Process layout avoiding reverse drawing wrinkles in hydroforming of sheet metal

Sheet metal forming processes like the fluid form process or hydromechanical deep drawing have the potential for the manufacture of parts having high precision, large drawing ratio, and low costs especially for small and medium lot sizes. In deep drawing using a separating membrane between the liquid and the sheet the process layout for drawing of complex parts must avoid not only the typical failures of bottom fracture, first and second order wrinkles, but also an additional type of wrinkles which are maybe created at the beginning of the process. The development of these wrinkles is described using an analytical model, which was validated by experimental results. The model was used to develop the process layout for deep drawing of a complex sheet metal part.