Requirements and Constraints for a Robotized Roll Hemming Solution
The objective of this study is the design of a new roller hemming tool. For this purpose, main parameters affecting the final quality of the rolled hemmed part have been studied in order to identify and outline the key factors in roller design as well as in roller hemming process stages. A preliminary set of experiments has been carried out to study the pre-hemming force and springback relation in an aluminium sheet. Experiments showed the required forces in first pre-hemming stage and allowed to calculate a stiffness coefficient based on the springback deformation angle.
An experimental characterization of roll hemming process
Roll hemming is analyzed for flat surface-straight edge sheets to illustrate how defects and forces behave. The analysis of defects is carried out trough illustrative models to emphasize the main variables of the process. A testing rig to investigate the process is designed and built. Experimental tests are carried out to measure how forces influence final quality part and the experimental data is analyzed and discussed to relate it with main parameters and defects.
Measuring Sheet Resistances of Dielectrics Using Co‐Planar Hydrogel Electrochemical Cells with Practical Applications to Characterize the Protective Quality of Paints on Sculptures
Electrical properties of thin dielectric films at the solid-liquid phase boundary are an important performance characteristic of many devices, coatings and sensors. In this paper, co-polymeric hydrogels of polyacrylic acid co-sulfonic acid, swollen with a salt solution to act as the solid electrolyte, were used to assess interfaces using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in a co-planar geometry. Silane-modified glasses were characterized by the co-planar hydrogel EIS cell and found to be distinguishable based on their surface monolayer chemistry. EIS measurements were also made on primed and painted metal substrates, using both test panels and an outdoor sculpture, Tony Smith's Stinger. The panels were then exposed to accelerated and outdoor weathering and showed degradation on the surface paint layers, which was observable electrochemically using EIS and confirmed visually by SEM. Electrochemical spectral features were compared between data from a standard paint-test cell versus this co-planar hydrogel cell; both cell types were able to measure coating capacitance, providing useful information about the condition of the bulk coating. Yet, sheet resistance (Rs) was a spectral feature seen only by the co-planar hydrogel cell. Thus, it can be concluded that the use of such co-planar hydrogel cells can provide an earlier warning sign to coating degradation and such cells provide a new type of spectral information that is not assessable by the standard geometry.