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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Free Forming Of Locally Laser Heated Parts

Ozmen, Murat 01 March 2005 (has links) (PDF)
As metals have high formability at elevated temperatures, hot forming is preferred and widely used in manufacturing of complicated geometries. The term hot forming is usually used if the whole workpiece is processed at elevated temperatures. However, for certain products high formability is required only locally. Forming by local heating is proposed to provide ease of manufacturing of local forms on the workpiece. Also, tools can be simplified by this method. In this study, local laser heating procedures are applied to obtain local forms on cylindrical bulk metal products in a single step. Locally heated workpieces are formed between two flat dies. Both solid and hollow products have been investigated experimentally and by finite element modeling. The experimental studies and finite element analyses are done simultaneously in order to obtain optimum local deformation characteristics. Three different materials together with different initial geometries and various local laser-heating procedures are applied to search for the process window. The limits of applicability are determined and examples of application are supplied.
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Influence du couplage frottement-oxydation sur l’usure d’un acier à outil de travail à chaud : développement d’un tribomètre spécifique au cyclage de matriçage / Influence of friction-oxidation coupling on wear of a hot-working tool steel : development of a tribometer dedicated to hot-forging cycling

Kchaou, Mohamed 17 December 2010 (has links)
L’amélioration de la durée de vie des outillages de mise en forme à chaud constitue un enjeu industriel important et encore mal maitrisé. En effet, les sollicitations induites lors de la mise en forme mettent en jeu des couplages impliquant des phénomènes thermiques, mécaniques, tribologiques et physicochimiques. Les modes de dégradation engendrés sont multiples, principalement par déformation plastique, par fatigue thermomécanique, par frottement et par oxydation. Les dégradations par frottement demeurent parmi les plus pénalisantes et les plus difficiles à appréhender et à maîtriser compte tenu de la complexité des couplages mis en jeu.Cette thèse aborde l’usure de l’acier à outil X40CrMoV5-1 dans le cas du matriçage à chaud du laiton. Les mécanismes d’endommagement et d’usure ont été analysés par le biais d’une expertise de matrices usées en production. Elle révèle différents types de dégradations, activés selon la localisation et l’exposition des surfaces aux sollicitations cycliques de matriçage. Elle a permis d’établir un scénario d’usure par abrasion à trois corps entretenu par le cyclage et dans lequel les oxydes du laiton et de l’acier à outil sont déterminants.L’oxydation de l’acier à outil et son comportement tribologique dans un état pré-oxydé ont été étudiés. Un essai original est proposé pour étudier l’influence du cyclage de matriçage sur le couplage frottement oxydation et ses conséquences sur l’usure. Un tribomètre spécifique a été développé et mis au point. Les essais de frottement reposent sur une analogie avec le cycle de matriçage, sans reproduire la mise en forme, et un contact conforme favorable à la formation et au piégeage des oxydes / Life time improvement of hot working tools becomes one of the major industrial issue unsufficiently mastered. Indeed, loadings induced by hot forming involve coupling between thermal, mechanical, tribological and physicochemical phenomena. They lead to multiple degradation modes (mainly by plastic deformation, thermo-mechanical fatigue, friction and oxidation). Friction induces one of the most detrimental damage, which is difficult to apprehend and to control allowing for the complexity of engaged couplings.This thesis deals with wear of tool steel X40CrMoV5-1 in the case of hot forging of brass. Damage and wear mechanisms were analyzed through an expertise of matrices after used in production. It reveals different types of damage, activated thanks to location and exposure of the matrix surface to cyclic loadings induced during forging. A scenario of a three-body abrasion is proposed maintained by working cycles and wherein brass and toll steel oxides are crucial.Oxidation and pre-oxidized tribological behavior of tool steel were investigated. An original test is proposed to study the influence of hot working cycling on friction-oxidation coupling and its effects on the wear of tool steel. A specific tribometer has been developed. The friction tests are defined by analogy with the hot-working cycle, without reproducing the forming process, favoring formation and trapping of oxides inside the contact
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Efeito da agitação eletromagnética nas propriedades de aços AISI 1025 forjados a quente

