One example is tubes are compared applying the same equipment and compara-
the analysis of the force distribution and the rebound during elec- ble process parameters. It is shown that in the case of aluminum a
tromagnetic forming of sheet metal workpieces into conical dies clear oscillation can be identified while this is not possible for the
and into oblong dies with v-shaped cavities, which is presented in magnesium tubes.
Imbert et al. (2010). The example in Fig. 10 clearly shows that different load con-
In Demir et al. (2010) the commercially available code ANSYS ditions can lead to the same displacement. However, depending
is used for a three-dimensional calculation of the magnetic field on the process parameters a much higher energy can be required.
distribution and coupled with LS DYNA, which is applied for the The physical background for this effect is explained by Mattke and
calculation of the corresponding workpiece deformation and espe- Dehoff (1969): in the case of very high frequencies and the related
cially the resulting wrinkling effects in a free tube compression short pressure application time, even high amplitudes are not suffi-
process. In the model, geometrical imperfections regarding the cient to overcome the inertia of the workpiece. Here, the theoretical
roundness as well as the wall thickness distribution of the tube extreme is the Dirac-impulse. In contrast for very low frequencies
are considered and their effect on the achievable forming result is – the extreme case, here is direct current – the induced magnetic
calculated. Verification by comparing the results of the simulation field and current are extremely low so that no pressure difference
to experimental data is given. is built up over the thickness of the workpiece.
Another experimental study considering not only the mean dis-
3.2. Acting loads and deformation during electromagnetic placement but also the accuracy of the cross-section geometry
forming considering the achievable roundness is presented in Psyk et al.
(2004b). It is shown that in a free forming process, a higher charg-
The easiest possibility to influence the current and the mag- ing energy and accordingly increased magnetic pressure amplitude
netic pressure course is via an adjustment of the capacitor charging without significant change of the rise time will cause a higher
energy. If the parameters of the forming machine, the tool coil, and deformation and velocity of the workpiece. Psyk et al. (2004b)
the workpiece are equal, an increase of the charging energy will found that this is correlated to a deterioration of roundness and to
lead to an increase of the current and the pressure maximum, while an increasing wrinkling effect, respectively. Moreover it is shown
the rise time will remain approximately the same. The current and that in order to achieve a defined radial deformation either a
pressure rise time can be adjusted via the capacity of the forming pressure pulse with a longer rise time and a lower maximum or
machine and/or via the common inductance of the unit of tool coil with a shorter rise time and a higher maximum can be applied.
and workpiece. Thereby, a faster rise of the pressure leads to higher strain rates
and a better roundness of the compressed tube. This result cor-
3.2.1. Tube compression process relates well with the investigations presented in Balanethiram and
The influence of the acting load on the workpiece deforma- Daehn (1992). Here, it is shown that, compared to quasistatic form-
tion is illustrated exemplarily in Fig. 10 on the basis of measured ing technologies, high speed forming via electromagnetic forming
current courses, the acting magnetic pressures and the correspond- and electrohydraulic forming are less sensitive to localizing effects
ing diameter-related displacements of the smallest cross-section and therefore in many cases allows an extension of forming lim-
measured using the shadowing principle.2 Considering the current its. This means that the current and pressure courses have to be
course, two curves with significantly different frequencies but lead- dimensioned considering the achievable process efficiency and the
ing to the same deformation of the workpiece are being compared. achievable roundness and these two aspects can lead to contra-
dictory demands. However in Psyk (2010) it is shown that, in the
case of rather fast pressure pulses with pressure rise times of
2
In the case of a conventional direct acting tool coil with constant width of the
less than 15 ␮s, no significant further improvement of the round-
winding and in the case of a symmetric fieldshaper with a cylindrical contour in the ness can be expected by applying pulses with even shorter rise
concentration area, this is typically the middle cross-section of the deformed area. times.
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Fig. 10. Current and pressure course as well as workpiece deformation during a free electromagnetic compression process according to Daube (1973).

As suggested in Psyk et al. (2005) and investigated in more finite element simulation. Important results are summarized in
detail in Psyk and Tekkaya (2009) wrinkling in tube compression Fig. 11.
processes is triggered by material or geometrical inhomogeneities It can clearly be seen that neglecting the workpiece deformation
in the semi-finished part. The sensitivity of the electromagnetic can lead to a significant overestimation of the magnetic pres-
compression process considering such inhomogeneities decreases sure. Furthermore, it can be recognized that due to the increasing
with decreasing strength as well as with increasing stiffness of the gap volume, the qualitative distribution of the magnetic pressure
tube. changes over the process time. At the beginning, the pressure max-
Apart from the regarded influence of the current and pressure imum is located in the middle of the tool coil and consequently
pulse on the deformation of the tube, there exists a retroactivity of here the maximum deformation results. Due to this, the maximum
the workpiece deformation on the pressure pulse. For a detailed gap width between the tool coil and workpiece occurs in the mid-
analysis of this effect Beerwald (2005) used a stepwise coupled dle area of the coil and in turn the pressure decreases faster, here.
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Fig. 11. Influence of the workpiece deformation on the pressure course (Beerwald, 2005).

Thus, the pressure maximum moves from the center to the outer by inertia forces. At this moment, the movement of the workpiece
regions of the coil during the deformation process. cannot be influenced anymore.
Fischer (1983) analyzed the influence of the discharging fre-
quency regarding the electromagnetic sheet metal forming. In his
3.2.2. Tube expansion process
analytical investigation he simplifies a spirally wound flat tool coil
The major difference between a tube compression and a tube
to a circular ring and neglects the workpiece deformation. The anal-
expansion process is the temporary development of the work-
ysis shows that an increase of the discharging frequency causes
piece’s geometric stiffness considering radially acting loads. This
an increase of the magnetic pressure. Beerwald et al. (2003) focus
stiffness decreases with increasing tube diameter and decreasing
on the velocity of the sheet. They show that, similar to the tube
wall thickness. Therefore, during an expansion process the stiffness
compression process also in the case of sheet metal forming, the
decreases due to the tube deformation, while in the case of com-
same workpiece deformation can be realized either by applying
pression the stiffness increases over the process time. In the case of
a short pressure pulse with a high maximum or a longer lasting
lower workpiece stiffness, the influence of inertia forces is higher.
pressure pulse with a lower frequency. The occurring velocities
Considering the interdependencies between acting loads and
as well as the required capacitor charging energy are approxi-
workpiece deformation, the conclusions drawn on the basis of com-
mately the same. Risch (2009) investigates the influence of the
pression processes can partly be transferred to the tube expansion.
discharging frequency in free electromagnetic sheet metal forming
Thus, the beginning of the workpiece deformation affects the cur-
of materials with different mechanical and electrical properties,
rent and the pressure curve in the same manner than in the case
keeping the charging energy constant in all cases. It is shown
of tube compression, while the end of the workpiece deformation
that by applying varying current impulses the same characteris-
cannot always be identified that clearly (Beerwald, 2005).
tic shape but different maximum drawing depths were achieved.
However, depending on the material properties like strength or
3.2.3. Electromagnetic sheet metal forming electrical conductivity this effect can be observed more or less
In the case of sheet metal forming the effect of inertia forces distinctive.
is more distinctive than in the case of tube forming. For this pro-
cess variant frequently spirally wound tool coils are used. In these
cases the center of the workpiece is not pressurized and the sheet 3.3. Energy transfer during electromagnetic forming
remains in the initial position at the beginning of the process (see
Fig. 12). The saw-tooth shape of the pressure versus radius curve is As already mentioned in Section 2 the energy for the electro-
caused by the turns of the coil. Due to the acceleration of the pres- magnetic forming process is initially stored as capacitive energy in
surized parts of the workpiece, the center of the workpiece will be the pulsed power generator. At the end of the process the forming
dragged in the drawing direction as the process progresses (Takatsu energy has been used in order to change the shape of the work-
et al., 1988). Depending on the pressurized area, some parts of the piece. In-between these two stages, a complex energy transfer takes
workpieces will be distinctively bent and unbent. Thus, different place. Daube et al. (1966) claims that the energy stored in the capac-
strain hardening and material strength evolves during the forming itor (see Eq. (1)) is only partly transferred to the coil. Losses occur,
process in the workpiece. e.g. due to the heating of the supply lines, energy losses in the
During the deformation stages a continuously decreasing pres- switches and reactive energy in the pulsed power generator (com-
sure can be observed because of the decreasing magnetic field pare Fig. 13). Furthermore, fractions of the energy transferred to
strength which is related to an increasing gap volume. As soon as the coil are lost due to heating of this tool and leak fields, so that
the workpiece leaves the area of influence of the tool coil and the the exploitable magnetic field energy is reduced. The exploitable
pressure decreases to a negligible level, the process is only driven magnetic field energy in turn is only partly transferred to forming
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Fig. 12. Process principle of electromagnetic net-shape forming (Risch, 2009).

energy. Here, the losses can be attributed to heating of the work- At the moment, when the pressure has decreased to zero, the
piece due to eddy currents and to field energy that is not exploited. kinetic energy stored in the workpiece is available in order to fin-
Daube et al. (1966) mention a total efficiency of the electromagnetic ish the forming process. In a free forming operation the process
forming process in the range of 10–40%. ends as soon as the kinetic energy is completely transferred into
Bühler and Bauer (1968a) consider the mechanical energies in deformation energy.
the system (i.e. the kinetic energy and the forming energy) in order In the case of tube compression of light metals (aluminum or
to determined the material strength for the process-specific high magnesium alloys), the kinetic energy is typically not sufficient to
strain rates. For this purpose the time-dependent trajectory of the continue the deformation. Beerwald (2005) states that the defor-
kinetic energy, the forming energy, and the accumulated mechan- mation is usually completed during the first half wave of the coil
ical energy is determined. current and the magnetic pressure, respectively, in these cases. In
This idea is partly resumed in Psyk et al. (2007). Here, the energy contrast during the compression of metals with higher densities
transfer is regarded, focusing on its effect on the forming result. The (steel or copper) and in the case of sheet metal forming, the defor-
capacitor charging energy Ec is transferred into a magnetic pressure mation period can be significantly longer than the pressure pulse.
pulse p. This magnetic pressure pulse in turn is transferred into An example of such a case is presented in Bauer (1969).
kinetic energy Ekin , which is reflected in the velocity distribution of When forming into a die or onto a mandrel, the workpiece is
the workpiece and into forming energy Edef . suddenly decelerated as soon as it hits the form defining tool. In

Fig. 13. Energy transfer during electromagnetic forming (Daube et al., 1966).
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Table 2
Typical efficiencies for different electromagnetic forming applications.

Technological application

Compression Expansion Sheet metal forming

Free compression Compression to Compression to Free Expansion in Expansion in a Hole Faces Forming Hole
an insulated a conductive expansion an insulated conductive die punching bending punching
mandrel mandrel die

10–25 4–8 2–4 10–25 6–10 4–8 2–4 4–8 3–4 2–4
Efficiency in %

this case the remaining kinetic energy in the workpiece has to be of materials with the corresponding electrical conductivity is given
absorbed by the form defining tool in the area of contact. If this in Table 3.
transfer and dissipation cannot be entirely guaranteed, especially In the case of a comparably low electrical conductivity of the
in sheet metal forming the remaining energy in the workpiece can workpiece, e.g. when forming steel, the magnetic field penetrates
cause further undesired deformations, resulting in the so-called the workpiece very fast. This effect is shown in Fig. 14. It can clearly
rebound of the workpiece, which is analyzed in Risch et al. (2004). be seen that in case of the highly conductive workpiece mate-
On the other hand the remaining kinetic energy in those areas rial (Al99.5) the magnetic pressure is focused to the area of the
where the desired shape of the workpiece is not yet achieved, must coil winding and here especially to the gap between tool coil and
be sufficient to complete the forming task. Otherwise an insufficient workpiece and the surfaces of these to components. The density
form filling results. of the field lines and the strength of the magnetic field are sig-
A quantitative analysis of the energy transfer during electro- nificantly stronger than in case of the lower conductive material
magnetic sheet metal forming into a die is presented in Risch (2009) (DC06). Hence, the lower electrical conductivity of the workpiece
on the basis of two exemplary forming tasks. In the first forming causes a comparably small magnetic pressure, although all other
task an aluminum sheet is formed into a die with a spherical cav- parameters are kept constant.
ity. Here, electrical efficiency describing the quality of the transfer Birdsall et al. (1961) describe another effect related to the
of capacitatively stored energy to inductive energy in the tool coil penetration of the magnetic field: If the workpiece is formed
is 65%. The mechanical efficiency, describing the transfer of induc- against an electrically conductive die or joining partner the pen-
tive energy to forming energy is 36%. The total efficiency of the etrated magnetic field can cause eddy currents in this component
process is 23%. Contrary, in the second example, which considered and consequently a counter pressure can occur which decelerates
the forming of an aluminum sheet into a conical die, only 25% of the workpiece deformation. As a result the process efficiency is
the applied charging energy was transferred into coil energy. How- decreased and formation of a joint and complete filling of a die
ever the mechanical efficiency was 81%, so that the overall process cavity can be prevented. This effect is more pronounced if the elec-
efficiency was determined to 28%. The high mechanical efficiency is trical conductivity of the die or joining partner is higher than the
attributed to the high workpiece velocity during this forming oper- conductivity of the workpiece. Apart from the electrical conductiv-
ation and the resulting high kinetic energy. In comparison, Klocke ity the penetration also depends on the thickness of the workpiece
and König (2006) noticed that the efficiency of the deep drawing and on the parameters of the discharging process. Here, especially
process is typically in the range of 50–70%, whereby lower values the frequency is relevant (compare Eq. (7). Therefore, Belyy et al.
are achieved for cups with a small wall thickness while in the case (1977) state that the minimum thickness of the workpiece depends
of cups with thicker walls higher efficiencies are possible. on this penetration effect.
The process efficiency calculated in Risch (2009) is significantly The penetration of the magnetic field through the workpiece
higher than values stated in earlier publications. For example in can be retarded by applying a conductive layer on the workpiece or
Bauer (1969) for an exemplary tube compression process using a by using a driver, so that the forming behavior of these workpieces
multiturn coils wound from spring steel, an efficiency in the range can be improved. Weimar (1963) suggests the use of a copper layer
of only 2% is stated. Typical efficiencies for different applications as as a driver, which might be galvanized or cladded. Tillmann et al.
calculated in Kuchinski (1973) are listed in Table 2. (2008) introduce a thermal sprayed layer to enhance the electrical
Thus, it can be concluded that depending on the special forming conductivity of the formed workpiece, whereby in Tillman et al.
example and the applied tools, the achievable efficiency can differ (2005) other coating processes are used to create a conductive layer.
dramatically. With regard to the forming of steel like the typical deep draw-
ing steel DC06, apart from the lower electrical conductivity also the
permeability is a frequently discussed subject. However, according
3.4. Electrical conductivity of the workpiece
to Pfestorf and Wiznerowicz (1964) within the analysis of fer-
romagnetic materials, the material permeability can be set to 1,
As known from the literature, the electromagnetic forming pro-
because for the representative inductances in the range of 10 T to
cess is suitable for materials with a high electrical conductivity.
100 T saturation is achieved.
Therefore, aluminum as well as copper alloys are very applicable.
von Finckenstein (1967) found that the maximum amplitude of Table 3
the magnetic pressure is nearly proportional to the square root of Electrical conductivity of selected materials according to Ruge and Wohlfahrt (2007).
the electrical conductivity. Furthermore, the smaller the electrical
Material Electrical Material Electrical
conductivity of the workpiece, the more energy will be transferred conductivity conductivity
into joule losses. This effect can be detected by an increase of the
Silver 62.5 MS/m AlMg3 18 MS/m
workpiece temperature as shown in Al-Hassani et al. (1967). There- Copper 59.8 MS/m Brass 15.9 MS/m
fore, a high electrical conductivity is essential in order to achieve a Gold 43.2 MS/m DC06 7.94 MS/m
high transmission of power with only small losses. According to Al99,5 34 MS/m Stainless steel 2 MS/m
Wilson (1964) the electrical conductivity should not be smaller Magnesium 22 MS/m Titanium 1–2 MS/m
EN AW-5182 19 MS/m
than 6.6 MS/m, so that useful results can be produced. An excerpt
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Fig. 14. Distribution of the magnetic field for a high electrically conductive workpiece (left) and a low electrically conductive workpiece (right) (Risch, 2009).

