• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.19-29
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• 2002

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.158-162
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• 2002

In this paper, the usefulness of a three-dimensional forging simulation technique is verified through its application to process design in rotor pole forging. A simulator, AFDEX3D developed based on the rigid-plastic finite element method and hexahedral elements, is employed. The simulated results of an application example found in a precision forging company are compared with the actually forged ones in detail. It has been verified that the simulation results are in good agreement with the actual phenomena.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.54-61
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• 1997

Furthermore the rothor pole, with a solid type, manufactured by cold forging process at present should dmploy 3 press lines which consist of total 7 processes. Since A.S.B. treatment is prerequisite for the press line, the 3 times of A.S.B. treatment requires a long lead time, with little contribution to the reduction in cost. The author has investigated, through this researach, the possibility of a new forging method for a rotor pole production with (1) 2 pass instead of 3 press lines (2) only one A.S.B. treatment instead of 3 ones (3) solid type instead of sectional type, and (4) improvment of material property during process using a modified forging process and a specially designed die.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1637-1641
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• 2007

In this paper, we simulate a rotor pole cold forging process by a forging simulator with both tetrahedral and hexahedral element capabilities and compare the predictions obtained by the two approaches with the experiments. Hexahedral element capability runs manually while tetrahedral element capability runs automatically with help of an intelligent remeshing technique. It is shown that the tetrahedral element capability can give quite accurate solution if assisted by the intelligent remeshing technique even though the tetrahedral element itself is not theoretically and numerically clear.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.49-54
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• 2010

Rotor pole for AC(alternating current) generator is manufactured through transfer warm forging die. As soon as the material is heated at the warm manufacturing process, it is transferred to the first stage for upsetting work and then to the second stage for lateral extrusion work. The processes at the lateral extrusion work such as die block, die bushing, center punch, and side punch make severe condition and abrasion which leads to shorten the die life. This causes production decrease, long maintenance time, and low level of precision. Research on the die material selection, heat process cycle improvement, electric discharge machining trouble solution, and re-construction of main parts is expected to find a method to lengthen the die life up to 40 - 50%.