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Abstract

For heat assisted bending process, an irradiation of the whole bend line together with optimum temperature gradient between two adjacent surfaces is most favorable. However, it’s depends on type of the used heat source with high intensity heat energy into the work piece is very importance. In this paper, an experimental and numerical technique have been used to study an efficiency of the infra-red heater to radiate a mild steel plate. Initially, an experiment has been conducted to determine temperature distribution at the selected points on the work piece. The result indicates that the infra-red heat is not suitably used as a heat source for the heat assisted bending process. Then, a finite element model (FEM) has been developed to replicate the conducted test. Thermal distribution results from FEM shows good agreement with the experiment results. The result proves the validity of all the input parameters in the developed FEM model.