4. Material behavior at high strain rates For the titanium alloy Ti–6Al–4V with increasing strain rate at
first an increase and then a decrease is reported in El-Magd and
During electromagnetic forming, high strain rates and elevated Abouridane (2004).
temperatures are achieved. Therefore, a physical, coupled under- This strain rate effect on the flow stress () can be incorporated
standing of these effects is required to characterize the material into the constitutive model for the material by including a strain
behavior for numerical simulations and analytical modeling. rate (ε̇) term and strain rate sensitivity (m) exponent into the power
Over the years it has been shown several times that the forming hardening law of the material:
behavior of some materials can significantly differ from the qua-
 = Cεn ε̇m (29)
sistatic forming behavior if high forming velocities are applied. Hu
and Daehn (1996) point out that the earliest report about strain where C is the strength coefficient and n is the strain hardening
rate sensitivity of materials is Clark and Wood (1950). These authors exponent. The C, m and n values are material parameters and there-
state that the ductility of specimens loaded in dynamic tensile tests fore affected by parameters such as alloying elements. For example,
is higher than in the case of quasistatic experiments. Bühler and Lindholm et al. (1971) compare strain rate sensitivity parameters of
Bauer (1968a) state that the flow stress in electromagnetic forming pure aluminum as well as several aluminum alloys with the results
is higher than the conventional quasistatic flow stress. The authors of different scientists. A summary is given in Fig. 15. The diagram
conclude that for copper as well as for steel (St35) an increase of shows that the strain rate dependency decreases with the degree
the strength occurs for strain rates of 100 s−1 or more. Quantitative of alloying. Note that these tests were conducted at strain rates on
values for the flow stress are determined, but the temperature influ- the order of 1 s−1 , which are significantly less than those observed
ence could not be separated from the strain rate influence, here. in electromagnetic forming.
Dietz and Hammann (1975) also mention a change of the material In addition to strain rates, temperature affects the forming
flow behavior. According to these authors, in the dynamic form- behavior of metals with increases in temperature decreasing the
ing process the flow stress is usually increased and the ductility is flow stress and increasing the elongation or strain at failure through
decreased, but they admit that due to the challenges considering activation of additional slip systems in the material for dislocation
the measurement technique at that time no reliable quantitative motion. This is of interest due to the adiabatic nature of the high
data existed. Meanwhile, this topic has been investigated by dif-
ferent authors leading to the conclusion that depending on the
material an increase or a decrease of the ductility can be observed.
An increase was reported, e.g.

• for interstitial free iron in Balanethiram and Daehn (1992),

• for copper in Balanethiram and Daehn (1994),
• for high strength steels in Meyer et al. (1981),
• for aluminum alloys 6061-T4 and 5754 in Golovashchenko
(2007),
• for stainless steels in Wood (1967),
• for Tantalum in Gianotta et al. (1985),
• for titanium alloys in Takeda and Kobayshi (1990),
• for the aluminum alloy EN AW 7075 in El-Magd and Abouridane
(2004), and
• for some magnesium alloys including cast alloys as AZ80 in El-
Magd and Abouridane (2004) and wrought alloys as AZ 31 and Fig. 15. Strain rate sensitivity of different aluminum alloys according to Lindholm
ZEK 100 in Psyk et al. (2006a). et al. (1971).
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speed forming process as the forming heat cannot be transferred dependent term. Results provided accurate results for OFHC copper
in a short time scale. Consequently, the material will be heated under both quasi-static and dynamic loading.
and soften resulting in a decrease of the flow stress. Furthermore, In addition to Eqs. (30)–(33), other relationships have been
at high strain rates (in contrast to low strain rates in superplastic developed by researchers to model the material behavior during
forming), the deformation will be localized at weak locations in the electromagnetic forming conditions (Song et al., 2001; Rusinek
material. Shear bands will be generated, leading to the specimen et al., 2005; Domblesky et al., 2005). Experimental validation of
finally failing as discussed in Abouridouane (2005). The transfer such constitutive models is difficult to achieve due to the high strain
from the isothermal to the adiabatic behavior of the process with rate and temperature conditions required. However, adequate rep-
high strain rates was described already in the 1940s Zener and resentation of the material response has been achieved.
Hollomon (1944). Vohnout and Daehn (2002) have clarified the Finally, note that failure in sheet metal forming is often pre-
thermal influence caused by the occurring Joule losses (i.e., resis- dicted in industry based on the strain-based forming limit diagram
tive heating) in the workpiece (estimated to be 320 C). Thereby an (i.e. a plot of in-plane major and minor failure strain values for var-
increased fracture strain was determined for the specimens, which ious deformation paths). In Golovashchenko (2007), the EMF and
are heated by the induced eddy currents in the workpiece. quasi-static forming limit curves (FLCs) were nearly identical when
Constitutive material laws have been developed based on exper- forming into an open die. However, when forming into a conical or
imentally determined results, which can be used as input data in V-shaped die, the FLC shifted upward significantly (approximately
finite element simulations (see Emde et al., 2006; El-Magd et al., 15% to 30% with respect to the major strain value). This effect is
2003) and analytical models. One model used to relate , ε, ε̇, and attributed to the hydrostatic stress and bending/unbending due
temperatures is the Johnson–Cook (J–C) model: to the impact with the die and the varied deformation in EMF

 T − T m  (Imbert et al., 2005). Thomas and Triantafyllidis (2007) used a
 = (A + Bεn )(1 + C ln ε̇) 1−
0
(30) Marciniak–Kuczynski model to theoretically predict failure using
Tm − T0 this strain based approach in EMF, which included material prop-
erty variations based on the electrical current induced in the
where A, B, and C are material constants; T is the temperature; T0 is a
process. The upward shifting of the FLCs with respect to n, m,
reference temperature (e.g. room temperature), and Tm is the melt-
temperature, and current density were provided. Analytical results
ing temperature of the material. A shortcoming of the J–C model is
from this model were compared to experimental measurements in
the inability to represent variations of flow stress with strain rate.
Thomas et al. (2007).
Lesuer et al. (2001) evaluated the strain rates due to discrete obsta-
cle controlled plasticity and drag controlled plasticity, which are
both related to theoretical dislocation motion through the lattice 5. Equipment for the electromagnetic sheet metal forming
structure during deformation. More accurate predictions of flow process
stress based on the strain rate induced (experimentally from 10−4
to 104 s−1 ) were obtained. As known from conventional forming processes, also in the case
An additional concern with empirical models such as the J–C to of electromagnetic forming the applied equipment significantly
characterize the deformation behavior is that the material param- influences the forming process and the achievable forming result.
eters are only constant for a relatively small range of ε, ε̇, and T Essential components of this equipment are the forming machine
values. Thus, a theoretical approach where a specific range of pro- (pulsed power generator) and the tool coil including a fieldshaper
cess parameters is considered would be advantageous. El-Magd if applicable, as well as potential form defining tools, an assem-
and Abouridouane (2006) created a constitutive relationship for bly fixture and component transportation devices (Bertholdi and
“damping controlled deformation at high strain rates” which would Daube, 1966). However, von Finckenstein (1967) emphasizes that
be applicable for electromagnetic forming operations: in contrast to most conventional forming operations in the case of
  G   ∗  −1 electromagnetic forming not only the geometric and mechanical
0 properties but also the electrical parameters are crucial and need
ε̇ = ε̇ ∗ exp − ˇ0 T + ln + (31)
kT 0 ∗  − h to be adapted to the planned forming task.

where * indicates the thermally activated strain and stress com-

ponents, G is the activation free enthalpy, and k, , and ˇ0 are 5.1. Pulsed power generators for electromagnetic forming
material parameters. With additional terms, their model was effec-
tive at modeling deformation over a large range including transition Since in electromagnetic forming high electrical energies are
between three specified regions with respect to , ε̇, and T. required in a very short time, energy storage is necessary. Kapitza
Additional material modeling efforts by Zerilli and Armstrong (1924) declared that considering a condenser battery, though it is
(1987) included microstructural terms in the constitutive relation- the most obvious solution for storing energy in order to build up a
ship. For a fcc material with a two-phase structure: magnetic field, it is extremely difficult to store sufficient energy to
induce a very strong magnetic field. Therefore, he decided to use
 = g + c2 ε0.5 exp(−c3 T + c4 T ln ε̇) + kd−0.5 (32)
chemical storage. However, Furth and Waniek (1956) show that a
and for a bcc material: capacitative storage is the most economic solution considering the
energy level typically required in electromagnetic forming. There-
 = g + c1 exp(−c3 T + c4 T ln ε̇) + c5 εn + kd−0.5 (33) fore, already in machines from the 1960s and in modern pulsed
power generators as well a capacitor bank is the typically used for
where k is the microstructural stress intensity, d is the average grain
this purpose. Bertholdi and Daube (1966) mention that the first
size diameter, and  g (which is dependent on the initial disloca-
commercially available forming machine, the Magneform Model 1
tion density and solute elements) and c1–5 are material constants.
was presented by the General Dynamics Corporation, San Diego,
Majta et al. (2003) demonstrated the usefulness of this material
CA, USA in 1961. The typical machine physically consists of:
model for the dynamic loading of niobium–microalloyed steel. Fur-
thermore, Husson et al. (2003) incorporated microstructural effects
into a continuum damage model. The flow stress was determined • the capacitor bank,
by summing an athermal term and a temperature and strain rate • high current switches,
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• the charging unit including a high voltage source, a charging parallel, the efficiency of the connection can be improved by a factor
switch, and a short-circuiting device, of 6 compared to using a 3-m-long conventional one-cable connec-
• the energy transfer system carrying the energy from the capacitor tion of the applied Magnepress system with the coil. Considering
to the tool coil (the busbar), and the choice of the cables the forces between the inner and the outer
• control devices. conductor resulting from the high currents have to be considered.
The maximum allowable current in a serial application, for which
According to Belyy et al. (1977) the capacitor bank must have a plastic deformation can be avoided, depends on the strength and
low self-inductance and has to stand a high number of pulse dis- the diameter of the outer conductor as well as on the strength of
charges. Furthermore, it should be minimum weight, dimensions, the cable coating as shown in Römheld et al. (2008).
and depreciation deductions for one process operation. Character-
istic parameters of the capacitor bank are the capacitance C as well 5.2. Tool coils
as the maximum allowable charging voltage Umax . These two val-
ues determine the maximum allowable capacitor charging energy The coil is the actual tool of the electromagnetic process and
Ec,max . Aspects to be considered when choosing these characteris- analogous to conventional forming processes it needs to be adapted
tics are also described in Belyy et al. (1977). Bauer (1980) states to each specific forming task. The major task of the tool coil is
that the allowable voltage of the machine should be as high as pos- conducting the current and consequently establishing a suitable
sible for economic reasons. At the same time a high voltage allows temporary course and local distribution of the magnetic field and
minimizing the machine dimensions as stated by Löschmann et al. pressure. According to Belyy et al. (1977) it must also provide:
(2006). However, due to limitations considering the insulation, a
voltage in the range of 20–25 kV is a maximum value. For forming • A high conversion coefficient of the capacitor bank energy to the
small components according to Al-Hassani et al. (1967) machines work of the workpiece deformation.
with a maximum charging energy in the range of 6–20 kJ are com- • High mechanical resistance.
mon. The biggest machine reported in literature had a maximum • Optimal frequency of the discharging current.
charging energy of 240 kJ and was used for forming and emboss- • Resistance to electrical over-voltages.
ing of large parts for the Saturn-V-moon-rocket (Schwinghammer, • A reliable connection to the machine.
1966). • A simple design performance.
The charging of the capacitor bank can be realized via a suitable
high-voltage-constant-current-power supply or via an invariant Therefore, the design of the geometry is as important as the
voltage source supply. However, the constant current supply is consideration of the mechanical characteristics, i.e. especially the
more efficient while the constant voltage supply is simpler and strength, and the electrical properties, i.e. inductance and resis-
therefore cheaper (Belyy et al., 1977). The discharge via the tool tance, for the dimensioning of a tool coil.
coil is triggered by the discharging unit and the high-current- In the case of tube compression and expansion typically cylin-
switch, respectively. One of the first publications dealing with high drical coils are used, so that the geometry can be parameterized by
current switches is Kapitza (1924). Daube et al. (1966) indicates the length and diameter of the winding and by the pitch of the coil
that in pulsed power machines for electromagnetic forming the (i.e. the number of turns per unit of length), which is related to the
switches must be able to discharge extremely high currents (in cross-section of the single turn. Furth et al. (1957) specify 4 differ-
the range of 104 A) in a very short time (less that 10−7 s) syn- ent types of cylindrical coils: single-layer single-turn coils, single
chronously. Possible technological solutions that can be applied are layer multi-turn coils (helix), multi-layer multi-turn coils (bobbin)
spark-gap switches (Weimar, 1963), ignitrons (Davies and Austin, and multi-layer single-turn coils (spiral). These are illustrated in
1970), thyratrons (Harvey and Brower, 1962) or vacuum and dif- Fig. 16.
ferent air three-electrode dischargers and various two-electrode While the helix coil is usually used for tube compression or
mechanical switches. The design of some exemplary solutions is expansion processes, the spiral coil type, which is often called
depicted in Belyy et al. (1977). Löschmann et al. (2006) indicate pancake-coil, is typically applied for forming rotationally symmet-
that spark-gap-switches require intensive maintenance while igni- ric sheet metal components. However, as shown, e.g. in Daehn
trons in fact are maintenance free, but hold a safety risk due to the et al. (2000) the scope of possible winding geometries for tool
quicksilver-cathode. Therefore, especially over the last years the coils for the electromagnetic sheet metal forming is much wider.
development of reliable semi-conductor switches able to switch the It includes different coils for forming oblong geometries as a tri-
process-specific high power has been sought (see Welleman and dental coil geometry (Vohnout, 1998), ellipsoidal (Conraux et al.,
Fleischmann, 2006). Löschmann et al. (2006) apply such switches 2006), superellipsoidal geometries (Psyk et al., 2004a), meander-
are, e.g. in a 100 kJ machine. shaped (Furth and Waniek, 1962), square (Uhlmann et al., 1999) and
In order to provide a powerful machine, a low inner inductance rectangular (Golovashchenko et al., 2006a) geometries and many
Li is required (Lange, 1993). The (natural) inductance of a short cir- more.
cuited pulsed power generator represents a lower limit considering Although in connection with electromagnetic sheet metal form-
the inductance of the complete resonant circuit, because adding a ing, often the term flat coil is used, the process is not limited to
load (i.e. a tool coil, fieldshaper, and a workpiece) will cause a rise of the forming of flat sheets but it can also be used in order to pro-
the inductance and the resistance of the resonant circuit in any case. cess three-dimensionally preformed components which have been
Thus, in order to achieve a maximum possible flexibility consider- produced, e.g. by deep drawing as described in Vohnout (1998). In
ing the adaptation of the current course via a corresponding design these cases the surface shape of the coil needs to be adjusted to
of the tool coil, the inductance and resistance of the machine should the workpiece geometry in order to guarantee a small gap width
be as low as possible. According to von Finckenstein (1967) this can between the tool coil and workpiece. An example of such a three-
be achieved via paralleling of capacitors, switches and supply lines. dimensionally curved tool coil is shown in Vohnout (1998). A more
Moreover, the length of the wires should be chosen as short as pos- detailed description of a coil setup for a similar forming task is given
sible and wires of especially low specific resistance and inductance in Psyk et al. (2007).
(coaxial cables) are favorable. In Golovashchenko (2007) a numer- Considering the strength and – related to this – the durability of
ical example is given. Golovashchenko states that by using three a tool coil it needs to be considered that according to the third New-
coaxial cables with a length of 1.5 m each and connecting them in ton axiom “actio = reactio”, the forces required in order to achieve
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Fig. 16. Basic toroidal coil types (Furth et al., 1957): a) the bobbin; b) the helix; c) the spiral; d) the single-turn coil.

