A Study on the Development of Aluminum Piston by Forging Process

알루미늄 단조 피스톤의 개발에 관한 연구

In this study, the development of an aluminum forged piston was tried to substitute the cast piston, in which there were internal defects such as blow hole and shrink pipe. A gasoline engine piston was chosen as an example for developing the forged piston. Before aluminum forging, model, material (plasticine) test was carried out to investigate the forgeability and internal flow pattern of the forged piston at room temperature. From the result of model material test, an aluminum piston to be forged was redesigned. The aluminum pistion was forged in hot process. The quality of a forged piston was compared with that of a cast piston in the point of mechanical properties, internal defect and microstructure. It was proved that the forged piston was superior to the cast piston.