Despite innovative processes have been introduced in manufacturing field,some traditional ones are still utilised due to their advantages in terms of cheapness and assessment.Among them deep drawing represents a very diffuse process for manufacturing of several typologies of goods,ranging from automotive components to house products.The main drawback of deep drawing is the low Limit Drawing Ratio which imposes slow and expensive annealing stages when high strain is required.For this reason new effective processes such as the hydro-assisted ones have been proposed.An alternative way is to optimise the process by superimposing a thermal field on the sheet,using a simpler equipment.From an industrial point of view,in fact,the tooling cheapness is always a requested issue.In the paper the latter strategy has been experimentally implemented,obtaining interesting results in terms of formability.Furthermore the process was accurately simulated by using a modern finite element code.The process mechanics is accurately analysed and discussed.
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