Complex Parts
Our breakthrough Magnetic Pulse Forming (MPF) and Electro Hydraulic Forming (EHF) processes make it possible to form metal at extremely high deformation speeds and at room temperature. Bmax thus offers new unmatched production possibilities.
With our innovative, clean, and exceptionally efficient technologies, as well as engineering and design expertise, Bmax empowers its customers to reduce production cycle times, save material, reduce weight and cost, while ensuring the highest level of product performance.
Systèmes de formage
Technical Characteristics
Formage par Impulsion Magnétique : Pièces complexes pour structures aéronautiques
- Dimensions des tôles : jusqu’à L 1500 mm et 3,5 mm d’épaisseur – selon le grade des matériaux et la géométrie des pièces.
- Grades des matériaux : Toutes les séries d’aluminium Al 2xxx / Al 5xxx / Al 6xxx / Al 7xxx.
Formage Électrohydraulique : Pièces complexes pour moteurs et structures aéronautiques
- Dimensions globales des tôles : jusqu’à 800 mm x 800 mm.
Grades des matériaux :
- Aluminium : séries Al 2xxx / Al 5xxx / Al 6xxx / Al 7xxx jusqu’à 3,5 mm d’épaisseur.
- Acier et acier inoxydable : jusqu’à 1,6 mm d’épaisseur.
- Alliages à base de cobalt/nickel : jusqu’à 1,6 mm d’épaisseur.
- Autres matériaux/épaisseurs sur demande.
- Pas besoin de retouches manuelles, car il n’y a plus de retour élastique à corriger.
- Doté des plus hauts niveaux de sécurité machine sur le marché.
- Certifié CE avec le soutien d’un organisme de certification indépendant.
- Entièrement conforme aux réglementations, normes techniques et directives applicables.
- Empreinte optimisée de la cellule de production.
- Conception de la cellule de production selon les dimensions PN et les quantités.
- Processus hautement répétable : Cpk > 2.
- Pas de contact mécanique entre les outils et les pièces.
- Variations extrêmement faibles des impulsions magnétiques.
- Taux de rebut typique < 0,1 %.
- Système de suivi de processus entièrement intégré avec acquisition et enregistrement des données en temps réel.
- Facile à installer sur une presse hydraulique standard.
- Interface homme-machine conviviale (HMI).
- Accès aux outillages du système facilité.
- Portes sécurisées pour les opérations de maintenance.
- Assistance et maintenance à distance possibles.
- Fonctions de diagnostic en option.
- Faible consommation d’énergie électrique.
- Moins d’opérations de formage et d’étapes de recuit.
- Réduction de la consommation de matières premières.
Once you have qualified the prototypes, your MPF/EHF System is manufactured by our team. Bmax standard procedure involves MPF/EHF System buy off or Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) with your teams at the end of the testing period, at Bmax premises.
From installation to commissioning of your equipment and training of your teams, Bmax provides a turnkey solution to start up your system in the best conditions till the final acceptance.
Our dedicated maintenance team delivers best-in-class Services, as well as Spare Parts & Consumables to our Customers. We adapt our purposes to your specific needs and expectations thanks to flexible, comprehensive and tailor-made Service Level Agreements. As for Maintenance, we offer a broad range of options, including remote maintenance and assistance, preventive and curative maintenance.
Our long-term technology roadmap enables our teams to provide you with systems featuring increased components lifetimes and reliability, optimized production cycle times, reduced maintenance and user-friendly operation.
Easily retrofittable, all improvements can be integrated in already installed systems, enhancing Overall Equipment Efficiency over time.
Once you have qualified the prototypes, your MPF/EHF System is manufactured by our team. Bmax standard procedure involves MPF/EHF System buy off or Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) with your teams at the end of the testing period, at Bmax premises.
From installation to commissioning of your equipment and training of your teams, Bmax provides a turnkey solution to start up your system in the best conditions till the final acceptance.
Our dedicated maintenance team delivers best-in-class Services, as well as Spare Parts & Consumables to our Customers. We adapt our purposes to your specific needs and expectations thanks to flexible, comprehensive and tailor-made Service Level Agreements. As for Maintenance, we offer a broad range of options, including remote maintenance and assistance, preventive and curative maintenance.
Our long-term technology roadmap enables our teams to provide you with systems featuring increased components lifetimes and reliability, optimized production cycle times, reduced maintenance and user-friendly operation.
Easily retrofittable, all improvements can be integrated in already installed systems, enhancing Overall Equipment Efficiency over time.
Products manufactured by our systems
Premium Technology
| Electro-Hydraulic Forming | Conventional Forming | |
| Number of Tools | 2 | 5 |
| Number of Forming Steps | 1 stamping + 1 EHF = 2 | 5 Stampings |
| Intermediate Thermal Treatments | 1 | 2 |
| Residual Internal Constraints | None No springback – No rework Parts geometrically compliant after EHF | High Springback 100% manual rework needed |
| Scrap Rate | < 0.1% | 20-25 % |
| Forming Quality & Aspect | Excellent quality & aesthetic <br>Very low thickness reduction <br>Even material distribution | Important thickness reduction<br>Uneven material distribution |
| Serial Manufacturing Time | 3.5 hours/part | 13-15 hours/part |
Other Solutions
High Voltage Wire Harnesses
Our Magnetic Pulse Crimping technology (MPC) has become the gold standard to connect terminals to high voltage cables used in the E-Mobility sector.
Pressure Vessels
Our breakthrough Magnetic Pulse Welding (MPW) technology makes it possible to bind materials at molecular level and at room temperature, without fumes or filler material, thus preserving the material’s initial properties.
Advanced Packaging
Bmax HPP advanced forming processes do away with nearly every process restriction, enabling you to imagine, design and create shapes that were previously considered impossible – all while using less material and smaller, more efficient, more eco-friendly equipment.
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