the desired deformation of the workpiece act also as so-called reac- ence value concerning a wound compression coil made of stainless
tion forces on the tool coil in the opposite direction. The tool coil has steel, whereby no mechanical or electrical fracture was detected.
to absorb these reaction forces as well as forces between the sepa- (No information about the loading conditions was given here.) In
rate turns of the winding without any deformation (Bauer (1973). order to realize a coil lifetime in this magnitude, high strength and
Seen from the mathematical point of view it is possible to design stiffness of the coil is required. Therefore, often massive coils with
so-called force-free coils, but as shown in Dicke (1968) a practi- one single or only very few turns have been applied. For example,
cal realization of these concepts is not possible. Pioneer work in Schmidt (1976) designed a coil with a width of the turn of 100 mm
the field of the coil development was done by Furth and Waniek for the electromagnetic compression of a tube of 100 mm diame-
(1956), who defined several approaches to estimate the reaction ter. Fischer (1983) suggests that the gap width between the single
forces. turns should not be smaller than 2 mm, and Golovashchenko (2001)
Especially in the case of expansion coils and flat coils depending suggests that the width of the turns should be at least 5 mm to
on the distance between the tool coil and workpiece, different load guarantee the required stiffness.
cases can occur as shown in Fig. 17 for a typical pancake coil and in On the other hand, the number of turns of the winding is crucial,
Tekkaya et al. (2007) for an expansion coil. because it significantly influences the resistance and the inductance
In contrast to tube compression processes, for these two process of the coil and the coil workpiece unit, respectively. The product of
variants the desired forces can only be established if an electrically the number of turns and the current flowing through the turns is
conductive workpiece is positioned close to the coil winding so a decisive parameter with regard to the achievable deformation,
that the magnetic field and accordingly the force is concentrated Bauer (1973). For coils with only a few turns, this parameter is
in the gap between the workpiece and tool coil. This is the desired certainly relatively low. Alternatively, Henselek et al. (2004) state
load case and the tool coil has to be designed in such manner that that in the case of single turn coils and coils with very few turns
this force can be endured. Without a workpiece in direct proximity the process efficiency is usually very low due to the extremely low
to the tool coil the magnetic field is concentrated in the volume inductance. Although according to Henselek et al. (2004) the effi-
compassed by the turns and the major forces acting on the coil are ciency of a multiturn coil is typically higher compared to single turn
vectored radially in the outward direction. These forces are higher coils, von Finckenstein (1967) determines an efficiency of only 2%
the lower the volume compassed by the turns (i.e. the smaller the for his multiturn coil. He claims the Joule losses in the coil and
inner diameter of the coil is). Therefore, Belyy et al. (1977) states the fieldshaper to be the major part of the energy losses. How-
that for the electromagnetic expansion of tubes with a diameter ever, it needs to be considered here, that von Finckenstein (1967)
that is smaller than 40 mm coils do not have sufficient mechanical uses a coil made of spring steel, which is of rather low conduc-
strength so that the coil lifetime is only short. This load case is unde- tivity. Thus, a significant improvement of the process efficiency
sired. In order to enable a preferably small gap width between the is achievable when using coils and fieldshapers of a material of
tool coil and workpiece especially in the case of expansion coils, the higher electrical conductivity as copper. To combine the strength
armoring against such forces is marginal so that this load direction and stiffness of a steel coil with the efficiency of a copper coil, von
will lead to a reduced coil lifetime. By doing experiments without Finckenstein (1967) suggests using spring steel cladded with cop-
the workpiece, the tool coil is exposed to extreme loading condi- per. Daube and Borowski (1969) state that copper beryllium alloy
tions and defines an extreme case during the practical use. Since is an excellent material to realize the tool coil, because it offers
the distance between the tool coil and workpiece changes during a good compromise of strength and conductivity. This alternative
the process the load case can vary depending on the course of the is also tested in Schmidt (1976). Other materials that are recom-
workpiece deformation. Thus, the load cases need to be well-known mended in Belyy et al. (1977) are zirconium and cadmium coppers,
and considered during the coil design. tungsten, and molybdenum. In order to guarantee an electrical
Besides the mechanical loading, there are the electrical as well insulation between the single turns of the winding, the coils are
as thermal loadings acting on the tool coil. Here, thermal loadings encapsulated with plastic materials. Here, Belyy et al. (1977) sug-
occur at high cycle times and by high discharge currents. High tem- gest using lavsan, ftoroplast and polymid films, mica, glasstextolite,
perature increases can cause thermal fracture on components of the epoxies and composites, as, e.g. glass fiber reinforced epoxy. Infor-
tool coil (e.g. winding, connectors, etc.) (Furth and Waniek, 1956; mation about the characteristics of these materials as well as of
Furth et al., 1957). the suggested materials for the solenoid are included in Belyy et al.
In general there are two different approaches for designing a tool (1977). Schmidt (1976) tested different plastic materials including
coil with regard to the acting loads. Most of the relevant literature glass fiber reinforced ones, but he rates all tested materials to be
dealing with coil development aims at designing durable coils, but insufficient for a use in an industrial series production. Therefore,
according to Baines et al. (1965) especially for the manufacturing he suggests again the application of self supporting coils made of
of prototypes also disposable tool coils (which are often referred to high strength material and realizing the electrical conductivity by
as single-shot coils) represent an interesting alternative. As it can a corresponding coating on the surface of the coil that faces the
be concluded from the feasibility study performed by Woodward workpiece.
et al. (2011), this topic is still relevant today. The general principle of separating the functions and fulfilling
Lange (1993) states that for a durable coil, a tool life of 106 pulses them by different components in the coil is still applied in today’s
is desirable, but there exist only very few papers in the literature, coil construction in a slightly different form. In Beerwald (2003) it
which contain some information about the durability. In Daube and is suggested to use a highly conductive copper wire which can be
Borowski (1969) about 10,000 discharges are reported as a refer- thin and of low strength, because any deformation of this wire is
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Fig. 17. Loading types acting on the tool coil according to Risch et al. (2008b).

prevented by a resin soaked fiber-matrix which acts as a kind of observed failure modes. He suggests improving coil lifetime using a
armoring of the tool coil. Alternatively, Kevlar fibers can be used high strength bandage made of steel and additionally implement-
as reinforcement, offering the essential advantages of an extreme ing additional reinforcing elements Golovashchenko et al. (2006a).
high tensile strength (ca. 2900 MPa) and vibration-isolating prop- Again cooling channels for a liquid or gaseous fluid can be pro-
erties. However, one disadvantage of the Kevlar fibers is the low vided. A lifetime study considering an accordingly designed coil,
thermal conductivity. In Beerwald (2003) it is further stated that presented in Golovashchenko et al. (2006b), has shown that even
such armoring is not necessary at that surface of the coil where the after 50,000 discharges no damage occurs.
highest field strength occurs. (This is typically the surface facing In addition to the advantages mentioned above, coil windings
the workpiece or the fieldshaper, respectively.) This design con- produced by means of cutting feature an enlarged design freedom.
cept allows reducing the coil dimensions significantly while the These technologies represent, e.g. an easy method for producing
efficiency is increased. For a series production it is possible to imple- winding geometries with locally varying width of the turns. Accord-
ment a cooling system. In the case of small pressures this can be, ing to Beerwald and Henselek (2003) this design strategy can be
e.g. by means of air or water streamed capillary tubes while in the applied in order to locally adjust the magnetic pressure, which is
case of higher charging energies, heat transferring copper parts can proportional to the square of the magnetic field strength that in turn
be used as described in Beerwald (2003). is proportional to the pitch of the coil. Locally increasing the width
Apart from spooling an isolated wire, alternative manufac- of the turns reduces the pressure and vice versa. This principle is
turing strategies especially for flat coil windings are cutting introduced in Wolf (1974) for compression coils and transferred to
processes including milling (Bauer, 1967), laser- and jet cutting flat coils in Beerwald and Henselek (2003). It is used for focusing
(Uhlmann et al., 1999), and eroding (Dicke, 1968). According to the pressure to form an aluminum sheet into V-shaped die geome-
Golovashchenko et al. (2006a), windings which are produced by tries in Psyk et al. (2004a) and to realize a specially contoured tube
jet cutting feature higher stiffness and lower residual stresses in by electromagnetic compression in Psyk et al. (2006c).
comparison to spooled ones. In Golovashchenko (2007) a detailed Altogether, current investigations and publications dealing with
discussion of failure modes of flat coils is presented and conclu- coil design mainly focus on flat coils. Bauer (1973) already stated
sions for an improved coil design are drawn. Here, three different that the development of compression coils could be finished.
failure modes, shown in Fig. 18, are differentiated. The most impor- Nevertheless there is still ongoing work, whereby especially the
tant point with regard to failure is that a deformation of the coil is development of separable compression coils, required, e.g. for join-
initiated in the central turn. According to Golovashchenko (2007) ing of closed frame structures is addressed. With regard to this
it occurs due to an expansion of the clearance between the first and specific problem Auerswald (1968) suggests assembling the turns
second turns. Depending on the armoring, which is realized via an of the coil winding from several parts which intertwine via a dove-
insulation block and a steel bandage, the deformation of the inner tail joint. In Deeg (1967) it is suggested to use the magnetic field
turns can lead to: outside a cylindrical coil for compressing the workpiece which is
positioned outside the tool coil (compare Fig. 19).
• an expansion of the bandage and fracture of the insulation block In order to bring the magnetic field to the workpiece, a so-called
in case of a relatively weak bandage (compare Fig. 18a) or to; transducer is used. In principle this is a special fieldshaper, which
• a telescoping effect. In this case the coil looses its flatness and encloses the tool coil and the workpiece each with a part of its
the central turn deforms outside the original coil plane (compare surface. In order to close the current path the segments of the
Fig. 18b). Further use of such deformed coils lead to short circuit transducer are connected electrically with each other. In order to
and mechanical failure. avoid welding effects, current densities have to be controlled in
the connecting area. Therefore, the shape and the contact elements
As another important aspect with regard to coil failure, it is men- in this zone are crucial. In order to avoid or reduce the forces in
tioned that the insulation thickness must not be smaller than the the contact zone Beerwald and Henselek (2005) suggest that U-
clearance between the turns, because otherwise the forces between or V-shaped contact sheets can be applied in such a manner that
the parallel turns cause a deformation of the coil as shown in the magnetic pressure bends the elements up and thus increases
Fig. 18c. the contact pressure. A practical implementation of this concept is
Moreover, it is advised to use micarta as insulation material, presented in Henselek et al. (2004).
because experience has shown that it performs much better than An alternative approach for a realization of a separable tool coil
insulation blocks made from delrin. is suggested in Golovashchenkon et al. (2005). A practical imple-
Concludingly, Golovashchenko points out that the strength of mentation of the coil is presented in Golovashchenko (2006) and
the coil is not defined by the strength of the material of the spiral, shown in Fig. 20. The coil consists of two independent multi turn
but it is mainly dictated by the reinforcement of the coil against the windings connected in series—each mounted in its own shell. Both
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Fig. 18. Failure of a flat coil according to Golovashchenko (2007): a) failure by fracture of the insulation block; b) failure by a telescoping effect; c) failure by turn deformation
due to insufficient insulation thickness.

Fig. 19. Principle sketch of an openable tool coil according to Deeg (1967).

Fig. 20. Openable tool coil according to Golovashchenko (2006).

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windings feature a concave work zone with the shape of a tubu- With regard to the geometry of the fieldshaper it should be con-
lar component. They are positioned in such a manner that the two sidered that the overall length of the fieldshaper should be adjusted
work zones enclose the workpiece and thus form a closed loop. The to the coil length. If the fieldshaper is shorter than the tool coil an
major advantage of this coil variant is that electrical contacting of inhomogeneous loading of the coil occurs which will finally lead to
the winding segments is not required. a reduced coil lifetime. If the fieldshaper is longer than the tool coil
Similarly, Uhlmann et al. (2007) suggested using at least two the energy transfer is of lower efficiency. Dietz et al. (1967b) noticed
independent coil segments, which are arranged at the circum- that the concentration area should not be too short, because other-
ference of the workpiece. However, in this approach the single wise the magnetic field will penetrate it and the required magnetic
segments are similar to coils with spiral winding geometry and pressure cannot be built up. The length should not fall below a value
a three-dimensionally shaped surface, which are used in elec- of three times the skin depth.
tromagnetic forming of three-dimensionally curved sheet metal Beerwald (2005) investigates the influence of the fieldshaper
components. Here, again no electrical contact between the coil seg- geometry on the force distribution by means of a two-dimensional
ments is required, but compared to a conventional compression coil FE-analysis. It is shown that compared to a direct acting tool coil,
the pressure distribution along the circumference features signifi- applying a fieldshaper with cylindrical geometry in the concentra-
cant inhomogeneities. However, according to Uhlmann et al. (2007) tion area leads to a more homogeneous distribution of the magnetic
this concept was realized and successfully applied for joining closed field and consequently of the pressure, in which the single turns
frame structures. of the coil cannot be identified any longer. The reason for this is
the homogeneous distance between workpiece and fieldshaper.
5.3. Fieldshaper However, this is not valid for those areas where the fieldshaper
features axial slots. As a result of this geometric inhomogeneity a
The principle requirements to be made on a fieldshaper are sim- local reduction of the magnetic field and the forces occurs, which
ilar to those which need to be considered when designing a tool coil. is more significant, the wider the slot is.
Here, again the major task is the application of a suitable magnetic Moreover, Beerwald (2005) points out that the geometry in the
pressure. At the same time a long lifetime is desired. So, on the concentrating area characterized by the depth and the length of the
one hand, an efficient energy transfer to the workpiece is required step significantly influences the acting forces. In addition a defined
and, on the other hand, the fieldshaper has to be able to bear high field and force distribution can be adjusted by a contouring of the
mechanical loads. As shown in Neubauer et al. (1988) a compromise fieldshaper, which results in a target-oriented modification of the
has to be made considering these two criteria. In Fig. 21 an overview gap between workpiece and fieldshaper. Here, already very small
about different fieldshaper designs and their specific advantages modifications in the range of some tenths of a millimeter affect the
and disadvantages is given. force distribution considerably. According to Beerwald (2005) such
In many sketches the fieldshaper-surface facing the tool coil is a contouring can be exploited in order to manufacture different
frequently even, but as shown, e.g. in Tikhonovich et al. (1974) workpiece contours and in order to influence the trajectory of the
it can also feature recesses in which the windings of the coil are forming process.
directly integrated. This design variant is applicable for sheet metal
forming (compare Fig. 6) as well as for tube compression pro- 5.4. Form defining tools
cesses. An approach to calculate inductors with such fieldshapers
depending on a given maximum strain, a given speed of impact In electromagnetic sheet metal forming it is frequently nec-
with the die, a given magnetic field intensity in the operating gap, essary to apply a form defining tool – a so-called die – in order
or a given work of deformation of the workpiece is suggested to establish the desired workpiece geometry. During the defor-
in Belyy et al. (1977). According to Tikhonovich et al. (1974) the mation the workpiece ideally aligns to this tool and copies its
major disadvantage of such a fieldshaper is that axial forces act shape. The same concept can also be applied when forming tubular
on the windings in the recesses, which are not balanced in the semi-finished parts. In the case of electromagnetic expansion the
area of the radial slot. Consequently the winding fails in this area die surrounds the workpiece while in the case of electromagnetic
early. In order to counteract this effect Tikhonovich et al. (1974) compression the form-defining tool – typically called mandrel – is
suggest implementing current conducting inserts, which are insu- positioned inside the specimen.
lated from the fieldshaper, in order to bridge the radial slot as Due to the high forming velocity, Romanovskiy (1971) claims
shown in Fig. 22. Minimum dimensions that should be kept in that it is necessary to provide holes in the die in order to provide
mind when designing such a fieldshaper are given in Belyy et al. that the air exits the cavity. He also gives special advice about the
(1977). Apart from aspects related to the mechanical strength positioning, the size and the shape of these holes.
also the heating of inductor in a series production and accord- According to Daube et al. (1966) and Neubauer et al. (1989), in
ing requirements considering the cooling of the tool are regarded high speed forming processes form defining tools can be made of
here. different materials as, e.g. reinforced concrete, wood, hard plaster
In contrast to direct acting tool coils in the case of a fieldshaper, or steel. Weimar (1963) mentions that dies and mandrels respec-
additional forces in the circumferential direction occur, because in tively made of plastic, Bakelite or wood can be used in the case
the axial gap a high magnetic field is induced and consequently a of electromagnetic forming. According to Romanovskiy (1971) the
high magnetic pressure results. Especially in the case of asymmet- productivity, the type of operation, the geometry, and the shape of
ric fieldshapers, i.e. such fieldshapers with a concentration area the workpiece as well as its material properties and the depth of
not located in the center plane, high mechanical loads result so penetration of the magnetic field in the workpiece are important
that the fieldshaper should be made of a high strength material aspects that need to be considered when choosing the die mate-
and the dimensioning should not be chosen too small (Wolf and rial. Considering the last point the electrical conductivity of the
Meinel, 1972). With regard to the efficiency of the energy transfer, die material can be decisive with regard to the achievable forming
a material of high electrical conductivity should be chosen, so that result. Especially if the electrical conductivity of the workpiece is
here again, a compromise between the requirements considering low and the penetration depth of the magnetic field is accordingly
the strength and considering the conductivity has to be found. Fre- high, the workpiece deformation can be damped due to a counter
quently used materials are copper and copper-alloys, aluminum pressure created by the magnetic field between the die and the
and aluminum alloys, brass and bronze. workpiece. Additionally, the surface quality can be deteriorated due
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Fig. 21. Various fieldshaper designs with corresponding advantages and disadvantages according to Neubauer et al. (1988).