Yurgel, Charles Chemale January 2014 (has links)
Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar o efeito do processo de agitação eletromagnética (AE) utilizado no lingotamento contínuo (LC) e nas propriedades mecânicas e metalúrgicas dos aços ABNT 1025 (com adições de manganês e silício) forjados a quente, para a confecção de flanges de tubulações industriais. As matériasprimas fornecidas foram caracterizadas através de composição química e macrografia. Compararam-se os aços provenientes de três condições de fornecimento: 1º) LC sem AE somado à laminação a quente (LQ); 2º) LC com AE; e 3º) LC sem AE. Em seguida, foram extraídos billets de seção quadrada de 120mmx120mmx58mm das três condições citadas para subsequentes forjamentos a quente e fabricação de flanges. Assim, são mostrados os resultados das propriedades obtidas e a comparação com a norma de validação ASTM A 105 (especificação padrão para forjados de aço carbono para aplicação em tubulações) utilizada nesse tipo de forjado. Através da norma, foram verificados os requisitos químicos e ensaios de tração e de dureza. As propriedades foram, também, analisadas através de metalografias (macro e micro), ensaios de impacto e ensaios não destrutivos de líquidos penetrantes. Através da teoria elementar da plasticidade, os valores requeridos para a força de forjamento da peça em estudo, durante o processo de forjamento a quente, foram estimados em caráter formativo e didático. De acordo com os fundamentos teóricos observados na revisão bibliográfica e com os resultados práticos obtidos, constatou-se a aprovação dos aços provenientes do LC com AE como alternativa aos provenientes da LQ (tradicionalmente fornecidos às forjarias) para a confecção de flanges forjados desse tipo de aço. Na análise dos forjados provenientes do LC sem AE também ocorreu a reprovação de diversos resultados, mostrando o efeito da AE como alternativa para as propriedades desse tipo de forjado. / The objective of this work is to evaluate the effect of the process of electromagnetic stirring (ES) used in continuous ingot (CI) in the mechanical and metallurgic properties of 1025 ABNT hot forged steels (with the addition of manganese and silicon) for the manufacture of flanges of industrial pipes. At first, the supplied raw materials were characterized trough chemical compound and macrograph. Then, steels from the following three supplying conditions [ 1º) CI without ES plus hot rolling (HR); 2º) CI with ES; and 3º) CI without ES] were compared. Afterwards, billets were extracted from a square section measuring 120mmx120mmx58mm, from the three previous conditions, to be hot forged and to the manufacture of connection flanges. Thus, the results from these properties and the comparison with the validation norm ASTM A 105 (standard specification for steel-carbon forgings for the application in pipes) for this type of forged are shown. Through this norm, chemical requirements, tension and hardness tests were verified. The properties were also analyzed through metallographies (macro and micro), impact tests and non-destructive tests of penetrating liquids. Through the elementary plasticity theory, the demanded values for the forging force of the studied piece, during the hot forging process, were estimated as didactic and formative natures. According to the theoretical substances observed in the bibliography and to these practical results, the steels from CI with ES were approved as an alternative to the ones from HR (traditionally supplied to forging companies) to the manufacture of forged flanges of this type of steel. Moreover, in the analysis of forgings from CI without ES, the disapproval of various results also occurred, showing the effect of ES as an alternative to the properties of this type of forging.
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Efeito da agitação eletromagnética nas propriedades de aços AISI 1025 forjados a quente

