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Hydro-forming Process of Automotive Engine Cradle by Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)  

Kim, Kee-Joo (CAE Team, Ssangyong Motor Co.)
Choi, Byung-Ik (Micro System & Structural Mechanics Team, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Sung, Chang-Won (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers / v.16, no.1, 2008 , pp. 86-92 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the use of tubes in the manufacturing of the automobile parts has increased and therefore many automotive manufactures have tried to use hydro-forming technology. The hydro-forming technology may cause many advantages to automotive applications in terms of better structural integrity of the parts, lower cost from fewer part count, material saving, weight reduction, lower spring-back, improved strength and durability and design flexibility. In this study, the whole process of front engine cradle (or front sub-frame) parts development by tube hydro-forming using steel material having tensile strength of 440MPa grade is presented. At the part design stage, it requires feasibility study and process design aided by CAE (Computer Aided Design) to confirm hydro-formability in details. Effects of parameters such as internal pressure, axial feeding and geometry shape on automotive sub-frame by hydro-forming process were carefully investigated. Overall possibility of hydro-formable sub-frame parts could be examined by cross sectional analyses. Moreover, it is essential to ensure the formability of tube material on every forming step such as pre-bending, preforming and hydro-forming. At the die design stage, all the components of prototyping tools are designed and interference with press is examined from the point of geometry and thinning.
Keywords
Hydroforming; Engine cradle; Axial feeding; Bending; Thinning;
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