to arcing. Therefore, Romanovskiy (1971) recommends using form According to Schneider and Horst (1966) disk-shaped mate-
defining tools made of insulating epoxy based materials with rein- rial made of wood has become more important in the field of
forcing fillings for workpieces made of copper or aluminum of low manufacturing, despite the fact that the strength limits can be
thickness (<2 mm) and for large curvature radii. For forming of solid exceeded during the impact. Recently, Kolleck et al. (2008) suc-
materials and for forming small curvature radii different steels are cessfully replaced a steel punch with a deep drawing punch made of
suggested. Wood and textolite are suggested in case of small lot wood with no detrimental effects to the quality of the final product.
size (<10). The applicability of different die materials (wood, elastopal,
However, as already mentioned in Section 3.3 at the moment and steel) for electromagnetic sheet metal forming processes is
of contact, energy is transferred from the workpiece to the form- investigated in Risch et al. (2008b). To quantify the energy absorp-
defining tool. The properties of the tool and especially the spring tion potential of the different materials under impulsive loading,
stiffness and the damping coefficient significantly influence the a model experiment is established. Based on these investiga-
energy dissipation and consequently the achievable forming result tions, electromagnetic forming experiments are carried out and the
as shown in a parametric study in Risch et al. (2004). Noland et al. results are evaluated, e.g. considering the surface quality of the
(1967) also refers to the energy absorption when establishing con- workpiece, achievable form filling, accuracy, rebound, economic
clusions regarding the geometrical as well as material design of factors, handling, and durability of the die. Risch et al. (2008b) point
the die within the high speed electrohydraulic forming process. He out that a steel die is extremely good with regard to the achievable
claims that the die has to be less massive, if the kinetic energy of accuracy and the handling while the wooden die led to workpieces
the workpiece is already transferred into forming energy when the with an excellent surface quality, but the handling was complicate,
workpiece contacts the die the first time. In this case the die is used here.
only for the final shape, while the forming process mainly is just a In contrast to electromagnetic sheet metal forming in the case of
free forming operation. tube compression, the major concern considering the design on the
vom Ende (1991) reports that the sheet metal manufacturing form defining tool is the removal of this mandrel after the forming
processes with elastic tools achieved a production stage in Germany process. A mandrel is typically applied if the achievable roundness
and the USA in the middle of the twentieth century. In Guérin in a free forming operation is not sufficient, e.g. due to the proper-
(1940) the deep and stretch forming of sheet parts with a rubber ties of the semi-finished parts, on the one hand, and the required
pillow was patented. This so-called Guérin-method was developed deformation, on the other hand. In such cases an increase of the
against the background of finding new and economic operations charging energy and the magnetic pressure, respectively, leads to
to produce flat deep drawing and bending parts especially in the an improved forming result as exemplarily shown in Psyk (2010).
aerospace industry. In Sachs (1951) practical experience was pub-
lished. In the beginning rubber materials were applied as a pressure
medium, but later on in the 1960s Polyurethane was used. This
material class replaced and extended the procedures with rub-
ber materials due to their advantages like higher hardness, higher
wear resistance as well as lower sensitivity to oils and chemicals.
In practice flexible tools are used for example in the manufactur-
ing of sinks, heat exchangers, cladding parts, window profiles, lamp
screens and reflectors (vom Ende, 1991). Thiruvarudchelvan (2002)
indicates that for the forming of aluminum, flexible tools made of
Polyurethane and rubber can be applied instead of conventional
tools made of steel. In Woodward et al. (2011) a rubber pad is suc-
cessfully used for the calibration of aviation components by means
Fig. 22. Fieldshaper with recesses to carry the coil winding and conductive inserts
of electromagnetic forming. bridging the radial slot according to Tikhonovich et al. (1974).
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A reasonable upper limit for the magnetic pressure is given by the ationshave not found broad application. Belyy et al. (1977) give
forces required to remove the mandrel from the workpiece after wrinkling effects and the difficulties of removing the compressed
the compression process. As frequently stated in the literature, the tube from the mandrel after the process as reasons for this develop-
joining of a tube and mandrel by means of electromagnetic com- ment. However, some suggested applications are described in the
pression is one of the most important applications. In the case of following.
shape forming onto a mandrel the same mechanisms as in the case The free electromagnetic forming can only be applied if the
of joining are acting and depending on the properties of the work- requirements on the accuracy are relatively low. One possible appli-
piece and tool as well as on the process parameters, a connection of cation considering tube compression is the production of preforms
tube and mandrel can results which cannot be separated without which are further processed by subsequent forming operations (see
damaging either of the joint partners. Belyy et al. (1977) claims that Section 6.4) which is investigated in Psyk (2010). In this simple pro-
this effect can be even more severe due to a heating effect which cess variant, the achievable forming result significantly depends on
can occur during the process. The shrinking during the cooling of the properties of the semi-finished part, which is applied. Wrin-
the workpiece promotes the formation of a joint. Therefore, it is kling is caused by compressive stresses and instability. In Psyk and
suggested to make the mandrels sectioned or provide a small cone Tekkaya (2009) it is shown that wrinkling effects are also directly
to insure easy removal of the parts from the mandrel. Psyk (2010) related to inhomogeneities considering the microstructure, e.g.
mentions additional measures which help to reduce the required due to longitudinal extrusion seams. Moreover, inhomogeneities
forces for the removal of the mandrel and to avoid spoiling the considering the workpiece geometry, i.e. the roundness and wall
workpiece or the tool. With regard to the process design: thickness distribution along the circumference of the tube cause
wrinkling as shown in Psyk et al. (2005).
• the magnetic pressure can be reduced and/or; Another application for which the tolerances achievable in a
• lubrication can be applied. free forming operation are sufficient is contouring very large tubes.
Weimar (1963) states that such accordion-shaped tubes formed by
Considering the tool design: means of electromagnetic expansion can compensate longitudinal
strains, so that curvatures can be avoided.
• the choice of the material (steel, elastomer, granular materials, Electromagnetic tube forming with a form defining tool has a
high potential for calibrating tube ends to a diameter with narrow
etc.),
• an adjustment of the geometry, tolerances. In Beerwald et al. (2001) the influence of the charg-
• the application of segmented tooling, or ing energy on the achievable roundness of a compressed tube was
• elastically pre-strained mandrels can contribute to a reduction of investigated for different mandrel diameters. Due to the support
by the mandrel the deformation of the tube is limited so that an
the removal forces.
increased magnetic pressure will not lead to an increased deforma-
tion but the workpiece will align to the form defining tool. Beerwald
Psyk (2010) concludes that the most efficient of these strategies
et al. (2001) proved that an increase of the charging energy results
with regard to the reduction of the removal forces is the application
in an improved roundness of the inner tube radius and furthermore
of elastically pre-strained mandrels.
that the required charging energy increases with decreasing man-
Another interesting aspect regarding the application of man-
drel diameter and accordingly increasing workpiece deformation.
drels in an electromagnetic tube compression processes is the
Investigations in Psyk (2010) showed that if a mandrel is used in
forming of undercuts. Referring to this, Weimar (1963) mentions
comparison to a free forming operation (i.e. without a mandrel) a
that divided dies and mandrels respectively made of plastic, Bake-
slight increase of the charging energy leads to a significant improve-
lite or wood can be used.
ment of the roundness, while a further raise of the charging energy
In addition to the axis-symmetric reduction of the tube diam-
will lead to a less distinctive reduction of the roundness tolerance
eter, the application of a mandrel with a corresponding geometry
thus indicating a saturation of the effect.
also allows a local change of the cross-section geometry. As shown
By Uhlmann and Forstmann (1998) it is possible to change
in Psyk et al. (2005), e.g. flattened, waisted and square cross-section
the cross-section geometry by means of electromagnetic forming.
geometries can be realized, providing that the circumscribed circle
In Psyk (2010) it was shown that also workpieces with non-
of the mandrel geometry is not larger than the inner diameter of
rotationally symmetric or shifted cross-section geometry in the
the tube and that the two orthogonal measurements of the cross-
compressed area can be realized. A parameter study focusing on
section are not too different in length (see Fig. 23).
flattened cross-section geometries shows that depending on the
measurements of the cross-section geometry and on the capaci-
6. Applications and application-oriented research work tor charging energy more or less distinctive defects regarding the
shape of the workpiece occur. Thereby, different effects are iden-
By Neubauer et al. (1988) the EMF technology can be applied in tified. Analogous to the forming of rotationally symmetric parts,
various different manufacturing processes. Especially in the field of here increasing the charging energy causes significant improve-
sheet metal processing, applications frequently consider electro- ment of the geometry at first, while a further increase leads to a
magnetic forming in the classical meaning, but it is also possible to less distinctive improvement.
perform joining or cutting operations or even a combination of the Hashimoto et al. (1999) investigate the deformation behavior of
mentioned applications. A detailed review focusing on the poten- aluminum tubes, which are electromagnetically compressed onto
tial of primary shaping by means of powder compaction is given in form defining tools featuring v-shaped axial grooves of different
Mamalis et al. (2004), so that this area will be disregarded in the angles. The top of the v is located in the center of the tube cross-
following. section. However, the motivation behind these investigations is
analyzing the reaction of tubular structural parts or a pipelined if
6.1. Forming exposed to impact load as may occur during collision or seismic
shock pulse. Consequently, no real parameter study with regard to
Applications and application-oriented work considering elec- an optimized forming result is performed. Nevertheless, it is shown
tromagnetic forming operations focus on both sheet and tubular that with an increasing width of the axial groove, bending of the
metals. However, in case of tube compression mere forming oper- workpiece propagates from the shoulder of the v-shaped groove
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Fig. 23. Exemplary cross-section geometries that can be formed by electromagnetic compression according to Psyk et al. (2005).