Yurgel, Charles Chemale January 2014 (has links)
Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar o efeito do processo de agitação eletromagnética (AE) utilizado no lingotamento contínuo (LC) e nas propriedades mecânicas e metalúrgicas dos aços ABNT 1025 (com adições de manganês e silício) forjados a quente, para a confecção de flanges de tubulações industriais. As matériasprimas fornecidas foram caracterizadas através de composição química e macrografia. Compararam-se os aços provenientes de três condições de fornecimento: 1º) LC sem AE somado à laminação a quente (LQ); 2º) LC com AE; e 3º) LC sem AE. Em seguida, foram extraídos billets de seção quadrada de 120mmx120mmx58mm das três condições citadas para subsequentes forjamentos a quente e fabricação de flanges. Assim, são mostrados os resultados das propriedades obtidas e a comparação com a norma de validação ASTM A 105 (especificação padrão para forjados de aço carbono para aplicação em tubulações) utilizada nesse tipo de forjado. Através da norma, foram verificados os requisitos químicos e ensaios de tração e de dureza. As propriedades foram, também, analisadas através de metalografias (macro e micro), ensaios de impacto e ensaios não destrutivos de líquidos penetrantes. Através da teoria elementar da plasticidade, os valores requeridos para a força de forjamento da peça em estudo, durante o processo de forjamento a quente, foram estimados em caráter formativo e didático. De acordo com os fundamentos teóricos observados na revisão bibliográfica e com os resultados práticos obtidos, constatou-se a aprovação dos aços provenientes do LC com AE como alternativa aos provenientes da LQ (tradicionalmente fornecidos às forjarias) para a confecção de flanges forjados desse tipo de aço. Na análise dos forjados provenientes do LC sem AE também ocorreu a reprovação de diversos resultados, mostrando o efeito da AE como alternativa para as propriedades desse tipo de forjado. / The objective of this work is to evaluate the effect of the process of electromagnetic stirring (ES) used in continuous ingot (CI) in the mechanical and metallurgic properties of 1025 ABNT hot forged steels (with the addition of manganese and silicon) for the manufacture of flanges of industrial pipes. At first, the supplied raw materials were characterized trough chemical compound and macrograph. Then, steels from the following three supplying conditions [ 1º) CI without ES plus hot rolling (HR); 2º) CI with ES; and 3º) CI without ES] were compared. Afterwards, billets were extracted from a square section measuring 120mmx120mmx58mm, from the three previous conditions, to be hot forged and to the manufacture of connection flanges. Thus, the results from these properties and the comparison with the validation norm ASTM A 105 (standard specification for steel-carbon forgings for the application in pipes) for this type of forged are shown. Through this norm, chemical requirements, tension and hardness tests were verified. The properties were also analyzed through metallographies (macro and micro), impact tests and non-destructive tests of penetrating liquids. Through the elementary plasticity theory, the demanded values for the forging force of the studied piece, during the hot forging process, were estimated as didactic and formative natures. According to the theoretical substances observed in the bibliography and to these practical results, the steels from CI with ES were approved as an alternative to the ones from HR (traditionally supplied to forging companies) to the manufacture of forged flanges of this type of steel. Moreover, in the analysis of forgings from CI without ES, the disapproval of various results also occurred, showing the effect of ES as an alternative to the properties of this type of forging.
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Simulação numérica do campo de tensões na microestrutura do aço ferramenta AISI H13 durante o forjamento a quente. / Numerical simulation of the stress field in the AISI H13 steel microstructure during hot forging.

