Design of Preform in the Forging Process of the Ball-Joint Socket

볼조인트 소켓 단조 공정의 예비형상 설계

  • 박철현 (한국과학기술원 기계공학과) ;
  • 이석렬 (한국과학기술원 기계공학과) ;
  • 신현기 (한국과학기술원 기계공학과) ;
  • 양동열 (한국과학기술원 기계공학과) ;
  • 박용복 (공주대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 안병기 (공주대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 김용환 (충남대학교 기계설계공학과) ;
  • 배명환 ((주)센트랄 연구소) ;
  • 정순철 ((주)센트랄 연구소)
  • Published : 2001.10.01

Abstract

The preform design in metal forging plays a key role in improving product quality, such as ensuring defect-free property and proper metal flow. In industry, preforms are generally designed by the iterative trial-and-error approach, but this approach leads not only to significant tool cost but also to the down-time of the production equipment. It is thus necessary to reduce the time and the man-power through an effective method of perform design. In this paper, the equi-potential lines designed in the electric field are introduced to find the preform shape. The equi-potential lines obtained by the arrangement of the initial and final shapes are utilized for the design of the preform, and then applied for obtaining a fine preform in the foging process of the ball-joint socket.

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