towards the center. Consequently, the workpiece aligns to the man- tion of the magnetic pressure and thus on the geometry of the tool
drel in the shoulder area, while the center is hardly deformed. coil. Kleiner et al. (2005) shows that especially in the case of form-
In Murakoshi et al. (1998) inside bead forming of aluminum ing tasks with a relatively low drawing depth (e.g. in the range of
tubes by electromagnetic compression is regarded via experimen- 10 mm) and a low stiffness the forming result reacts sensitively to
tal as well as numerical investigations. Thereby, it is shown that variations in the pressure and velocity distribution. Based on this
increasing the charging voltage and thus increasing the charging result, a detailed analysis, considering the local stiffness distribu-
energy as well as increasing the shoulder radius of the bead leads tion as well as the geometrical stiffness course over the process
to an increased bead height due to an increased bending moment time is presented in Risch et al. (2007). It is shown that high form-
and consequently to an increased thickness strain of the part up to ing velocity (and accordingly high kinetic energy) is required in
a limiting value. Exceeding this value causes a sudden change of the order to form geometry-elements of high stiffness while in areas of
thickness strain which leads to an increase of the thickness at the lower stiffness this energy cannot be dissipated and consequently,
top of the bead, while the thickness at the shoulder decreases and rebound effects occur. This result is in good agreement with find-
finally necking occurs, here. Furthermore, an increasing discharg- ings presented in Imbert et al. (2010). Here, the authors present
ing voltage as well as an increase of the shoulder radius results in an the results of an experimental and numerical study focusing on
increasing strain up to a certain limit, too. Above this value, satura- the effect of the force distribution and the rebound on workpieces
tion is reached and the longitudinal strain is not affected any longer. of conical and v-channel geometry. They state that in comparison
However, the longitudinal strain considered in this paper refers to conical parts the v-channel-shaped workpieces are significantly
to the total length of the tube and does not focus on the beading more affected by force distribution as well as by rebound. Typi-
zone. cally this oblong structure features a lower geometric stiffness in
Regarding electromagnetic sheet metal forming, Göbl (1969) comparison to a rotationally symmetric one, providing that the
performed parameter studies in view of the accomplishable flange cross-section is the same in both cases.
angle at the forming of blanks. Within these studies the center of Apart from effects that are directly related to the velocity distri-
the workpiece was held down and the pressure acted only on the bution as rebound and insufficient form filling also material failure
boundary area. So, conical workpieces were produced consider- has to be considered when analyzing the potential of electromag-
ing different materials and thicknesses. The tests were performed netic net shaping. This aspect is focused on in Imbert et al. (2004)
applying a defined charging energy interval whereas the flange considering the example of forming different aluminum alloys
angle and the outer diameter were varied. The author presented an (AA5754 and AA6111) into dies with conical cavities. Both alloys
interpretation method to characterize the “geometrical efficiency”. could successfully be formed with strains above the conventional
He obtained values between 0.95 and 1 as a result for his analysis of forming limit diagram. Different failure modes have been identified
the optimal geometrical efficiency in consideration of the technical for the regarded materials: The AA5754 parts failed by necking and
and aesthetic demands. fracture with significant thinning at the fracture tip. This is inter-
Fischer (1983) determined the influence of the mean deforma- preted as a combination of plastic collapse and ductile fracture.
tion velocity for a given forming geometry, material and thickness Contrary, in the case of the AA6111 parts a crosshatch pattern of
in order to achieve a complete and wrinkle-free forming of the shear bands in the lower half of the part, and tears in the area close
workpiece angle. He determined that the mean deformation veloc- to the tip were observed and interpreted as an indicator of shear
ity increases with increasing forming angle. fracture. In Imbert et al. (2006) this investigation is widened by
In recent years, investigations regarding the net shaping elec- including free formed parts. In contrast to the net shaping electro-
tromagnetic forming process are carried out focusing on different magnetic forming, a comparison to the conventional forming limit
influence parameters like die geometry, stiffness, forming behavior, diagram showed no significantly increased formability for these
etc. Kleiner et al. (2005) focuses on the influence of the workpiece parts. Based on results of an FE-analysis the authors explain the
velocity on the form filling of the desired geometry. The velocity increased formability during the forming into conical dies by a com-
distribution in the workpiece strongly depends on the distribu- plex stress state that occurs during the interaction of sheet and die.
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Here, high hydrostatic stresses create a stress state favorable to principle in order to manufacture mobile phone cases from the
damage suppression and increasing ductility. material Al 2219-0 (see Fig. 24b). Here, in a first step the part is
Imbert et al. (2004) mentions that the vacuum hole in the die electromagnetically preformed and then the geometric details are
affects the quality of the formed parts significantly. Investigations electromagnetically calibrated in two more discharges, in which a
on electromagnetic forming into a conical die show buckling in the copper driver was applied. Finally the edges were flanged, using a
area of the vacuum hole. Referring to an exemplary rectangular ring-shaped coil. The parts, manufactured in such a manner feature
part with a flat bottom, Neugebauer et al. (2006) compare form- a good mould filling and accuracy of the geometry details without
ing results achievable for different qualities of the vacuum. They any sign of material failure, a result which could not be realized in
show that in the case of insufficient vacuum air cushions are created a single forming operation. Similarly to this procedure, Löschmann
which result in imperfections in the workpiece after EMF. (2007) also utilizes a multiple step strategy for the manufacturing
The main focus of current investigations regarding electromag- of a door handle.
netic sheet metal forming was put on aluminum and aluminum Lebedev et al. (1970) investigated the application of electro-
alloys, respectively. But considering the increasing importance of magnetic sheet metal forming for beading axially symmetric parts
implementing lightweight construction concepts also the forming made of different aluminum alloys and different shapes. Bead-
of magnesium alloys becomes more and more important. In Belyy ing or circular plates along the outer edge is considered as well
et al. (1977) it is stated that electromagnetic forming of magnesium as beading of rings along their inner edge. It is shown that com-
and magnesium alloys is only possible at elevated temperatures. pared to conventional beading operations using a rubber-tool the
Uhlmann and Jurgasch (2004) show the possibility to do a warm application of electromagnetic forming leads to less springback and
electromagnetic forming of magnesium. Thereby, the heating of allows increased beading heights. Furthermore, the manufacturing
the magnesium sheet was integrated in the experimental setup by means of electromagnetic forming requires less forming steps,
of the electromagnetic sheet forming operation. However, in Psyk so that tooling costs and production times can be reduced.
et al. (2006a) electromagnetic compression of tubes is performed Schäfer and Pasquale (2009) have formed by electromagnetic
at room temperature. In Ulacia et al. (2009) the cold forming of compression the crashbox shown in Fig. 24c from an aluminum
magnesium sheets with electromagnetic forming operation is pre- tube. During the process also the holes were cut whereby the man-
sented. It is shown that even at room temperature AZ 31 (a standard drel served as the cutting die.
magnesium wrought alloy) exhibits significant strain rate sensitiv- In Bradley et al. (2005) forming of fuel cell bipolar plates by
ity. In uniaxial tensile tests as well as in the case of biaxial strain the applying the “Uniform Pressure Actuator” is patented. Kamal et
application of high strain rates as achieved during electromagnetic al. (2006) present a prototype formed from 0.13 mm thick stain-
forming leads to an improved formability. less steel. The component specific modest forming over large areas
Furthermore, investigations on materials with less electrical makes the “Uniform Pressure Actuator” especially suitable, here.
conductivity are more and more important. Here, Seth et al. (2005) However, the direct electromagnetic forming of this material is not
investigate the deformation behavior of five steels. Despite large possible due to its low electrical conductivity. Considering com-
differences in the quasi-static ductilities of the steels, their duc- mercialization aspects Shang et al. (2010) decided to use the special
tilities were similar when formed using EMF. In addition, first process variant introduced in Livshitz et al. (2004) (see section 1)
investigations regarding the forming of AZ31B-0 magnesium and which they refer to as “compliant layer electromagnetic forming”.
CP grade 1 titanium were presented in Revuelta et al. (2007) for Using a prototype machine manufacturing of sub-sized fuel cell
quasi-static deep drawing and EMF experiments. Although the tools bipolar plates with a production rate of 5 parts per second could
and dies were the same for the tests, the location of severe defor- be realized proving the commercial viability of the technology. Coil
mation was different which lead to improved formability for the life as well as die wear have been regarded and Shang et al. (2010)
EMF process. During the experiments for both of these studies, an claim that the results prove that this bipolar plate manufacturing
aluminum driver sheet was used. process can be regarded as commercially viable.
Some examples produced by electromagnetic forming are sum- Another application in which a similar forming variant is applied
marized in Fig. 24 and presented in the following: is presented in Beerwald et al. (2010). Here, the force is transferred
An industrial example of shaping is the light reflector shown to the workpiece via a fluid working medium (water) instead of an
in Fig. 24a. According to Zittel (1975) the rotationally symmetric elastomeric layer. However, a rubber membrane is used in order to
preform was produced by spinning and subsequently the complex seal the water basin from the electromagnetic equipment. The tech-
pattern of the diamond-shaped flats was produced by electromag- nology, which is referred to as the impulse hydroforming method,
netic calibration (i.e. a final EMF process to produce the final part is applied in order to form a blister for pharmaceutical packaging
geometry based on the corresponding die). By this way a better from a multilayer foil consisting of some plastic layers and a 45 ␮m
shape was accomplished but especially considerably better reflect- aluminum layer in between. Although the electrical conductivity
ing attributes compared to conventional manufacturing processes of aluminum is typically high enough for a direct electromagnetic
were achieved. forming process the achievable forming result was not sufficient,
In recent years, Kamal and Daehn (2007) did feasibility studies which is explained by the extremely low thickness of the aluminum
focusing on the potential of the electromagnetic forming process layer. Contrary, using the impulse hydroforming method the blis-
with regard to embossing using the developed “Uniform Pressure ter could be formed successfully, providing that the forming limits
Actuator”, which generates a homogeneous pressure allocation in of the aluminum foil were not exceeded and that the die cavities
the forming zone (Kamal, 2005). They show that the pressure occur- are completely dry. A parameter study performed using tin plated
ring during impact is sufficiently high for embossing a flat sheet on steel as it is used for food packaging shows that the forming result
a die with a holographic image. For forming operations Kamal and depends on the temporary course of the pressure pulse. Neither too
Daehn (2007) suggest using multiple-discharge-forming. Accord- fast nor too slow pressure pulses will lead to an efficient energy
ing to Kamal and Daehn (2007) due to the wide distance between transfer and an accordingly optimized forming result.
the tool coil and workpiece and the according poor inductive
coupling, multiple discharges will not significantly increase the 6.2. Joining
forming depth, but they can help to improve the workpiece geom-
etry and reduce the demands considering the evacuation of the Joining by electromagnetic forming can be applied for con-
die during high speed forming. In Kamal et al. (2007) they use this necting tubes as well as sheet metal. A tubular workpiece can be
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Fig. 24. Applications of electromagnetic forming.

electromagnetically compressed onto an internal joining partner that the filling coefficient of the pressed part is close to one. This
(e.g. a mandrel) or electromagnetically expanded into an exter- statement correlates well with an example shown in Shribman and
nal joining partner (e.g. a collar). The resulting connections can be Tomer (2006). Sanderson (1967) also mentions the automotive and
subdivided according to the dominating joining mechanism into electrical industry as fields of application and additionally reports
that aluminum sheaths have been swaged onto rods for nuclear
• Interference-fit joints (crimping), which are based on an elastic- reactors. However most of these publications only list applications
plastic bracing of the joining partners (see Section 6.2.2). without giving further information. In contrast Wolf (1974), Wolf
• Form-fit joints, which are based on shaping an undercut in order and Meinel (1989), and Zittel (1975) describe special application
to transfer the load (see Section 6.2.3), and examples from automotive, electrical and appliance industry as
• impulse welded joints, which are based on a clamping of the well as from the nuclear and defense industries. Zittel (1975) also
joining partners on a microstructural level (see Section 6.2.4). provides comprehensive graphical material.
• Moreover, in a special process variant, the thermally assisted
joining by electromagnetic forming has been used for special 6.2.1. Joint strength
material-combinations (see Section 6.2.5). When testing joints manufactured by electromagnetic forming
not only the maximum achievable force, but also the failure mode
For profile-shaped workpieces in general all three mechanisms and force-elongation curves can be of interest. Regarding failure
and any possible combination of them can be used and the most modes, according to Weddeling et al. (2011)
suitable mechanism has to be chosen considering the special join-
ing task e.g. regarding the materials to be connected. In the case of • Failure in the form of a detachment between the joining partners
connections including at least one sheet metal partner (i.e. sheet- and
sheet-connections and profile-sheet-connections), only form-fit • failure in the form of cracking of a joining partner can be distin-
joints, impulse welded joints or a combination of these two mech- guished.
anisms is possible. Depending on the joining mechanism different
material combinations are possible. While impulse welded joints With regard the force-elongation curves Weddeling et al. (2011)
are possible for different combinations of metallic joining partners report that failure due to cracking of a joining partner occurs more
the other joining mechnisms even allow combinations of metallic suddenly. With respect to DIN 7182 Bühler and von Finckenstein
and non-metallic components. However, Belyy et al. (1977) states (1968b) identified two especially significant values. These are
that for joining by electromagnetic compression the inner joining
partner should be made of a lower conductive material in order • The force for which the first relative movement between the join-
to avoid a counter pressure in-between the two joining partners, ing partner occurs and
which will decrease the process efficiency. The other way round • the maximum force.
in case of joining by electromagnetic expansion the inner joining
partner should be of higher electrical conductivity for the same Bühler and von Finckenstein (1968b) state that with regard
reason. to practical applications the force for which the first relative
Different industrial applications were reported, especially in the movement between the joining partners occurs is more relevant.
1960s and 1970s. Among the first reported applications was swag- However, due to fretting effects during loading the difference
ing of copper tubes to the ends of coaxial cables (Birdsall et al., between the two forces can be significant. As pointed out by Kleiner
1961). In Hurlimann (1965) among others the joining of high pres- et al. (2006) this seizing effect can be significant with regard to
sure hoses by electromagnetically compressing an aluminum jacket safety, because failure initialization can be identified early and
and the hose to a jagged fitting is reported. Testing of these joints measurements can be taken, before ultimate failure occurs.
proved tightness up to the failure pressure of the tube (approx.
24 MPa). In Belyy et al. (1977) it is stated that for sealed connec- 6.2.2. Interference-fit joints
tion of tubes and metal tips, which can stand a test pressure up to For the manufacturing of interference-fit joints by electro-
107 N/mm2 , can be realized by electromagnetic forming. Further- magnetic compression or expansion, the workpieces are coaxially
more, joining of an aluminum tube with cooling fins to a fuel cell positioned. Marré et al. (2004) underlines that the gap between
is mentioned. In Rowland (1967) applications in the automotive the two joining partners is decisive with regard to the achievable
industry as e.g. the sealing of rubber protective boots to ball joint strength of the joint and without this gap no significant strength
housing, assembly of air brake hose and in the electrical industry as can be realized. However, this is valid only for joining of two metal-
e.g. joining of metal fittings to ceramic insulators or joining of high lic components. As reported in Hwang et al. (1992) in the case of
voltage coaxial cables are listed. Belyy et al. (1977) refers among joining aluminum tubes to polyurethane cores by means of elec-
other things to the pressing of cable tips and mentions that two tromagnetic compression, a gap in the initial condition affects the
wires can be joint by a connecting tube. They state that the electri- achievable pull-out strength negatively. Eguia et al. (2004) state
cal contact resistance of such a joint is 1.5–2 times less than that that an accurate coaxial positioning of the components is required
of a joint produced by using a conventional hydraulic press and to guarantee process-safe production, which according to Homberg
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et al. (2004) is a decisive production-related demand that has to be by aluminum cores. They found that the roundness must not be
considered during joint design. disregarded for this joining task. With increasing charging energy
After positioning, a radial pressure is applied to the tubular the roundness of the joint is improved at first, because the alu-
workpiece – i.e. the inner joining partner in the case of electromag- minum core, which features narrow tolerances, acts as a kind of
netic expansion (see Fig. 25a) and the outer joining partner in the form defining tool. However, if a critical deformation is exceeded
case of electromagnetic compression (see Fig. 25b). Consequently, the roundness quality decreases and this causes a reduction of the
it impacts and aligns to the joining partner (phase 1). pull-out force.
As reported in Marré et al. (2004), the impact velocity signifi- Kleiner et al. (2006) investigate the influence of yield strength
cantly influences the strength of the joint. This impact velocity in and stiffness (i.e. Young’s modulus) for joining of aluminum tubes to
turn is determined by the pressure pulse (however in most publi- massive metallic mandrels by electromagnetic compression. They
cations the capacitor charging energy is the parameter referred to), show that higher yield strength as well as higher stiffness of the
on the one hand, and by the gap between the joining partners in mandrel lead to higher strength of the joint. Therefore, the authors
the initial condition, on the other hand. As shown on the basis of suggest using mandrel materials of higher strength than the tube
recordings of the velocity measured in free forming experiments, material.
the workpiece is accelerated up to a certain maximum velocity and Bühler and von Finckenstein (1968a) estimate the interference
afterwards it decelerates. In order to exploit the energy as much as stress of such a connection on the basis of a model experiment and
possible, the gap between the joining partners in the initial condi- a spring diagram. The influence of the mandrel stiffness on the joint
tions should be chosen considering the displacement for which the strength is investigated in detail using copper tubes and steel man-
maximum velocity is achieved. In order to achieve sufficiently high drels. To realize different stiffnesses, hollow mandrels are applied.
impact velocities for small gaps (and accordingly short acceleration The stiffness is characterized by the ratio Q of inner diameter Di
distances) significantly higher charging energies and/or pressure and outer diameter Da . This means that a ratio Q = 0 represents a
pulses are required. solid mandrel of high stiffness while a value of Q ≈ 1 represents an
After impact both components are deformed together up to a extremely thin-walled mandrel of very low stiffness. The authors
maximum radial deformation. Thereby the tube is deformed elas- identified three characteristic areas with regard to the resulting
tically in the beginning (see Fig. 25, phase 2) and plastically at the push-out force. In the case of high stiffness the deformation of the
end of the deformation process. The joining partner (i.e. the collar mandrel is only small and consequently the achievable interference
and the mandrel, respectively) preferably should be formed merely stress and joint strength is low. Increasing the Q above a certain
elastically (see Fig. 25, phase 3). After the magnetic force dimin- case-specific value leads to a significant increase in the maximum
ishes the elastic deformation of both joining partners recedes. A achievable push-out force. However, if Q exceeds a critical value
force fit connections results if the complete relaxation of the elastic the push-out force decreases drastically, because the deformation
deformation of the mandrel and the collar respectively is prohibited of the mandrel is now elastic plastic and no longer merely elastic.
by the plastically deformed tube. In this case interference and an In Kleiner et al. (2006) it is proved that this correlation is also valid
according pressure in the contact zone remains (see Fig. 25, phase for the interference fit joining of aluminum tubes on steel mandrels
4). by means of electromagnetic compression. In Barreiro et al. (2006)
The strength of this joint is determined by in addition to the pull-out strength of force-fit joints also the joint
quality with regard to cyclic loading (swelling load) is regarded.
• the remaining interference stress in the contact zone together With regard to the process design, apart from the impact veloc-
with ity and the strength and stiffness of the mandrel especially the
• the friction coefficient, and surface design in the contact area is decisive. The influence of shot
• the area of the contact zone. peening and of different machining parameters on the surface prop-
erties and the resulting joint strength is investigated in Hammers
The deformation and the conditions in the contact area are sig- et al. (2009). It is shown that an increase of the surface roughness
nificantly influenced by the material of the mandrel and the collar, as well as a surface hardening is suitable in order to increase the
respectively. According to Eguia et al. (2004) compared to metallic pull-out force of the joint. The consequential continuation of this
mandrels significantly higher interference strains are achieved, if approach is a micro-contouring of the surface. For example in Marré
an elastomeric mandrel (e.g. G10) is applied, providing the same et al. (2007) mandrels with cut-knurled surfaces are investigated.
process parameters. The authors conclude that the interference By Psyk et al. (2009), the resulting surface structure corresponds
strains increase with decreasing mandrel stiffness. However, for all to a roughness of Ra = 250 ␮m. As shown in Marré et al. (2007),
regarded mandrel materials the interference strain increases with compared to joints applying no special surface structuring the
increasing charging energy. A more detailed study considering join- transferable load of the joints applying cut-knurled mandrels is sig-
ing of aluminum tubes to massive polyurethane cores by means nificantly higher, although the strain in the tubular joining partner
of electromagnetic compression, which is especially of interest is lower (max. 1%). In Eguia et al. (2004) joining onto mandrels with
with regard to applications in the field of underwater sonar, ocean different surface structuring (knurls and screw threads) is regarded.
structures, or chemical plants, is presented in Hwang et al. (1992). They found that finer structures result in higher joint strength and
The authors found that the pull-out strength of such connections that also for these mandrels the transferable load can be increased,
is directly related to the deformation. Increasing charging energy if the impact velocity is increased. The authors attribute these cor-
leads to increasing deformation and increasing pull-out strength. relations to a better engagement of the joining partners’ surfaces
Applying the same charging energy to a longer joining area or a tube and suggest applying mandrels with fine pitches and features that
of higher thickness leads to decreasing deformation and decreasing result in full engagement. In Bühler and von Finckenstein (1969)
strength. Applying multiple discharges leads to increasing defor- joining to mandrels featuring profiles of narrow channels of differ-
mation and increasing pull-out strength. Hwang et al. (1992) point ent pitches is investigated. It is stated that increasing the depth of
out that considering joints including elastomeric components, the this profile results in incomplete filling while increasing the pitch
radial shrinkage of the elastomer during pulling has to be taken leads to better filling and consequently to higher joint strength.
into account when estimating the achievable pull-out force. In Considering the application of torque tubes in aircrafts, Eguia et al.
Hwang et al. (1993) the authors extended the investigations to join- (2004) do not exclusively focus on joint strength under axial load-
ing of copper tubes on polyurethane tubes which are supported ing, but they consider torsion strength of crimped tube-to-mandrel
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Fig. 25. Principle of interference-fit joining by electromagnetic compression and expansion according to Al-Ahmad (1980).