Vanessa Seriacopi 28 March 2013 (has links)
A falha devido à ocorrência de fadiga térmica de materiais utilizados como ferramentas para trabalho a quente é identificada durante serviço e ocorre devido ao acúmulo de dano localizado. O aço AISI H13 é comumente utilizado em ferramentas para a conformação a quente devido à sua boa tenacidade à fratura e resistência ao desgaste, e considerável resistência à perda de dureza a quente. Este trabalho teve como motivação estudar a relação entre a microestrutura do aço H13 e os carregamentos térmicos e mecânicos, que possam levar à falha de ferramentas para forjamento a quente. Para este estudo, fez-se uso de meios computacionais (simulação numérica) aliados aos conhecimentos de caracterização microestrutural e do comportamento mecânico dos materiais. Nesta abordagem, elabora-se uma malha na microestrutura do referido aço no software OOF2®, do NIST, e as análises são feitas a partir da aplicação do método dos elementos finitos com o emprego do software Abaqus®. Com isso, torna-se possível examinar o efeito de aspectos microestruturais, como a influência dos precipitados, na ocorrência de tensões e de deformações na microestrutura de forma a obter um mapeamento de regiões críticas ao dano e à falha na ferramenta de forjar a quente. Os estudos são baseados e comparados com trabalhos já publicados, e simulam carregamentos e variações de temperatura no material em questão de modo a verificar as condições que favorecem a nucleação de trincas por fadiga térmica. Como principais conclusões e contribuições obtidas da análise realizada, podem ser destacadas: (i-) as regiões críticas que vêm a propiciar a nucleação de trincas térmicas são os precipitados e as interfaces; (ii-) no campo de tensões, a propriedade das fases que exerce a maior influência é o módulo de elasticidade; (iii-) os diferentes coeficientes de expansão térmica das fases geram deformações térmicas mais elevadas e tensões compressivas nas interfaces; (iv-) as deformações térmicas nos precipitados são superiores às da matriz devido à influência no campo de tensões; (v-) em termos de tensões térmicas, o momento do ciclo térmico mais crítico para a matriz é o resfriamento; e (vi-) ao passo que, nos precipitados, a etapa mais crítica é o aquecimento. / Failure due to thermal fatigue can occur in hot working tool materials and its onset takes place in the regions where the highest stress and strain are reached. AISI H13 steel is often used as a hot working tool since it has good toughness and wear resistance, and also a sensible resistance to loss of hot hardness. This study was carried out by means of finite element method (FEM) combined with microstructural characterization and mechanical behavior of materials analysis. According to this approach, H13 steel microstructure, in which carbides could be observed, was meshed by means of OOF2® (NIST). Moreover, the ABAQUS® commercial FEM software was used to simulate thermal and mechanical loading applied in the tool throughout mechanical processing. The conducted analysis allowed to observe the effect of precipitates on stress-strain distribution at different temperatures and loads. Hence, critical regions, in which damage could be favored as well failure onset in the microstructure of the hot forging tool, are displayed. The investigation was based on and compared to literature results and it showed that it can be possible to design the microstructure of hot forging materials, in which an improvement in the thermal fatigue resistance could be improved. The main remarks and conclusions of this work are as follows: (i-) precipitates and interfaces are preferential regions to nucleation and growth of cracks, and they seem to work as stress concentrators; (ii-) modulus of elasticity of phases has the strongest influence in the stress fields of the microstructure; (iii-) the mismatch between thermal expansion coefficients of the phases leads to compressive stresses on interfaces and also the highest thermal strain; (iv-) thermal strains are higher on the precipitates than on the steel matrix; (v-) elastic-plastic properties of steel matrix influenced on thermal cycles. In addition, cooling is the most critical condition of thermal stresses by analyzing each thermal cycle in this phase; and (vi-) whereas the precipitates have elastic behavior, and the most critical step is the heating, in which the maximum temperature of the cycle is reached.
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Efeito da agitação eletromagnética nas propriedades de aços AISI 1025 forjados a quente

Yurgel, Charles Chemale January 2014 (has links)
Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar o efeito do processo de agitação eletromagnética (AE) utilizado no lingotamento contínuo (LC) e nas propriedades mecânicas e metalúrgicas dos aços ABNT 1025 (com adições de manganês e silício) forjados a quente, para a confecção de flanges de tubulações industriais. As matériasprimas fornecidas foram caracterizadas através de composição química e macrografia. Compararam-se os aços provenientes de três condições de fornecimento: 1º) LC sem AE somado à laminação a quente (LQ); 2º) LC com AE; e 3º) LC sem AE. Em seguida, foram extraídos billets de seção quadrada de 120mmx120mmx58mm das três condições citadas para subsequentes forjamentos a quente e fabricação de flanges. Assim, são mostrados os resultados das propriedades obtidas e a comparação com a norma de validação ASTM A 105 (especificação padrão para forjados de aço carbono para aplicação em tubulações) utilizada nesse tipo de forjado. Através da norma, foram verificados os requisitos químicos e ensaios de tração e de dureza. As propriedades foram, também, analisadas através de metalografias (macro e micro), ensaios de impacto e ensaios não destrutivos de líquidos penetrantes. Através da teoria elementar da plasticidade, os valores requeridos para a força de forjamento da peça em estudo, durante o processo de forjamento a quente, foram estimados em caráter formativo e didático. De acordo com os fundamentos teóricos observados na revisão bibliográfica e com os resultados práticos obtidos, constatou-se a aprovação dos aços provenientes do LC com AE como alternativa aos provenientes da LQ (tradicionalmente fornecidos às forjarias) para a confecção de flanges forjados desse tipo de aço. Na análise dos forjados provenientes do LC sem AE também ocorreu a reprovação de diversos resultados, mostrando o efeito da AE como alternativa para as propriedades desse tipo de forjado. / The objective of this work is to evaluate the effect of the process of electromagnetic stirring (ES) used in continuous ingot (CI) in the mechanical and metallurgic properties of 1025 ABNT hot forged steels (with the addition of manganese and silicon) for the manufacture of flanges of industrial pipes. At first, the supplied raw materials were characterized trough chemical compound and macrograph. Then, steels from the following three supplying conditions [ 1º) CI without ES plus hot rolling (HR); 2º) CI with ES; and 3º) CI without ES] were compared. Afterwards, billets were extracted from a square section measuring 120mmx120mmx58mm, from the three previous conditions, to be hot forged and to the manufacture of connection flanges. Thus, the results from these properties and the comparison with the validation norm ASTM A 105 (standard specification for steel-carbon forgings for the application in pipes) for this type of forged are shown. Through this norm, chemical requirements, tension and hardness tests were verified. The properties were also analyzed through metallographies (macro and micro), impact tests and non-destructive tests of penetrating liquids. Through the elementary plasticity theory, the demanded values for the forging force of the studied piece, during the hot forging process, were estimated as didactic and formative natures. According to the theoretical substances observed in the bibliography and to these practical results, the steels from CI with ES were approved as an alternative to the ones from HR (traditionally supplied to forging companies) to the manufacture of forged flanges of this type of steel. Moreover, in the analysis of forgings from CI without ES, the disapproval of various results also occurred, showing the effect of ES as an alternative to the properties of this type of forging.
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Identification paramétrique sur moyens industriels du comportement thermomécanique en forgeage à chaud / Parameter identification of thermomechanical behavior in hot foring with industrial means

