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creating realistic bend or flex in hot worked collet finger

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johnchrc

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We induction heat a Flex Seat so collet fingers are hot enough we can hot work to size. I don't know how to model this in Solidworks. I have attached a JPEG of a section view of the flex Seat. We don't even show it flared in our drawing. I want to draw this flared at fingers about their neutral axis until I reach 4.882 OD at tip of fingers.

Does anyone know how the best way to tackle this modeling problem? Of course I can simplify and make one part.

Any good resources on the web that could provide help?

Thanks

- CJ
 
 http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=028dbee5-3f52-429b-801d-71ec2ca37da6&file=Flexible_Seat.JPG
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