joints, too. It is reported that by applying fine-knurled mandrels the publication the influences on the force for which the first relative
torsion strength of the tube could be reached. movement between the joining partners occurs and on the max-
Bauer (1980) shows that the strength of the interference-fit joint imum force are discussed in detail. But with regard to practical
can be improved by applying an elastomeric layer that increases the applications in the following only influences on the force for which
friction coefficient or glue in-between. However, although Bauer the first relative movement between the joining partners occurs
(1980) states that interference-fit joints without such supplements will be regarded. Bühler and von Finckenstein (1968b) observe
are not suitable for transferring high loads it is shown in Marré et al. that for annealed tubes higher detachment forces are reached. Fur-
(2004) that the achievable push-out strength can reach the strength thermore, they report that higher push-out forces are related to
of the weaker joining partner (usually the tube) if appropriate pro- stronger deformation of the workpiece in the area of the groove.
cess parameters are chosen. This joining mechanism is especially This can be achieved by increasing the charging energy or choosing
interesting a frequency of the discharging current that leads to higher pro-
cess efficiency. A comparison shows that in the case of rectangular
• if sensitive materials as e.g. fiber-reinforced composites are con- and trapezoidal grooves for the same charging energy approxi-
sidered, because here any damaging of the fibers caused by mately the same workpiece deformation results if the length at
sharp-edged geometry elements has to be avoided (Marré et al., the outer radius of the mandrel is the same. However, applying the
2004), same charging energy, a configuration of two grooves is beneficial
• if no extensive deformation can be tolerated. According to Marré with regard to the transferable load. Considering the influence of
et al. (2007) this is e.g. the case when composite extrusions with the groove width Bühler and von Finckenstein (1968b) found that
continuous reinforcing elements are applied, because defects of there is an optimum groove width, which depends on wall thick-
such composites in the form of detached interfaces between the ness and hardness of the tube and on the available charging energy.
matrix and the reinforcing element or in the form of necking of In Bühler and von Finckenstein (1969) application-oriented guide-
the element were observed already at small strains, or lines for the dimensioning of suitable grooves are presented. The
• if multiple components as e.g. cords or wires shall be con- authors differentiate between coating materials of relatively low
nected and assembled, respectively. Such applications are strength (e.g. in the range of up to 100 N/mm2 ) and a rill profile
frequently mentioned in the literature. For example Pfestorf and or a thread with a pitch of 0.125–0.5 is recommended. For higher
Wiznerowicz (1964) report that assembling speaker and trans- strength materials grooves are recommended and experimentally
former components can be realized by an electromagnetically determined diagrams for estimating the strength of such joints
formed enclosure. More recently, in Shribman and Tomer (2006) depending on the deformation are provided.
assembed a 55 mm2 aluminum cable. In Bühler and von Finckenstein (1971) an analytical-empirical
model for estimating suitable tool and machine parameters for
6.2.3. Form-fit joints joining a special form-fit is suggested. For this purpose, the max-
If the surface structures discussed before are increased to a imum achievable forming pressure of a magneform-machine for
macro-structural level a transition between dominating inference- electromagnetic compression of tubes with different conductivities
fit and dominating form-fit is reached. Bühler and von Finckenstein and different measurements is calculated on the basis of equations
(1968b) define form-fit joining as joining to a partner which fea- setup by Dietz et al. (1967a,b, 1968). The minimum required pres-
tures one to five grooves while multiple small channels are still sure to initiate forming into a groove is determined. On this basis a
considered as force-fit joining. This form-fit joining mechanism piecewise linear approximation of the acting pressure is assumed
is based on the formation of an undercut due to the forming of in order to calculate the impetus and its application time is deter-
one joining partner into geometric features as e.g. grooves of the mined. A comprehensive empirical study is presented in order to
other joining partner. In early studies Bühler and von Finckenstein determine the resulting deformation and the according strength of
(1968b) investigate form-fit joining into circumferential grooves the joint.
of different dimensions. Thereby, the charging energy is adjusted While Bühler and von Finckenstein (1968b) analyze the form-fit
in order to guarantee that the tube is formed into the groove in joining with rectangular grooves circular grooves are regarded in
such manner that the bottom of the grove is just touched. In the Golovashchenko (2001). Similarly to Bühler and von Finckenstein
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(1968b) the charging energy is adjusted to the groove geome- resulting geometry after the hemming process, it is shown that the
try in order to make sure that the deformed tube just touches achievable quality in electromagnetic hemming is comparable with
the bottom of the groove. It is proved that the filling of wider the result of a conventional hemming process, providing that the
grooves requires less magnetic pressure but at the same time the flange length is not too high. A two-step electromagnetic flang-
strength of the joint decreases. With regard to the required charg- ing and hemming process is investigated in Jimbert et al. (2008).
ing energy and the according coil lifetime Golovashchenko (2001) For basic investigations considering the influence of the relative
recommends using a minimum groove width that corresponds to positioning of workpiece and tool coil and of the charging energy,
the quadruple wall thickness of the workpiece. Contrary, increas- circular specimens were regarded. Considering the flanging opera-
ing the groove depth requires higher magnetic pressure in order to tion it is found that an increased overlap of tool coil and workpiece
guarantee form filling, but results in higher strength of the joint. leads to less damaging of the workpiece, but it requires a higher
On the basis of these basic investigations, a strategy for determin- charging energy to reach the desired final diameter. Considering
ing the optimum combination of groove dimensions necessitating the hemming step it is stated that bending of the inner joining part-
the minimum magnetic pressure in order to provide a defined axial ner is the process limit, here. This effect occurs if the pressure is
strength of the joint and considering space limitations is presented. applied too close to the bend in the flange. A process window con-
Thereby, Golovashchenko (2001) suggests applying a groove shape sidering the maximum allowable overlap depending on the part
that corresponds to the workpiece shape after forming into a rect- diameter is quantified and applied for the process dimensioning of
angular groove, because in this case the contact area between the a complex part including areas of different radii as well as straight
joining partners is maximized. zones. It is shown that for this part the same hemmed union geom-
Another study considering the groove design in form-fit join- etry is achieved for all areas using one single coil and one single
ing by electromagnetic compression is presented in Park et al. discharge. A detailed study of electromagnetic hemming applying
(2005). In contrast to Bühler and von Finckenstein (1968b) and experimental as well as numerical methods is presented in Jimbert
Golovashchenko (2001), here one and the same charging energy et al. (2011).
is applied in order to form the tube into the different grooves. The
regarded mandrels are hollow ones featuring rectangular grooves. 6.2.4. Impulse welded joints
It is shown that also in this case an increase of the groove depth Applying electromagnetic forming for generating joints of tubes
leads to an increase of the joint strength, but if a critical depth is as well as of sheet metal parts basing on metallic bonding was
reached shearing occurs at the groove edges and consequently the patented in Lysenko et al. (1970). However, the interface mor-
strength of the joint decreases again. With regard to this shearing phology, the detailed bonding mechanism, and the forming of
effect also the groove radius is significant. Here, an optimum value intermetallic phases in the weld zone still are frequently discussed
considering the achievable joint strength was detected. Consider- issues in current publications.
ing the groove width, Park et al. (2005) found that applying the In order to generate an electromagnetic weld, the workpieces
same charging energy to wider grooves leads to a larger contact are positioned in a defined distance. Applying a magnetic pres-
area at the groove base and due to the residual hoop stresses in this sure pulse accelerates one (or both) joining partner(s) resulting
area an interference-fit was generated here, which increases the in the high velocity impact during which the joint is generated.
joint strength. This effect is more significant, the wider the grooves Already in Brown et al. (1978) it is described that the high-velocity
are. However, if a critical width is exceeded wrinkling occurs, which impact causes plastic deformation and that due to the high strain
reduces the contact area and consequently the strength of the joint. rates the material behaves like a high viscosity fluid although it
Park et al. (2005) have also shown in their research that additional remains solid. This theory is transferred from investigations con-
grooves in the joining zone will significantly increase the strength sidering explosive welding and cladding. During the process the
of a form-fit connection. so called jetting effect – a self-cleaning of the surfaces by ejecting
In recent work Weddeling et al. (2011) studied the influence of a small surface layer – occurs. In Miller (1998) the composition
different groove shapes (rectangular, circular, and triangular) and of jets are investigated experimentally. One important result is
of the charging energy on the pull-out force considering different that with decreasing wall thickness as well as with increasing
groove measurements. In this study the following four strengthen- impact angle the relative abundance of projectile in the jet rises,
ing mechanisms were identified: but no systematic dependency of the jet composition considering
the impact velocity could be proved. A descriptive illustration of the
• Higher deformation/higher stiffness in the tube due to the man- weld formation including the jetting effect and the typical result-
drel groove geometry, ing appearance of the weld is given in Shribman and Tomer (2006).
• smaller resulting angle of the tube wall at the edge of the groove, An excerpt of this is presented in Fig. 26. In Shribman and Tomer
• partial shearing of the tube at the groove edge (locking mecha- (2006) it is suggested that the joining is due to propelling the atoms
nism), and towards each other with such enormous force that they overcome
• interference stresses at the tube-mandrel-interface. their natural repulsion forces and result in a stable equilibrium
because they share and exchange electrons. A high quality metal-
Increasing the depth of the groove as well as decreasing the lic bonding can be achieved if the impact velocity and the impact
width of the groove leads to higher tube deformation and conse- angle are well adjusted to the special welding task (Shribman and
quently to higher stiffness, a smaller angle of the tube wall of the Tomer, 2006).
groove and a higher chance for partial shearing of the tube at the Regarding the joint mechanism itself, there are two proposed
groove edge. Increasing the charging energy decreases the result- explanations for impulse joint welding: solid state welding and
ing angle ˛ and creates an interference fit between the tube and the rapid melting/solidification. At the interface of the two compo-
mandrel. Considering the groove shape it is proved that the high- nents, a wavy pattern may develop as shown in Fig. 30. In Brown
est joint strength can be achieved for rectangular grooves, while et al. (1978) it is emphasized that electromagnetic welding is
triangular grooves were shown to reach the lowest strength. accomplished without reaching the melting temperature. How-
Considering form-fit joining of sheet metal workpieces, electro- ever, it is also reported that in the first third of the joint small melt
magnetic hemming of aluminum sheets is investigated in Jimbert pockets can be found but the chemical composition in these regions
et al. (2007). Aluminum, which is prone to cracking during hem- does not differ from that of the cladding tube and the end plug.
ming, was joined to a steel component, here. Evaluating the Accordingly, Shribman and Tomer (2006) state, that the forma-
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Fig. 26. Development of an electromagnetic welding process according to Shribman and Tomer (2006).

