scholarly journals Thermo-mechanical forging of 708M40 steel ring samples: experiments and modelling

Author(s):  
Steven Hill ◽  
Richard P.Turner

AbstractA series of ring compression tests using BS970:708M40 alloy steel samples were studied. These tests were conducted using a 2-factor soak-temperature variable, namely 1030 °C and 1300 °C, and a 4-factor lubricant variable consisting of unlubricated samples, synthetic water-based, graphite water-based, and graphite and molybdenum disulphide viscous grease. The lubricant agents were all applied to the tool/billet interface. Process variables such as blow force and heating were controlled with the use of a gravitationally operated drop hammer and an automated programmable induction-heating unit. This matrix of the experimental parameters offered a sound base for exploring dominant factors impacting upon bulk deformation. This deformation was measured using fully calibrated equipment and then systematically recorded. A finite element modelling framework was developed to further improve the thermo-mechanical deformation process understanding, with finite element (FE) predictions validated through experimental measurement. Through the combined experimental and FE work, it was shown that temperature variation in the experimental parameter matrix played a larger role in determining deformation than the lubrication agent. Additionally, the use of synthetic and graphite water-based lubricants does not necessarily produce greater deformation when used in high-temperature forgings due to the lubricants breaking down, evaporating, or inducing rapid billet cooling as a result of the carrier used (water). Graphite-molybdenum disulphate grease far outperforms the other lubricants used in this trial in reducing friction and allowing deformation to occur across a die-face.

Author(s):  
S. Hill ◽  
R. P. Turner ◽  
P. Wardle

AbstractA small series of ring compression tests were performed on BS970:708M40 alloy steel. The samples were tested using a 2-factor temperature variable, and a 4-factor lubricant variable, as the design parameters. Two differing soak temperatures were used, namely 1030 °C and 1300 °C respectively. The lubricants applied at the billet to tooling interface were synthetic water–based, graphite water–based, graphite and molybdenum disulphide viscous grease, and finally, unlubricated samples were tested. The ring compression tests were performed using a traditional drop forging hammer and induction heating to minimise any unintentional process variability. The impact that the two varying process parameters have upon the compression sample was then assessed by measuring each sample’s surface hardness and surface roughness prior to and post forging with fully calibrated equipment. It was demonstrated that the higher soak temperature of 1300 °C yielded a lower surface hardness value and higher surface roughness than the lower soak temperature, 1030 °C. The two water-based lubricants offered negligible change in results compared with the unlubricated forging, strongly suggesting that the lubricants were evaporated off the surface prior to forging. However, the results from the graphite–molybdenum disulphate grease do indicate in particular higher surface roughness than other lubricants, and a non-symmetric distortion pattern.


2000 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Sofuoglu ◽  
Hasan Gedikli ◽  
Jahan Rasty

The main objective of this research was to investigate the effect of material properties, strain-rate sensitivity, and barreling on the behavior of friction calibration curves. The compression tests were conducted to obtain the necessary material properties for the finite element analysis. A series of ring compression tests were then conducted in order to determine the magnitude of the friction coefficient, μ. The experiments were first conducted for the modeling materials, namely, white and black plasticine and later on, for aluminum, copper, bronze, and brass. The experiments were then simulated via an elastic-plastic finite element code (ABAQUS). Contrary to the results available in the literature, where the same friction calibration curves are recommended for all types of materials and test conditions, the results of this investigation showed that friction calibration curves are indeed affected by the material properties and test conditions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigit Mittelman ◽  
Elad Priel ◽  
Nissim Navi

The most accepted method for determining friction conditions in metal forming is the ring compression test (RCT). At high temperatures, extraction of the friction coefficient, μ, commonly requires numerical analysis due to the coupling between the mechanical and thermal fields. In the current study, compression tests of cylindrical specimens and RCT experiments were conducted on commercially pure aluminium (Al1050) at several temperatures, loading rates, and lubrication conditions. The experiments were used in conjunction with a coupled thermo-mechanical finite element analysis to study the dependence of the friction coefficient on those parameters. It is demonstrated that due to the coupling between friction conditions and material flow stress, both μ and flow stress data should be determined from the cylinder and ring specimens simultaneously and not subsequently. The computed friction conditions are validated using a novel method based on identification of the plastic flow neutral radius. It is shown that, due to heat loss mechanisms, the experimental system preparation stage must be incorporated in the computational analysis. The study also addresses the limitation of the RCT in the presence of high friction conditions. The computational models are finally used to examine the thermo-mechanical fields, which develop during the different processes, with an emphasis on the effect of friction conditions, which were then correlated to the resulting microstructure in the RCTs.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1148 ◽  
pp. 96-102
Author(s):  
Ch. Harikrishna ◽  
M.J. Davidson ◽  
P. Srinivasa Raju ◽  
G. Srinivasa Rao

