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Finite Element Analysis for Precision Roll Forming Process of Stainless Slide Rail  

Lee, Taek-Sung (Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Korea Polytechnic Univ.)
Kim, Gun-Wan (Graduate School, Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Korea Polytechnic Univ.)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering / v.26, no.8, 2009 , pp. 96-103 More about this Journal
Abstract
The roll forming process is commonly used for the conventional 'Fe' metal products such as a furniture drawer guide or an up-down slide guide. Recently its applications are variously expanded to the sanitary facilities or electronic devices. It is essentially required the cleanness for the high technology application and any corrosion or rust are not allowed. Therefore, in those applications the stainless steel materials are strongly demanded as the substitution of 'Fe' steel. However the mechanical properties of stainless steel are not suitable for forming process compared with those of 'Fe' steel. Up to now, the conventional F.E.M.(Finite Element Method) has been used to analyze and design the roll forming process. The purpose of this research is to obtain the proper production process and the shape of rolls to manufacture the high precision slide rails made of stainless steel material. The commercial program, SHARPE-RF, is used to analyze the entire roll forming process. The results show that the rolling process and the roll design by F.E.M. are useful from the good agreement between the shapes of products estimated by F.E.M. and those of the actual products.
Keywords
Precision Roll Forming; Roll Design; Spring Back; FEM; Stainless Steel;
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