tion of intermetallics is avoided during electromagnetic welding, dencies are also valid for aluminum-steel welds. Kore et al. (2008)
because the joint formation is based on pressure and not on heat. also agrees with Okagawa and Aizawa (2004) considering the fact,
According to this theory the high rates and plastic deformation may that regarding the initial gap width between the welding partners
simply produce a solid state weld. This opinion is supported by find- an optimum value exists. However, in order to accelerate the stain-
ings presented in Hisashi et al. (2009). Here, a numerical study of the less steel plates, aluminum driver sheets are applied in Kore et al.
electromagnetic welding is presented. One important conclusion is (2008). Similarly, in Kore et al. (2009a) aluminum driver sheets are
that in the regarded case of electromagnetic welding of aluminum applied for electromagnetically welding thin copper sheets. Here,
to steel the increase of the temperature at the joint interface is not the electrical conductivity of the workpiece in principle is high
sufficient to melt either of the joining partners. Numerical investi- enough for direct forming, but the disadvantageous ratio of skin
gations performed by Uhlmann and Ziefle (2010) lead to the same depth and sheet thickness requires the application of additional
conclusion. Experimental investigations and according microstruc- drivers. For the same reason aluminum drivers are applied in Kore
tural analysis and XRD presented in Kore et al. (2009b) certify that et al. (2009b), where the feasibility of electromagnetic welding of
also in the case of welding aluminum to magnesium no eutectic magnesium to aluminum is proved (Fig. 27).
microstructure and no intermetallic phases were found. Therefore, Considering the morphology, it is stated in Brown et al. (1978)
it is concluded that the temperatures are not high enough to cause that the welded interface features a wavy or rippled pattern, which
melting, in the regarded case. is characteristic for impact bonding. Uhlmann et al. (2007) agree
However, for some cases, impulse welded joints contain a that the formation of a wavy interface is a prerequisite to guaran-
micro-structural combination of the two joining partners, which tee a high strength weld. In Aizawa et al. (2007) several aluminum
may indicate melting and solidification. Okagawa and Aizawa sheets (A1050, A2017, A3004, A5182, A5052, A6016 and A7075)
(2004) assumed that directly at the interface between the two as well as steel materials are regarded and it is stated that in all
welding partners a high temperature occurs but without heat- cases a wavy pattern without any significant heat-affected zone
ing up the workpieces largely. They claim that the welding effect occurs. In Watanabe et al. (2006) electromagnetic welding of alu-
can be attributed to both: the magnetic pressure and the joule minum to iron, aluminum to nickel and aluminum to copper is
heat. Recently, in Göbel et al. (2010) intensive metallographic investigated and also in this publication a wavy interface was
investigations were performed on aluminum tubes which were detected in all material combinations. Moreover, an intermediate
electromagnetically welded to copper cylinders. According to Göbel layer was detected in the weld seam. A parameter study shows
et al. (2010) the absence of any diffusion layers in these welds leads that with increasing charging energy and accordingly increas-
to the conclusion that local melting is mainly involved in the phase ing impact velocity amplitude and the wavelength of the wavy
formation and the bonding process. Depending on the charging interface increases up to a critical energy and after exceeding
energy only the component featuring the lower melting tempera- this energy both values decrease again. Numerical investigations
ture or – at higher charging energies – both materials can be partly presented in Elsen et al. (2010) also prove that wavelength and
melted. amplitude increase with increasing impact velocity but at least in
All publications agree in the statement that the resulting welds the investigated velocity range no reversal of this dependency can
are of high strength because if exposed to tensile tests, failure typ- be observed. However, since Watanabe et al. (2006) refers to charg-
ically occurs in the parent material and not in the welding zone. ing energies and not directly to velocities a quantitative comparison
However, according to Okagawa and Aizawa (2004) this is true only is not possible, here. Shribman (2006) also agrees that the morphol-
if the initial gap width between the welding partners is well cho- ogy of the welded interface significantly depends on the properties
sen. It must be high enough, so that the deformed component can of the metals and the process parameters. As shown exemplary in
be sufficiently accelerated and the required kinetic energy can be this publication, it can either show the frequently reported wavy
established before collision. On the other hand, it should not be too pattern or be waveless. This statement is reconfirmed in Göbel
high in order to avoid decreasing of the kinetic energy. Okagawa et al. (2010), who claims the specimen geometry to be the most
and Aizawa (2004) assume that the current flowing after the colli- significant aspect with regard to the morphology formation and
sion can influence the weld positively because this can still receive verifies that a wavy interface is not a categorical prerequisite for
energy in the form of joule heating from this current. Therefore, the the weld formation. Recently, Ben-Artzy et al. (2010) have proved
gap must be chosen carefully considering the discharge energy and that in tubular magnetic pulse welds interface waves are formed
the sheet thickness. Considering these correlations during inves- in a Kelvin–Helmholtz instability mechanism. They claim reflected
tigations on aluminum-aluminum welds Kore et al. (2007) found shock waves to be the source for interferences at the weld interface.
that increasing the charging energy increases the field and conse- In the publication it is calculated and experimentally verified that
quently the shearing strength of the joint, provided that the gap in the wavelength of the interface wave is proportional to the free
the initial condition is kept constant. Similarly, reducing the width path of shock wave propagation in the inner part of the welded
of the coil’s cross section leads to the same effect, provided that components.
the charging energy and the gap in the initial condition is kept Deep investigations of steel aluminum welds are presented in
constant. In Kore et al. (2008) it is proved that the same depen- Lee et al. (2007). Here, it is stated that the wavy interface in the
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Fig. 27. Wavy pattern at the interface for a) Cu-Brass and b) Al 6061-Al 6061 impulse welded joints (Shribman, 2009).

weld seam corresponds to the shape of the intermediate layer in- reports the same principal shape for direct welding of aluminum to
between the two welding partners. The interface between the steel aluminum sheets. This is confirmed in Lee et al. (2007). As possible
and the intermediate layer is identified to be wavy, while the inter- reasons in Kore et al. (2006) entrapped oxides, rebound due to nor-
face between the aluminum and the intermediate layer is relatively mally acting Lorentz forces, and the complex deformation state at
flat. TEM micrographs and electron diffraction pattern indicate that the interface are mentioned. However, when applying driver sheets
the intermediate layer consists of fine aluminum crystal grains and this effect cannot be identified any longer. As shown in Kore et al.
even finer equiaxed crystal grains assumed as Fe–Al intermetallic (2008) in these cases continuous weld without no-weld areas in
compound. Similarly, in Aizawa et al. (2005) for welds of aluminum the center occurs. This different behavior is explained on the basis
and steel, in Psyk et al. (2008) for welds of aluminum and a titanium of numerical investigations in Kore et al. (2010). The simulations
alloy (TiAl6V4), and in Kore et al. (2006) for welds of aluminum and prove that in the case of direct welding aluminum to aluminum
aluminum an inhomogeneous transition layer was found in parts normally acting Lorentz forces and a rebound effect are the reason
of the weld but without giving further identification of the compo- for the un-welded areas in the center of the weld. If driver sheets
sition. Kore et al. (2006) and Psyk et al. (2008) attribute this effect are applied, the acting force has a shear component in the middle
to the transition area between the weld with metal continuity and and therefore, continuous welds can be realized.
the un-welded zone as well as to lower charging energies. Göbel A more technologically oriented view of the electromagnetic
et al. (2010) did a comprehensive experimental study on electro- sheet welding process is presented in Zhang et al. (2010a). Focusing
magnetic welding of aluminum tubes to copper cores. Basing on on the prerequisite that the impact angle and the impact velocity
this, they state that in the formation of intermetallic phases could have to be well adapted in order to guarantee good welding quality,
not be avoided. However the significance of these phases can be three different configurations:
significantly influenced. It is pointed out that in the case of wavy
interfaces the intermetallic phases are concentrated in so-called • A direct lap joint,
“melt pockets” while in the case of waveless intersections inter- • a pre-flange lap joint, and
metallic phases form a film of varying thickness. This statement is • a lap joint with embedded wires
in good agreement with Zhang et al. (2011), where it is stated that in
electromagnetic welding extensive intermetallic phase formation are regarded and according tool coil geometries are suggested.
in the corner of wave vortex can be detected. Furthermore, it is During the experiments the impact velocity is measured by Photon
stated in Göbel et al. (2010) that for low pulse energies a relatively Doppler Velocimetry as introduced in Section 3.1.2. On the basis
thin intermetallic phase film is formed and that with increasing of these measurements a weldability map, indicating matching
pulse energy the thickness increases and cracks, voids, and pores values for impact angle and impact velocity which allow gener-
are revealed. This detailed study confirms findings presented in ating a metallic bonding between 0.254 mm thick copper sheets is
Psyk et al. (2008) which indicate that microfractures can occur, if deduced. The joint quality is characterized by lap shearing and peel
the energy in impact welding is chosen too high. In Faes et al. (2010) tests, proving that failure occurs in the parent material. Accord-
magnetic pulse welding of copper tubes to brass mandrels featur- ingly, microstructural investigations as well as nano-indentation
ing a step is investigated and it is shown that brittle intermetallic tests show that significant grain refinement and hardness increase
layers and melting can occur if the process parameters are not cho- can be found in the weld seam. A numerical modeling of the
sen optimally. Both effects can lead to cracking in the welding zone pre-flange lap joint on the basis of the electromagnetic module,
and thus deteriorate the weld quality. implemented in LS DYNA and introduced in Section 3.1.2 is pre-
Another important aspect frequently regarded in the literature sented in Zhang et al. (2009) and it is shown that the calculated
is the shape of the weld cross section and especially the continuity and the measured velocities are in good agreement.
of the weld. Considering welding of tubular components it is shown
in Faes et al. (2010) that three different zones can be identified 6.2.5. Thermally supported joining by electromagnetic forming
in the weld. Here, actual welding occurs in the middle where the An exotic material combination is investigated in Rafailoff and
typical wavy interface can be identified. The wavelength increases Schmidt (1975). Here, metallic tubes are connected to porcelain
towards the end of the welds and at the edges an un-welded run-in components by electromagnetic compression. This joining task is
and run-out zone can be detected. extremely difficult, because of the poor geometric accuracy, the
Considering the cross section of lap joints of sheet metal low impact strength, and the extremely low formability of the
Watanabe et al. (2006) demonstrate that in the center of the seam porcelain. Considering these special issues “conventional” joining
no welding could be achieved, while at the sides two bulging by electromagnetic compression holds a high risk of fracturing
sections occur and in these regions bonding of the two welding the porcelain. Therefore, a combined electromagnetic and thermal
partners takes place. The width of these bonding areas increases joining process was developed. In the process the metallic tube is
with increasing charging energy. Accordingly, Kore et al. (2006) heated and electromagnetically compressed at elevated tempera-
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ture to a porcelain part guaranteeing that fracture of the porcelain The direct electromagnetic cutting of sheets is briefly mentioned
is avoided. However, this deformation is not sufficient to generate in Uhlmann and Forstmann (1998) and in Uhlmann et al. (1999).
a joint of sufficient strength. The final strength of the connection is The feasibility is shown on the basis of a simple ring-shaped geom-
reached after cooling and according thermal shrinking of the tube. etry in Uhlmann and Forstmann (1998) and for a more complex
The process variant was successfully applied in order to connect geometry in Uhlmann et al. (1999). Uhlmann and Scholz (2003)
metallic tubes to cylindrical porcelain parts (interference-fit joints) investigate the direct electromagnetic cutting of sheets in more
and to such, featuring one or several grooves (form-fit joints). By detail and compare it to conventional quasistatic shearing. They
applying a special sealing element even tighter connections could claim the electromagnetic cutting to be advantageous, because
be realized.
Electromagnetic forming at elevated temperatures was sug- • common disadvantages of conventional cutting of aluminum like
gested for the first time in Alf (1963) in order to reduce the forces buildup welding or loose burrs (i.e. slivers) are avoided due to the
required for electromagnetic forming and thus the mechanical load contact free force application in electromagnetic cutting,
acting on the tool coil. Alf (1963) further suggests using an inductive • the tool coil offers high flexibility, and
heating of the workpiece ideally applying the same equipment for • production costs are reduced because of the savings in cutting
heating and forming as well. While Rafailoff and Schmidt (1975) do punch and according guidance.
not explicitly mention how the heating of the tubes was realized,
Uhlmann and Hahn (2003) applied the combined inductive heat- In the publication it is shown that in contrast to conventional
ing and electromagnetic compression in order to join magnesium shearing, where the force is applied by the punch in direct prox-
tubes. The reason for choosing electromagnetic forming at elevated imity of the cutting edge, in the case of electromagnetic cutting
temperatures is that the formability of magnesium is significantly the force is applied in a region of the pinch-off defined by the coil
extended at such temperatures and that joining at room temper- geometry and near the cutting edge, respectively. Therefore in the
ature is not possible at all. However, since the electro-technical, case of conventional shearing the cutting process is characterized
thermal, and mechanical requirements on a tool coil suitable for by shearing and subsequent shear fracture, while in the case of elec-
inductive heating differ from those on a tool coil for electromag- tromagnetic cutting it is characterized by bending and subsequent
netic forming, a special tool concept was developed. It includes two cracking. Accordingly the resulting geometries of the cutting edge
coils which are focused to the same workpiece area by a common differ significantly from each other as shown in Fig. 28. It is obvi-
fieldshaper. Here, again interference-fit joints as well as form-fit ous that in the case of electromagnetic cutting no shear zone and a
joints were realized. Tensile tests on the joints proved that in the significant rollover occurs.
case of form-fit joints higher load can be transferred. The detaching Considering the required force Uhlmann and Scholz (2003)
force increases with increasing temperature of the workpiece and found that although the process time in the case of conventional
with increasing groove width. shearing is approximately a factor of 1000 longer than in the case
Brower (1969) reports that thermally-supported joining by elec- of electromagnetic cutting, the required forces for electromagnetic
tromagnetic forming can also be beneficially applied if mere heat cutting are only slightly higher. In the regarded example the fac-
shrinking is not possible due to unfavorable length to diameter tor is less than 1.5. A parameter study considering the burr height
ratio and small dimensional change or when an exceptionally hard showed that it can be reduced by increasing the charging energy
material has to be formed into grooves in a soft or weak mate- and decreasing the cutting edge radius (Uhlmann and Scholz, 2003).
rial. Belyy et al. (1977) mentions that also in case electromagnetic In Golovashchenko (1996) the cutting of tubes by electromag-
compression at room temperature during to the process a heating netic compression is investigated. Here, two mandrels with sharp
of the workpiece can result. This heating together with the subse- edges and polished surfaces were placed inside the workpiecewith
quent cooling of the workpiece can lead to additional stresses with an axial distance of 14.4 mm in-between them. Tubes featuring
improve the quality of an assembly operation. a diameter of 45 mm and a wall thickness of 1.5 mm were suc-
cessfully cut by applying a pressure pulse with a frequency of
6.3. Cutting 41,300/s and an amplitude of 360 MPa. In addition to experimen-
tal investigations the shearing process is analyzed in finite element
The punching, or rather cutting, of a blank shaped semi-finished simulations. This study shows that with the increase on the radial
product is another application of electromagnetic sheet metal displacement of the tube two regions of fracture are developing.
forming although, according to Kautz (2008) only a few publica- On the one hand, fracturing caused by meridional bending and ten-
tions consider this task. The workpiece material is, in consequence sion originates on the external surface. On the other hand, a second
of high load energies, quickly accelerated and cut at die edges. fracture originates from the internal surface close to the edge of the
Breitling (1998) notices that a better quality of the trimmed edge mandrel. These fractures approximate each other and consequently
results if higher process velocities are applied. However, Breitling the sections of the tube are separated from each other.
regards high-speed blanking using a mechanical and an electro- Newer developments of electromagnetic cutting are presented
magnetic impact press but not the direct electromagnetic cutting in by Kautz (2008). In contrast to the previously mentioned work, here
the sense of replacing one cutting tool by a tool coil. The maximum the cutting of hollow profiles by means of electromagnetic expan-
velocity regarded in Breitling (1998) is 4 m/s. In addition to com- sion is regarded. In order to provide a standardized nomenclature
prehensive numerical investigations, it is shown experimentally and definitions, he extends the systematic production technologies
that velocities attainable with a mechanical high-speed press lead according to DIN and VDI by the process variants of electromag-
to high productivity but do not significantly influence the shear- netic cutting. In Kautz (2008) this nomenclature is available in
ing result. Contrary, the application of even higher cutting rates German, only, but in Maier-Komor et al. (2010) it is partly trans-
by using the electromagnetic impact press results in less plastic lated to English. In order to analyze the basic principles during
deformation (rollover), a shorter and smoother fracture zone, and the electromagnetic cutting a FE-model is established in Kautz
a reduced burr. Breitling (1998) points out that behavior can be (2008). Theoretical and numerical investigations show that the
attributed to the process temperature and therefore it is especially stress state in the cutting area during the process is dominated by
relevant in the case of steel workpieces. Due to the higher ther- shearing stresses. Depending on the tool, process, and workpiece
mal conductivity of copper and aluminum the advantages are less parameters axial tensile and compression stresses can be superim-
pronounced for these materials, but they are still measurable. posed. Considering the electromagnetic cutting of hollow profiles
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Fig. 28. Comparison of the cutting edge for conventionally sheared and electromagnetically cut parts (sheet thickness: 1 mm; sheet material: AlMgSi0.5) according to
Uhlmann and Scholz (2003).