In the cold forging of AA2014, friction at the die/billet interface plays a significant role. AA2014 metallic rings of height 8 mm with an outer diameter of 24 mm and inner diameter of 12 mm was upset between H13 steel dies to different levels of deformation. Different types of lubricants namely, grease, molybdenum disulphide, white grease, palm oil were employed at the die/ring interface and ring compression test was also conducted for un lubricated condition. The values based on the changes in the geometry after different levels of deformation were fit into Male and Cockroft calibration curves to estimate the friction factor (m). The values of friction factors determined from the experiments were given as input to the finite element package, Deform 2D. The results obtained from the finite element studies were compared with the experimental results. After validation, the research was extended by considering ring geometries of different sizes. The effect of the friction between the die/billet interface and geometry were studied on the flow of metal. The zone of minimum velocity of particles, defined as neutral plane was analyzed for different friction conditions and different geometries of the ring.


1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Wang ◽  
J. G. Lenard

Ring compression tests were conducted at constant true strain rates in the temperature range of 900–975°C. The constant friction shear factor, m, was determined using a calibration chart. Scaling was permitted during the experiments in which a glass based lubricant was also used. Frictional conditions were affected most by the rate of strain; increasing it led to lower values of m.


2017 ◽  
Vol 889 ◽  
pp. 119-126
Author(s):  
Sueji Hirawatari ◽  
Hisaki Watari ◽  
Shinichi Nishida ◽  
Yuki Sato ◽  
Mayumi Suzuki

This paper deals with friction properties and deformation resistance during hot forming of Mg-Al-Ca-Mn series magnesium alloys. Friction coefficients between dies and magnesium alloys were obtained by ring compression tests that used graphite, PTFE, and an oil lubricant in a hot-forging process. Hot forging was performed under various conditions to clarify the effects of types of lubricants and slide motion of the press machines on friction properties. Two types of slide motion, a constant velocity motion and a pulse motion were selected in the ring-compression test. It was found that graphite with an oil lubricant effectively eliminated die sticking in hot forming of magnesium alloys. The isothermal deformation resistances were derived using friction coefficients obtained by ring-compression tests as well as finite-element simulations. The predicted stress strain curves with temperature were examined with the stress-strain relationship obtained in experiments using a servo press and demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method.


Author(s):  
Jesus Ruiz-Hervias ◽  
Miguel Angel Martin-Rengel ◽  
Francisco Javier Gomez-Sanchez

The ring compression test applied to nuclear fuel cladding is relatively easy to perform but difficult to interpret. It can be representative of the loading state associated to a hypothetical spent fuel assembly drop accident. This is particularly important for spent fuel cladding subjected to drying operations previous to storage and transportation, because they may produce hydride reorientation along the radial direction of cladding. In this paper, experimental testing and numerical simulations are combined to obtain operative failure criteria from the results of the ring compression tests on unirradiated pre-hydrided samples with radial hydrides, simulating drying, storage and subsequent transport conditions.


2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Se-Chang Kim ◽  
Dae-Geun Cho ◽  
Tae-Gyu Kim ◽  
Se-Hun Jung ◽  
Ja-Choon Koo ◽  
...  

Failures in IT electronics are often caused by falling or external shocks during transportation. These failures cause customers to mistrust the reliability of the products. Many manufacturers of IT electronics have not only used cushioning materials but also increased the shock resistance of their products for failure prevention. Especially in case of printer products, the design of the packaging and the product robustness are extremely important because of their substantial weight and the fragility of the internal modules. For product design, it is essential to understand the impact failure mechanism of the products. In this study, a compression test, a drop impact test, and a finite element analysis (FEA) were performed to analyze the dynamic behaviors of a packaged multifunction printer (MFP). The mechanical properties of a cushioning material were measured by compression tests. The FE models of the cushion packaging and the MFP included the physical characteristics of the internal modules, and their dynamic behaviors were obtained using the commercial software ls-dyna3d. Simulation results were also compared with drop test results to verify the proposed FE models. The shock resistance of the MFP was assessed by stress analysis and strength evaluation. We also expect our FE models will be useful for evaluating the fragility of the internal modules because the models can numerically estimate the shock acceleration profiles of the internal modules, which are difficult to measure experimentally.


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