The article presents results of tests performed at the AGH-University of Science and Technology in Cracow on strength of single-coil inductors used as tools in electrodynamic machining of pipes. The character of volumetric Lorentz forces acting on coils of compressing and expanding inductors was discussed, and numerically determined distributions of stresses and displacements created in coils under the impact of these forces were presented. The problems presented are relevant when designing durable inductors intended for industrial applications.

The paper presents methods of analytical and measurement-based determination of pressures acting on sheet metal in the process of electrodynamic forming by means of flat inductors generating pulse magnetic field. Pressures are determined for sheet metal of different thicknesses processed by means of circular and elliptical spiral inductors. The paper describes also examples of copper and aluminium sheet metal forming conducted by means of the analysed inductors and shaped forming dies.