PENGARUH TEMPERATUR TUANG TERHADAP POROSITAS, STUKTUR MIKRO DAN KEKERASAN DARI ALUMUNIUM RONGSOK VELG MENGGUNAKAN PENGECORAN EVAPORATIF

The second largest metal material used after steel is Aluminum and its alloys. Ranging from aircraft bodies, vehicles, engine components, ship components, to buildings and very diverse applications using aluminum alloys. Material for making alloy wheels for components in motors using one of the special aluminum alloy applications with regard to the strength and hardness of high-quality aluminum alloys. Industrial companies that make aluminum doors, including windows and frames, make aluminum shelves, storefronts and other products. Produce waste remnants of used aluminum which can be used as aluminum as the main material destination. To reduce the company's production costs, many of them use aluminium scrap as their main casting material. Casting uses a temperature of 650 ° C, 700 ° C, 750 ° C, 800 ° C including casting type evaporative or casting using Styrofoam. The missing styrofoam casting pattern is a casting that uses a pattern of material that can evaporate when exposed to molten metal heat. The casting temperature results can affect microstructure, hardness, porosity and structure.

Concept development of a method for identifying friction coefficients for the numerical simulation of clinching processes

In order to reduce fuel consumption and thus pollutant emissions, the automotive industry is increasingly developing lightweight construction concepts that are accompanied by an increasing usage of aluminum materials. Due to poor weldability of aluminum in combination with other materials, mechanical joining methods such as clinching were developed and established in series production. In order to predict the relevant characteristics of clinched joints and to ensure the reliability of the process, it is simulated numerically during product development processes. In this regard, the predictive accuracy of the simulated process highly depends on the implemented friction model. In particular, the frictional behavior between the sheet metals as well as between the sheet metal and clinching tools has a significant impact on the geometrical formation of the clinched joint. No testing methods exist that can sufficiently investigate the frictional behavior in sheet materials, especially under high interface pressures, different relative velocities, and long friction paths, while allowing a decoupled consideration of the test parameters. This paper describes the development of further testing concepts based on a proven tribo-torsion test method for determining friction coefficients between sheet metal materials for the simulation of clinching processes. For this purpose, the correlation of interface pressure and the relative velocity between aluminum and steel sheet material in clinching processes is investigated using numerical simulation. Based on these findings, the developed concepts focus on determining friction coefficients at interface pressures of the above materials, yield stress, as well as the reproduction of the occurring friction conditions between sheet metal materials and tool surfaces in clinching processes using tool substitutes. Furthermore, wear investigations between sheet metal material and tool surface were carried out in the friction tests with subsequent EDX analyses of the frictioned tool surfaces. The developed method also allows an optical deformation measurement of the sheet metal material specimen by means of digital image correlation (DIC). Based on a methodological approach, the test setups and the test systems used are explained, and the functionality of the concepts is proven by experimental tests using different sheet metal materials.

INVESTIGATION ON THERMAL DEFORMATION IN LASER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

In metal additive manufacturing, a metal material is melted by a concentrated heat source such as a laser. Therefore, thermal deformation occurs in the fabrication, which causes deterioration of shape accuracy and crack of the workpiece. In this study, a method to systematically reduce the thermal deformation was discussed. The mechanism of thermal deformation caused by stacking and lining up the bead was investigated using finite element simulations and experiments. Based on the obtained results and thermal deformation theory in welding, a method to reduce the thermal deformation was proposed and the validity of the method was demonstrated by simulation.