Venet, Gabriel 09 December 2019 (has links)
L’objectif principale de cette thèse est de procéder à une identification paramétrique d’un modèle rhéologique de matériau métallique à chaud en utilisant des données expérimentales issues d’une presse industrielle. Dans le premier chapitre, le principe de l’identification paramétrique est exposé. Des essais de compressions uniaxiale faites sur machine d’essais spécialisés y servent alors comme cas d’étude. Les notions de choix de la fonction-coût, du plan d’expérience et du modèle y sont alors abordées ainsi qu’une analyse de sensibilité. Le chapitre suivant présente l’outillage utilisé pour faire les expériences sur presse. Enfin, une évaluation des échanges thermiques et des frottements que subis la pièce lors de l’essai est faite. Le troisième chapitre se concentre sur l’identification paramétrique proprement dite. Ainsi, des simulations par élément fini de la compression sont faites et comparées aux essais expérimentaux. Les résultats de l’identification sont discutés et comparés à ce que proposait initialement la base de données du logiciel FORGE® ainsi que les paramètres identifiés pour le même matériau au chapitre 1. Une simulation d’une pièce complexe avec ces différents jeux de paramètres est ensuite comparée avec le forgeage réel de cette pièce. Le quatrième chapitre reprend les acquis du troisième en faisant une identification paramétrique pour la rhéologie d’Inconel 625. Une tentative d’identification d’un modèle de microstructure pour l’Inconel à partir d’essais industriel termine ce manuscrit. / The main objective of this thesis is to identify the parameters of a hot metal rheology model by using experimental data from an industrial press. In the first chapter, the principle of parameter identification is exposed. Uniaxial compression testing done on specialized devices serves as a case study. The notions of cost function, experimental design and rheological model are examined. A sensitivity analysis is also performed. The next chapter present the experimental tools used on the industrial press. Finally, the friction and thermal exchange that will happen during the tests are evaluated. The third chapter is about the inverse analysis on industrial press. Finite elements modelling of the compression is made and compared with the experiments. The identification results are then compared with the FORGE® software database and the material parameters found in chapter 1. A complex part is then simulated with these different parameters and compared with a real forging of this part. The fourth chapter uses the same methods as in chapter 3 to perform an identification on the rheological parameters of an Inconel 625. A microstructural model for the Inconel is then identified with industrial testing as reference.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN HOT FORGING PROCESS - USING ALTERNATIVE DIE MATERIALS AND FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR WEAR PREDICTION AND DIE DESIGN OPTIMIZATION

Deshpande, Mayur Nandkumar January 2010 (has links)
No description available.
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Estudo do forjamento de peças vazadas a partir de geratriz tubular

