This is the first in series of articles that will explore the process of Hot Metal Gas Forming (HMGF). Future articles will focus on material-science issues, equipment, tooling and integration and cost and reliability issues.Hot Metal Gas Forming (HMGF) is an innovative metalforming technique with the potential to leapfrog conventional metalforming techniques for structural-steel components in the automotive and aerospace industry. HMGF is an outgrowth of superplastic forming (SPF) and hot blow forming (HBF) techniques developed by the aerospace industry to form aluminum and titanium structures.
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