The parts of smart components consisting of structural and smart materials are conventionally produced separately and assembled in additional processes afterwards. An alternative approach to combine the forming of metallic parts and the assembly of components in one process step is proposed in this paper. Numerical and experimental investigations are carried out to investigate the influence of the axial clamping of the tube during the integration of a ring part through rotary swaging. The experiments also demonstrate the producibility of smart components by incremental forming processes without damaging the sensitive functional parts, which is proven by a functioning test.
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