Marques, Angela Selau January 2013 (has links)
Neste trabalho é realizado um estudo teórico-experimental do processo de forjamento a quente em matriz fechada de peças tubulares, denominadas comercialmente por flanges. O material utilizado para fabricação das peças é a liga de alumínio AA 6351. Normalmente, tais peças são forjadas a partir de billets maciços e os furos centrais são, posteriormente, usinados. Desta forma, este trabalho visa o estudo do uso de billets vazados em substituição aos maciços minimizando a perda de material e força necessária para o forjamento que podem ser relativamente significativos dependendo do peso, geometria da peça, e tamanho do lote produzido. O processo de forjamento foi planejado e executado com auxilio de softwares, onde o projeto do ferramental foi realizado em programa de CAD 3D da empresa SolidWorks, e a simulação numérica computacional, aplicada para predizer o comportamento do material no final do forjamento, no programa Simufact. Forming 11.0. Foram analisados, por simulação numérica computacional, dados como a estimativa da força necessária para forjar a peça em estudo, preenchimento da matriz, escoamento do material e as deformações finais. Utilizam-se cálculos analíticos, baseados na Teoria Elementar da Plasticidade (TEP), para estimar a força necessária para o forjamento. Os resultados obtidos experimentalmente validam a utilização de métodos numéricos e analíticos para desenvolvimento de processos de forjamento. Os resultados de força obtidos utilizando o modelo matemático da Teoria Elementar da Plasticidade (TEP) foram os que mais se distanciaram da força real necessária para o forjamento, no caso do billet maciço foi de 2706 kN, enquanto que a força utilizada no experimento foi de 3432 kN e com a utilização do billet vazado a força calculada pela TEP foi de 2579 kN e a real foi de 2451 kN. Já a simulação indica valores necessários de 2432 kN para o billet vazado e 2814 kN para o billet maciço. Conclui-se, então, que com a utilização de billets vazados a força para o forjamento e o material utilizado são inferiores, assim, comprovando sua vantagem em relação ao processo de fabricação convencional. / In this paper is done a theoretical-experimental study of the hot forging process in closed die of tubular components, commercially known as flanges. The material used for the manufacture process of the pieces is AA6351. These pieces are usually forged from massive billets and the central holes are subsequently machined. In this way, this paper aims the use of hollow billets instead of the massive ones, minimizing the loss of material and strength used in forging that can be relatively significant depending on the weight, geometry of the piece and size of the batch produced. The forging process was planned and done with the help of software where the tooling project is performed in CAD 3D from Solidworks, and the computer numerical simulation applied to predict the material behavior at the final of the forging process in Simufact Forming 11.0. Data as strength, die filling, material draining and final deformation are analyzed by computer numerical simulation. Analytical calculation, based on the Plasticity Elementary Theory (TEP), are performed in order to estimate the necessary strength for the forging process. The results, experimentally obtained, validate the use of numerical and analytical methods in forging process development. The strength results obtained using the mathematical model of Plasticity Elementary Theory, were the farthest from the real required strength used in forging. As with the massive billet, the strength was 2706 kN while the strength used in the experiment was 3432 kN and using de hollow billet the estimated strength calculated by the TEP was 2579 kN while the real one was 2451 kN. Yet, the simulation indicates required values of 2432 kN for the hollow billet and 2814 kN for the massive billet. We can therefore conclude that when using hollow billets the strength required in forging and the used material are inferior, thus proving its advantage in relation to the conventional manufacture process.
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Design And Implementation Of Hot Precision Forging Die For A Spur Gear

Masat, Mehmet 01 July 2007 (has links) (PDF)
There is a strong need in forging industry to reduce waste of material, improve quality, and reduce cost of forgings. About 30% of the material is wasted during conventional closed-die forging. Therefore, in order to reduce the cost of forged products and to obtain near-net or net shape parts, new forging methods should be applied. Precision forging concept is a cost-effective way to produce net-shape or near-net shape components. In recent years, there has been an increased interest in the production of gears by the net-shape forging technique. This has specific advantages over the traditional manufacturing processes of cutting gears such as hobbing, turning, and grinding including savings on cost and raw material, increased productivity, and gears with higher dynamic properties than conventionally cut ones. In this study, precision forging of a particular spur gear has been investigated. The precision forging die set has been conceptually designed and modeled in a computer aided design environment. The forging process of particular spur gear has been simulated by using a commercially available finite volume program. After the successful simulation results, the prototype die set and the tube-shaped billets were manufactured. The real-life experiments have been realized by using 1000 tons mechanical forging press available in METUBILTIR Research and Application Center Forging Laboratory. The results have been compared with the computer simulations. After the real-life experiments, it has been observed that the conceptual die design is appropriate and near-net shape spur gears are successfully obtained by the proposed precision forging die set.

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