by electromagnetic expansion, Kautz (2008) differentiates a pro- 6.4. Process combinations

cess variant with a cutting cylinder and a supporting cylinder from
a variant with a cutting cylinder but without a supporting cylinder Innovative approaches combine electromagnetic and conven-
(compare Fig. 29). On the basis of extensive numerical and exper- tional forming operations in order to exploit the process specific
imental investigations it is stated that with regard to the required advantages complementarily. The feasibility of the following pro-
pressure and the achievable part properties as well, the process cess combinations and integrations has already been proven
variant with a cutting cylinder and a supporting cylinder should be successfully:
favored. A method for a semi-empirical estimation of the required
pressure for this process variant is presented. Moreover, it is shown • Combined deep drawing and electromagnetic calibration in
that the required pressure increases if the supported length falls Vohnout (1998).
below a critical value. • Combined profile curving, electromagnetic compression and tube
In Maier-Komor et al. (2010) also the cutting of tubular compo- hydroforming in Psyk et al. (2004b).
nents is investigated. Here, three different approaches – the cutting • Combined extrusion and electromagnetic compression in Jäger
by electromagnetic expansion and the cutting by electromagnetic et al. (2009).
compression with and without a fieldshaper – are compared espe- • Combined bending and electromagnetic calibration in
cially considering the required discharging energy. It is found Golovashchenko et al. (2004).
that in the case of electromagnetic compression more energy is • Combined flexible roll forming and electromagnetic forming in
required, which is attributed to compressive radial stresses during Eguia et al. (2010).
the reduction of the tube diameter. Moreover, it is proved that the
process efficiency is reduced if a fieldshaper is applied. Consider- 6.4.1. Combined deep drawing and electromagnetic calibration
ing the shape of the cutting edge, the same principle geometry as The suitability of combining conventional deep drawing and
already shown in Uhlmann and Scholz (2003) is identified here, subsequent electromagnetic calibration in order to enhance
too. As expected, it is stated that disregarding the mirror sym- forming limits was investigated in different research projects. Con-
metry the cutting surface looks the same for compression and sidering examples from the automotive industry, more precisely
expansion. a “door inner” and a “hood” Vohnout (1998) shows that by using
An industrial application of an electromagnetically cut compo- this process combination higher strains and more complex geome-
nent – a crashbox shown in Fig. 24c – is presented in Schäfer and tries can be realized compared to the mere deep drawing process.
Pasquale (2009). Here, it is emphasized that electromagnetic com- Here, special geometrical details are calibrated by electromagnetic
pression is applied for forming and cutting in one and the same sheet metal forming after a deep drawing step. The principle setup
pulse. In Kräusel et al. (2010) it is mentioned that even the cut- is illustrated in Fig. 30.
ting of high strength steel (22MnB5; sheet thickness 0.9 mm) is Burden et al. (2000) have performed his studies on the exam-
possible. ple of a “door handle”. He found out that the best result regarding

Fig. 29. Cutting of hollow profiles by electromagnetic expansion a) with a cutting cylinder and a supporting cylinder; b) with a cutting cylinder but without a supporting
cylinder (Kautz (2008)).
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Fig. 30. Principle setup of the combined deep drawing and electromagnetic sheet metal forming (Vohnout et al., 1999).

the form filling can be achieved if the pressure distribution in the compression and hydroforming process is proved in Psyk et al.
forming zone is homogeneous. A relatively homogeneous pressure (2005) on the example of laboratory tests. Thereby, the free as well
distribution was realized by applying a so-called “double pancake as the form-defined electromagnetic compression are considered. It
flat tool coil”. Integration in a real tool was planned, but no infor- is shown with regard to the feasibility of the combined process, geo-
mation about the realization is given. metric aspects and the remaining formability must be balanced. The
An integration of the electromagnetic sheet metal forming into application of a mandrel is recommended if the preform geometry
a conventional deep drawing process is presented in Psyk et al. will be widely adjusted to the finished part in the compression area.
(2007) as well as Risch et al. (2008a). In these investigations a three In this case more strain hardening is acceptable during preform-
dimensional curved tool coil was integrated into the deep draw- ing. Contrary, less accuracy of the preform geometry is acceptable
ing tool. In Psyk et al. (2007) the tool coil was integrated in the if the remaining formability allows sufficient further deformation
deep drawing punch, while in Risch et al. (2008a) the tool coil e.g. in order to reverse wrinkling effects. The industrial applicabil-
was implemented in the deep drawing die. The forming task can ity was verified on the basis of an automotive component – more
be achieved regarding both examples in a good order. However, precisely a roofrail – in Psyk et al. (2006c). Here, the investigations
depending on the specific forming task it might be necessary to were extended by including a bending operation before electro-
make special demands on the deep drawing equipment in order magnetic compression. A comprehensive study of the complete
to achieve a good forming result. If the form-defining element in a process chain considering also an alternative curving operation –
special region changes from one process step to the next – e.g. if the curved profile extrusion, which was invented by Kleiner et al.
the workpiece aligns to the punch after deep drawing and to the (2001), feasibility proved for two-dimensionally curved parts in
die after electromagnetic forming depending on the drawing gap – Arendes (1999), improved accuracy and process reliability in Klaus
geometric deviations can occur. (2002), and transferred to three-dimensionally curved components
In Vohnout et al. (2004) another variant of this process com- in Becker (2009) – is given in Psyk (2010).
bination is suggested. Here, again actuator coils are embedded
in stamping tools, but in contrast to the previously mentioned
research work these coils are not necessarily operated in a single 6.4.3. Combined extrusion and electromagnetic compression
high pulse, but they can also be used to provide several lower pulses A further enhancement of the forming limits can be achieved,
during the deep drawing stroke. As shown in Vohnout et al. (2004) by a suitable heat treatment between the single forming steps, but
this procedure reduces the maximum strain levels by engaging such additional production steps will lead to an increased produc-
more of the part material in the forming process. Thus, lubrication tion time and energy consumption and, thus, to rising production
can be saved and fewer forming steps and/or tools are required. costs. As an alternative, the electromagnetic compression can be
Moreover, this strategy allows forming stronger and less formable directly coupled to an extrusion process.
material and at the same time springback can be reduced (see also This means that the extruded strand is guided through and com-
Section 6.4.4). pressed by the tool coil, and subsequently a controlled cooling of
the workpiece material is realized in order to adjust the microstruc-
ture. This reduces the process forces and thus the mechanical load
6.4.2. Combined profile curving, electromagnetic compression acting on the tool coils while increasing the workpiece formabil-
and tube hydroforming ity at the same time. This process combination is patented in Jäger
Another process combination offers the possibility to enhance et al. (2009). A setup used for first feasibility tests considering this
the forming limits of the conventional hydroforming process. The combination is developed in Tekkaya et al. (2009). Results of basic
electromagnetic tube compression process can be applied in order investigations considering the geometric accuracy, the process lim-
to realize an optimized contoured perform for subsequent hydro- its and defects are documented in Jäger et al. (2011). A possible
forming. application suggested in Tekkaya et al. (2009) is the gradation of the
Starting with a semi-finished part of a medium sized diameter energy absorption of tubular crash boxes as part of a car bumper
the cross-section is locally reduced by electromagnetic compres- system.
sion. This pre-contoured semi-finished part is then used in a In this process combination the electromagnetic compression
hydroforming process in order to enlarge the cross-section locally is carried out as a hot working operation, so that the resulting
and calibrate the preformed regions. Thus, the spectrum of cross- influences on the relevant material properties have to be consid-
section geometries achievable within one and the same part can be ered. For example the flowstress is significantly decreased so that a
increased. This principle is illustrated in Fig. 31. lower magnetic pressure is required to achieve a specific strain. At
This process is suggested in Psyk et al. (2004b) and considering the same time the maximum formability can be increased signifi-
the application in the process chain, basic investigations regarding cantly. On the other hand the electrical conductivity decreases with
the workpiece deformation and the forming result caused by elec- increasing temperature and the thermal load of the equipment and
tromagnetic compression are documented here (see also Section especially the tool coil has to be compensated with suitable cooling
3.2.1). The principal feasibility of the combined electromagnetic mechanisms as e.g. water or air cooling or by implementing heat
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Fig. 31. Principle of the combined electromagnetic compression and hydroforming (Psyk et al., 2005).

conveying metal parts in the armoring as suggested in Beerwald 7. Conclusion and future research directions for
(2003). electromagnetic forming

6.4.4. Combined bending and electromagnetic calibration As this literature review shows electromagnetic forming
Applying electromagnetic forming in order to reduce or elim- aroused lively interest in the first years after being invented in
inate springback was initially suggested in Golovashchenko et al. the late 1950s. Several publications originate from that timeframe.
(2004). The basic idea is using electromagnetic forces in order to Important fundamental research work considering the process
introduce an elastic wave that propagates through the blank mul- analysis and the analytical calculation of significant parameters,
tiple times and thereby eliminates elastic residual stresses without which is still relevant today, was already published at that time.
noteworthy deformation of the part. Golovashchenko (2005) gives However, numerous papers are limited to describing the process
evidence about the successful realization of this approach for alu- principle and listing potential process advantages showing high
minum (AA6111-T4) and for high strength steels (BH210, DP500, expectations, which were made on the new technology. Different
DP600) as well. In the feasibility study the sheets are bent into a U- applications ranging from the forming of very special and highly
shape over a steel mandrel and then flattened by a steel plate. After demanding parts in a small number of items to series production
relieving the applied load springback occurs. In order to relieve the with large lot sizes and high production rates are reported.
stresses, the sheet is clamped to a flat coil by a steel plate and one or Despite or maybe even due to this euphoria and the emphasis on
multiple discharges are performed. It is proven that with increas- the process advantages without comparable mentioning of the pro-
ing charging energy the more and more stresses can be eliminated cess limits, which might have led to disappointment, a stagnation of
and thus springback is significantly reduced. In Golovashchenko interest can be deduced from the significant decrease in the number
(2006) the possibility to calibrate U-channels using a special flat of publications in the 1970s and 1980s. Up to now, a real break-
coil to apply electromagnetic forces to the bottom of the profile is through of the technology in industrial production has not been
proven for the aluminum alloys AA6111-T4 and AA5754 and for the achieved with only modest incorporation into applications. This
steels BH210, DP500, and DP600. Iriondo et al. (2011) study spring- might be ascribed to the following open questions and unsolved
back calibration of L-shaped parts made of AA5754 and DP600. The problems, which demonstrate the need for further research work.
principle setup of and selected results are shown in Fig. 32. Fur-
thermore, the reshaping of a stamped rocket nozzle panel made of • There are no tools available which enable the production engi-
a soft copper alloy is described in this publication. For this industri- neer to estimate the feasibility of a special manufacturing task by
ally oriented application the best results were achieved by applying means of electromagnetic forming, joining, or cutting. Such an
multiple discharges. assessment and building on that the detailed process design and
secured process dimensioning requires experience and expertise
6.4.5. Combined flexible roll forming and electromagnetic forming which is typically not part of today’s engineering education.
Similar to the combined extrusion and electromagnetic com- • Related to the previous point, there is a lack of commercially
pression process also in this process combination electromagnetic available and user-friendly finite-element-software that is suit-
forming is applied together with a continuous manufacturing able for the modeling of electromagnetic forming processes. The
process. Flexible roll forming is an innovative technology for manu- existing tools are frequently limited to two-dimensional or very
facturing complex open and closed profiles, which was investigated simple three-dimensional models. They are typically not capable
in detail in Istrate (2002). In contrast to conventional roll forming of calculating complex industrially relevant applications and the
this special process variant allows a variation of the cross-section few exceptions, which might be suitable for such tasks, require
along the axis of the component. extremely long calculation time, so that an economic process
Eguia et al. (2010) shows that the integration of an electromag- design and optimization is not possible.
netic forming operation is suitable forming shallow longitudinal • A quantitative simulation of the electromagnetic forming
ribs or stiffeners. The feasibility of the process combination is requires accurate material data that considers the process spe-
shown on an exemplary part made of high strength steel (ZStE 340). cific load case (i.e. especially the high strain rates) occurring.
A U-shaped profile with varying width was roll formed and electro- Currently, material data, determined in conventional quasistatic
magnetic forming was used to realize a longitudinal strengthening tests is used in many cases, but this allows only a qualitative
rib in the vertical wall in the central section. In order to achieve the simulation of the process.
desired deformation a driver was applied and a charging energy of • Only a few research works considering the tool design with regard
45 kJ was required. The general setup as well as the produced part to the forming task, on the one hand, and the coil lifetime, on
is shown in Fig. 33. the other hand, have been published. Recently, some progress
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Fig. 32. Principle setup and selected results of springback calibration of L-shaped parts by electromagnetic forming according to Iriondo et al. (2006).

has been made considering the coil durability and some promis- that complete parts can be eliminated (i.e. integral construction
ing results have been reported, but they still refer to special case concept). However, this design usually results in a higher geo-
studies. Here, specific guidelines for the load-oriented coil design metric complexity of the remaining parts and at the same time
are required. modern lightweight materials typically offer a reduced formabil-
• Finally, modern production is based on costs, so that adequate ity compared to conventional steels. When realizing such complex
calculations for specifying the costs of an electromagnetic form- components standard production concepts reach their limits, so
ing process are necessary. This presumes among other things that innovative forming and joining processes along with new pro-
knowledge about the previously mentioned tool lifetime and the cessing strategies are required. Especially, since electrically highly
process efficiency. Here, statements can be found only rarely and conductive materials as aluminum alloys are frequently involved
the few specifications contradict each other, because there are in lightweight construction concepts, electromagnetic forming is a
a lot of parameters strongly influencing this value. The research promising technology and consequently a kind of renaissance can
work considering the energy transfer during the process is one be recognized.
contribution to close this gap in the knowledge, but here com- However, in order to avoid a new disappointment, which might
prehensive parameter studies are necessary to build up a reliable lead to finite downfall of the technology, two different motivations
data base. for utilizing electromagnetic forming have to be differentiated.
These are
Since the late 1990s a resurgence of electromagnetic forming in
the scientific and industrial interest can be observed. This effect is • technologically oriented aims in the sense of applying electro-
related to the increasing importance of implementing lightweight magnetic forming as a supplement of conventional processing
construction concepts. Reasons for this can be found e.g. in the technologies in order to realize workpiece properties that cannot
rising sense of responsibility for the environment and environ- (or can hardly) be achieved by other methods and
mental protection in society and in rising gas prices. Lightweight • economically oriented aims in the sense of applying electro-
construction concepts consider the material choice and special magnetic forming as a replacement of conventional processing
design strategies as well. To reduce product weight e.g. in a vehi- technologies in order to realize similar workpiece properties as
cle, the most suitable material for each separate component has in the case of other manufacturing methods but at lower costs.
to be identified and applied. This results in a sophisticated mix
of different materials, which need to be connected to each other. In the near future electromagnetic forming can be applied more
Further weight reduction can be realized if structural compo- beneficially in those cases, which are technologically motivated.
nents are optimally adapted to their specific load conditions and These applications together with continuing research work can
if more functions are fulfilled by one and the same component so contribute to solve the currently remaining problems and answer

Fig. 33. Principle setup of the combined roll-forming and electromagnetic forming and exemplary part produced by this process combination according to Eguia et al. (2010).
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