Analysis of the Ring Test Method for the Evaluation of Frictional Stresses in Bulk Metal Forming Processes

CIRP Annals ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Danckert ◽  
Tarras Wanheim
2012 ◽  
Vol 504-506 ◽  
pp. 981-986
Author(s):  
Harald Hetzner ◽  
Stephan Tremmel ◽  
Sandro Wartzack

Combining the loading conditions of two different classes of forming operations, in sheet bulk metal forming processes, contact pressures ranging from a few hundred MPa up to loads exceeding 2,500 MPa are experienced. With the additional need for an enhanced control of the material flow, which is best implemented by locally adapted frictional properties of the contact tool/workpiece, sheet bulk metal forming represents a challenge to tribology. As a consequence, the evaluation of the friction and wear properties of different surface modifications and lubricants within a variety of loading conditions is required. The load-scanning test is a universal tribological model test. Its most distinctive feature is the ability to assess the friction and wear behaviour of a tribological pairing within a whole range of contact loads in a single test run. The simple and quick test method also allows the investigation of plastic contacts. Due to these features, the load-scanning test is of particular interest with regard to the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the application potentials and limits of use of tribological measures intended for sheet bulk metal forming. Like any model test, the load-scanning test has also specific drawbacks. In some test setups, the stress distribution in the contact area may be non-uniform. Further, the maximum realizable contact pressure may be limited by low yield strengths of the tested materials in combination with the insufficient flow restriction of the contact geometry and/or the moderate machine force. By comparison to other test methods and by giving examples of its application in different scenarios, the present paper discusses the potentials and limitations of the load-scanning test against the background of sheet bulk metal forming.


2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Kačmarčik ◽  
Dejan Movrin ◽  
Aljoša Ivanišević

One Contribution to the Friction Investigation in Bulk Metal Forming Friction is resistance to relative motion when one body slides over another. In metal forming operations, both sheet metal and bulk metal forming, friction is undesirable but also unavoidable occurrence. It has negative impact on main process parameters as well as on workpiece quality. In order to obtain accurate results in metal forming experiments or simulations, the precise value of friction has to be known. In this paper several methods for friction evaluations, such as ring test, forward bar extrusion, backward - forward hollow extrusion, twist extrusion are presented and analyzed. A new double backward extrusion model is proposed.


Author(s):  
Lorenzo Scandola ◽  
Christoph Büdenbender ◽  
Michael Till ◽  
Daniel Maier ◽  
Michael Ott ◽  
...  

AbstractThe optimal design of the tools in bulk metal forming is a crucial task in the early design phase and greatly affects the final accuracy of the parts. The process of tool geometry assessment is resource- and time-consuming, as it consists of experience-based procedures. In this paper, a compensation method is developed with the aim to reduce geometrical deviations in hot forged parts. In order to simplify the transition process between the discrete finite-element (FE) mesh and the computer-aided-design (CAD) geometry, a strategy featuring an equivalent surrogate model is proposed. The deviations are evaluated on a reduced set of reference points on the nominal geometry and transferred to the FE nodes. The compensation approach represents a modification of the displacement-compatible spring-forward method (DC-SF), which consists of two elastic FE analyses. The compatible stress originating the deviations is estimated and subsequently applied to the original nominal geometry. After stress relaxation, an updated nominal geometry of the part is obtained, whose surfaces represent the compensated tools. The compensation method is verified by means of finite element simulations and the robustness of the algorithm is demonstrated with an additional test geometry. Finally, the compensation strategy is validated experimentally.


CIRP Annals ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 283-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Merklein ◽  
J. Koch ◽  
S. Opel ◽  
T. Schneider

2012 ◽  
Vol 504-506 ◽  
pp. 969-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Hetzner ◽  
Stephan Tremmel ◽  
Sandro Wartzack

In sheet bulk metal forming, locally adapted friction properties of the contact tool/workpiece are an appropriate means for the targeted enhancement of the material flow, enabling an improved form filling and lowered forming forces. However, the implementation of desirable friction conditions is not trivial. And further, friction is inseparably linked to wear and damage of the contacting surfaces. This calls for a methodological approach in order to consider tribology as a whole already in the early phases of process layout, so that tribological measures which allow fulfilling the requirements concerning local friction and wear properties of the tool surfaces, can already be selected during the conceptual design of the forming tools. Thin tribological coatings are an effective way of improving the friction and wear properties of functional surfaces. Metal-modified amorphous carbon coatings, which are still rather new to the field of metal forming, allow tackling friction and wear simultaneously. Unlike many other types of amorphous carbon, they have the mechanical toughness to be used in sheet bulk metal forming, and at the same time their friction properties can be varied over wide ranges by proper choice of the deposition parameters. Based on concrete research results, the mechanical, structural and special tribological properties of tungsten-modified hydrogenated amorphous carbon coatings (a-C:H:W) are presented and discussed against the background of the tribological requirements of a typical sheet bulk metal forming process.


Lubricants ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Lüchinger ◽  
Igor Velkavrh ◽  
Kerstin Kern ◽  
Michael Baumgartner ◽  
Stefan Klien ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 651-653 ◽  
pp. 1153-1158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Arno Behrens ◽  
Anas Bouguecha ◽  
Milan Vucetic ◽  
Sven Hübner ◽  
Daniel Rosenbusch ◽  
...  

Sheet-bulk metal forming is a manufacturing technology, which allows to produce a solid metal component out of a flat sheet. This paper focuses on numerical and experimental investigations of a new multistage forming process with compound press tools. The complete process sequence for the production of this solid metal component consists of three forming stages, which include a total of six production techniques. The first forming stage includes deep drawing, simultaneous cutting and following wall upsetting. In the second forming stage, flange forming combined with cup bottom ironing takes place. In the last stage of the process sequence, the component is sized. To investigate and to improve process parameters such as plastic strain distribution, resulting dimensions and process forces, FEA is performed. Based on these results the developed process is designed.


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