Compared with traditional sheet metal forming processes, in incremental sheet forming, changes in the toolpath of a relatively small and design-simple tool influence the final shape of the product, so it avoids the need to manufacture expensive tools and makes incremental sheet forming fast and cost-effective in small-scale production and prototyping. Incremental sheet forming also has its drawbacks. In our paper, we present a method for resolving the most significant of them, dimensional inaccuracy. Using the finite element method and the Abaqus programming environment, we created a model of incremental sheet forming and simulated the forming of the workpiece along a simple and complex toolpath. During the second pass along the toolpath on the already formed workpiece, the reaction forces on the tool were measured. Based on the mentioned forces, we determined the amount of elastic springback.
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