Explosive forming

Explosive forming is a metal working process in which an explosive is used to force a sheet of metal into a mold.

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[harrywhiting]

The spherical tanks video brought us here...

[SamBrickell]

*I'm glad that last molecule of air made it out safely.*

[ADVISOR]

Man, I'm so happy all the air molecules made it out there before the shockwave!

[JohnTrustworthy]

I swear, I watch one video where they blow up water to make sphere tanks and now my entire feed is explosive forming videos.
This is why we need manual suggestion rates for the algorithm.
Nice video though.

[pissmilker]

I was anxious for the last air molecule in the mold

[CineSoar]

Don't know why the algorithm started feeding me explosive/hydroforming videos the past two weeks. I finally broke down, when I saw a 1:00 video (this one) explaining the concept. Still have no clue why this topic has been so heavily recommended by YT, but now I know a new manufacturing technique.

[tingveson]

A Die, not a mold, mould, nor moulde. I am an explosive hydroforming die maker...of 36 years.

[operationalfacts]

CORRECTION!! There's an error in the Animation starting at 0:42. The water is suppose to fill in the area above the metal sheet as it's pressed into the die. Sorry about that.

[chanconn]

See you all again in 7 years when this is recommended to everyone

[michaelfoye]

Searching for high energy rapid forming and I get this video. So no complaints. Its quite correct and concise.

[GermanTopGameTV]

Fun fact: This was the main way metal processing was done in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout it's existence. After World War two, the soviets demounted most industry and machinery, including hydraulic presses for sheet metal, heavy lathes and mills to help rebuild the destroyed soviet union. This led to massive deficit in production capacity of the country and made is impossible to produce many of the products that were necessary for civilian and military life. The workarounds included making cars from cotton composites (Looks up the trabbant) or forming sheet metal using explosives. This process only requires a mold, water and explosives. Water and explosives where readily available in the post war east germany, the mold would be needed regardless of the process. So this process soon became the main way of working sheet metal parts for large scale production.

[supriyadutta]

I was searching for this for so long!!🙏🙏🙏
Thank you

[supremeleader]

I watched one video about making giant balls spherical and now youtube is recommending me explosive forming videos

[doggonemess]

This is great - it explains the technique simply and with a visual aid that perfectly demonstrates the process.

[sj]

The first time, it was used in mass production, was the front axle for the east german L60 Truck

[brijlal]

From 0:41 onwards - shouldn't the blue colour of water come down along with the metal's orange line?

[notrightmeow]

I’m familiar with this metal forming technique, but we use to call it “putting warheads on foreheads”. Turns metal tanks into scrap.

[NibNaty]

I've used explosive forming to open a few doors before. super handy

[RhetoricWalrus]

I love how you're taking this sudden quirk of the algorithm in stride and handling questions patiently and eloquently.

[dwwolf]

It has also been used to weld different hardnesses of armor together.