scholarly journals Analysis of Material Transfer From a Soft Workpiece to a Hard Tool: Part II—Experimental Verification of the Proposed Lump Growth Model

2000 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. de Rooij ◽  
D. J. Schipper

In this study, the lump growth model, described in an accompanying paper (de Rooij and Schipper, 2000) is validated by means of experiments performed on a deepdrawing simulator. In the experiments, the influence of material and roughness properties of both sheet and tool on the galling behavior is determined. For these experiments, a deepdrawing simulator and a selection of aluminum and zinc coated sheets with several (coated) deepdrawing tools are used. Good agreement is found between results of the lump growth model and the sheet metal forming experiments.

2014 ◽  
Vol 626 ◽  
pp. 518-523
Author(s):  
C.P. Lai ◽  
Luen Chow Chan

The titanium tailor-welded blanks (Ti-TWBs) are being developed in different industries such as automobile and aerospace, combining the advantages of both tailor-welded blanks technology and titanium alloys. In recent decades, computer simulation of sheet metal forming processes has been employed increasingly over conventional production test and adjustment methodology to achieve the optimum and cost-effective operation procedures. Recently, certain amounts of theoretical analysis for the sheet metal forming process have been developed. However, these analyses could not be applied directly to the material under multi-stage forming process. Thus, some researchers have developed a damage-based model to predict the instability and failure of sheet metals, particularly for the above Ti-TWBs, with consideration of material damage under discontinuous or proportional loading strain paths. So far this model has been used and proved to be successful to predict formability of selected sheets of steel and aluminium alloy. However, the application of the damage-coupled model has yet to be extended to the Ti-TWBs under thermal multi-stage forming operation.The main objective of this paper is to investigate numerically the formability of Ti-TWBs under multi-stage forming process with experimental verification. Titanium alloy sheets (Ti-6Al-4V) in thickness of 0.7mm and 1.0mm were selected and laser-welded the specimen of Ti-TWBs. The model based on the damage mechanics is introduced to predict the thermal formability of Ti-TWBs with change of strain paths. In this study, the anisotropic damage model incorporate with the finite element codes and user-define material subroutine were developed to predict the formability of Ti-TWBs with change of strain paths. The mechanical properties and damage parameters of Ti-TWBs for the simulation were measured experimentally. The simulation of Ti-TWB under multi-stage forming process were then conducted and validated experimentally at similar forming conditions. The predicted results have been found to agree well with those obtained from the experiments. This analysis can be applied readily to design and manufacture TWB components or structures so as to satisfy the need of such market demands.


2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (10) ◽  
pp. 744-746
Author(s):  
D. Landgrebe ◽  
M. Pröhl

Innerhalb des Projekts „HyBlade“ wurde ein Flügelprofil aus Stahlblech entwickelt. Zum Einsatz kommen bewährte Fertigungstechniken wie das Abkanten einer Vorform und das Hydroforming zum Kalibrieren der finalen Geometrie. Das Verfahren stellt eine hohe Maßhaltigkeit sicher – die wesentliche Voraussetzung für gute Aerodynamik und hohe Energieausbeute von Windkraftanlagen. Die wirtschaftliche Prozesskette gestattet darüber hinaus auch die Herstellung größerer Blätter mit weitaus komplexeren Geometrien.   In the HyBlade project, a sheet metal based airfoil used for blades of small wind turbines has been developed. Well known forming techniques have been used to produce a bent preform that is finally calibrated via hydrofoming. This manufacturing technology ensures a high accuracy of the blade, resulting in good aerodynamic conditions and energy efficiency. The very cost-effective process chain furthermore offers the possibility to form even larger blades with a higher geometrical complexity.


2014 ◽  
Vol 626 ◽  
pp. 495-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Shean Lee ◽  
Ta Wei Chien

In most situations, original Cockcroft criterion underestimates material formability in the first quadrant of FLD. So far, some modified Cockcroft criteria have been reported for different applications. This presentation will focus on the modified Cockcroft criterion which takes strain-path effect into consideration. This paper demonstrates the accuracy of this criterion through limiting dome height test, free bulge test, and the biaxial tensile test using cruciform specimen respectively. The results showed that the modified Cockcroft criterion with strain path effect has good agreement with experimental results.


2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 1833-1838
Author(s):  
K. Żaba ◽  
P. Kita ◽  
M. Nowosielski ◽  
M. Kwiatkowski ◽  
M. Madej

Abstract The article presents a properly planned and designed tests of the abrasive wear resistance 2024 aluminum alloy strips under friction conditions involving various lubricants. Test were focused on the selection of the best lubricant for use in industrial environment, especially for sheet metal forming. Three lubricants of the Orlen Oil Company and one used in the sheet metal forming industry, were selected for tests. Tests without the use of lubricant were performed for a comparison. The tester T-05 was used for testing resistance to wear. As the counter samples were used tool steel - NC6 and steel for hot working - WCL, which are typical materials used for tools for pressing. The results are presented in the form of the force friction, abrasion depth, weight loss and coefficient of friction depending on the lubricant used and the type of counter samples. The results allowed for predicting set lubricant-material for tools which can be applied to sheet metal made of aluminum alloy 2024.


2012 ◽  
Vol 234 ◽  
pp. 64-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.N. Ashok Kumar ◽  
R. Deivanathan

Productivity is one of the major factors that affect the profit of any industry or any product. In manufacturing industries, the productivity is showing the efficiency of the production unit. It depends on many factors such as technology, machine, method, management, materials etc. In this study, material used is considered and analyzed how it affects the productivity. Productivity is normally expressed as the number of units produced / unit time. Sheet metal forming is one of the major manufacturing processes and used for most of the products. So the selection of material is important for good quality as well as economical production. This article discusses how the material influences the productivity. For this study, a product U Clamp is considered. The materials considered for the study are the aluminum and mild steel. The U clamps are formed by aluminum as well as mild steel by using the same die. Data on operation time, material handling time are collected, analyzed and discussed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 807 ◽  
pp. 130-139
Author(s):  
Julian Sinz ◽  
Daniel Hesse ◽  
Sebastian Öchsner ◽  
Peter Groche

The market pressure and the products of competitors are decreasing the duration of product life cycles. Besides that, special customer requirements and rising product complexity result in an increase of the effort and the costs of the development process. In order to minimize the effort of the development process as well as to handle the uncertainties which come along with the planning and selection of manufacturing systems a data-based configuration tool was developed for the use in the field of sheet metal forming. Based on the product data of existing press systems, the tool is able to predict the fundamental configuration of a newly developed press system. The utilization and functionality of the tool is illustrated on two exemplary press systems.


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