• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.184-189
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• 2004

In this paper, the warm forging process sequence has been determined to manufacture the warm forged product for the precision bevel gear used as the differential gear unit of a commercial automobile. The preform shape of bevel gear influences the dimensional accuracy and stiffness of final product. The aspect ratio and chamfer length are considered as design parameters to achieve adequate metal distribution in the finish forging operation. Then the optimal conditions of design parameters have been selected by artificial neural network (ANN). Finally, to verify the optimal preform shape, the experiments of the warm forging of the bevel gear have been executed. The proposed method can give more systematic and economically feasible means for designing the preform shape in metal forming process.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.66-70
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• 2008

In this study, the formability of AZ31B magnesium alloy sheets was investigated by the analytical and experimental approaches. Tensile tests and limit dome height tests were rallied out at several temperatures between $25^{\circ}C$ and $300^{\circ}C$ to obtain the mechanical properties and forming limit diagram (FLD). The FLD-based criterion considering the strain-path and the blank temperature was used to predict the forming limit in a deep-drawing process of cross-shaped cup by finite element analysis. This criterion proved to be very useful in determining the optimal process conditions such as blank shape, punch velocity, minimum comer radius, fillet size, and so on, through the comparison between FEA and experimental data. In particular, the temperature of each tool that provided the best formability of the blank was determined by coupled temperature-deformation analyses. A practical method that can greatly reduce the forming time by increasing the punch speed during the forming process was suggested.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.53-59
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• 1996

Warm deep drawing of single-action dies using local heating has appeared to be an alternative attractive production method of multi-operation die sets generally used at room temperature in deep drawing of rectangular cup. Uniaxial tensile tests and deep drawing tests of various materials are carried out and the effect of temperature on tensile properties and drawability are examined at temperatures up to 200 .deg. C under three kinds of lubricants of teflon film, vinyl film and drawing oil. Good formability is achieved when punch and die temperature were differentiated intentionally in order to get large tensile strength(TS) at punch shoulder protion and small TS at die side. Throughout the experiments, it has been shown that the limiting drawing height of STS316L was increased with heating die and blank holder at 100 .deg. C, but that of STS430 wasn't. When vinyl or teflon film was attached on the plates, the drawability was increased considerably.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.285-288
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to predict the forming limit diagram (FLD) of strain-rate sensitive materials on the basis of the Marciniak and Kuczynski (M-K) theory. The strain-rate effect is taken into consideration in such a way that the stress-strain curves for various strain-rates are inputted into the formulation as point data, not as curve-fitted models such as power function. Tensile tests and R-value tests were carried out at several levels of temperature and strain-rate from $25^{\circ}C$ to $300^{\circ}C$ and 0.16 to 0.00016/s, respectively to obtain the mechanical properties of AZ31B magnesium alloy sheet. The FLD of this material was experimentally obtained by limit dome height tests with the punch velocity of 0.1 and 1.0 mm/s at $250^{\circ}C$. The M-K theory-based FLD predicted using Yld2000-2d yield criterion was compared with the experimental results.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.501-506
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• 2008

In this study, a forming magnesium alloy circular cup was simulated accounting for heat transfer at elevated temperatures. In order to predict the failure of magnesium alloy sheet during simulation, the forming limit diagram, which is used in sheet metal forming analysis to determine the criterion for failure, was investigated. For the failure prediction in the simulation accounting for heat transfer, the forming limit diagram for a temperature the same as the temperature of the blank element was used. The result of the simulation showed that the drawn depth increases with the increase of the die-holder temperature, and is in accord with the experimental results above the die-holder temperature of $150^{\circ}C$. The forming limit diagram provided a good guide for the failure prediction of warm forming simulation accounting for heat transfer. In addition, the effect of the tool shoulder radius on the drawn depth at various tool temperatures is verified using the simulation conditions which agreed with the experimental results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 1998.03a
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• pp.45-52
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• 1998

This study is to investigate the effects of warm deep drawing with aluminum sheets of A1050-H16 and A5052-H32 for improving deep drawability. Experiments for procucing circular cups and square cups were carried out for various working conditions, such as forming temperature and blank shape. The limit drawing ratio(LDR) of 2.63 in warm deep drawing of circular cups in case of A5052-H32 sheet, whereas LDR of A1050-H16 is 2.25, could be obtained and the former was 8 times higher than the value at room temperature. The maximum relative drawing depth for square cups of A5052-H32 material was also about 2 times deeper than the depth drawn at room temperature. The effects of blank shape, and temperature on drawability of aluminum materials as well as thickness distribution of drawn cups were examined and discussed.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.93-98
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to confirm the improvement of formability of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheet by using local heating and cooling technique. For this, the experiments of warm deep drawing were done under the temperatures of $100^{\circ}C\~400^{\circ}C$, and the punch velocity of 10, 100mm/min. Also FE analysis under the temperatures of blankholder and die of $150^{\circ}C,\;225^{\circ}C\;and\;300^{\circ}C$ for tools(holder and die) was executed with considering heat teansfer. From the results, the formability of AZ31 magnesium alloy, espicially the temperatures of $225^{\circ}C\~250^{\circ}C$ for tools(holder and die)improved remarkably. And the experiments and simulations showed that necking under room temperature for tools occured under the part of punch shoulder while at $300^{\circ}C$ for tools, at the part of die shoulder.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.51-56
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• 2022

In this study, finite element analyses were performed by applying a stress ring and split die design to relieve the tensile stress acting on the die due to high surface pressure during warm-closed forging. The applied material was a yield-ratio-control-steel (YRCS). It was used without quenching or tempering after forging. In the case of stress rings design, the number of stress rings and the tolerance for shrink fit were different. Vertical and horizontal splits were applied for insert die split design. Case 5 die with three stress rings, 0.2 % shrink fit tolerance, and vertical split was selected as an effective die design for tensile stress reduction. Based on die stress reduction analyses, Case 5 die for warm-closed forging was produced and smooth forgeability was secured, making it possible to manufacture forging product of yoke with the required geometry. In addition, controlled cooling using warm forging heat was applied to secure mechanical properties of yokes. When oil cooling was used for direct controlled cooling after warm-closed forging, a relatively uniform Rockwell hardness distribution and high mechanical properties could be obtained.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.349-353
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• 2008

A fundamental study on warm incremental forming of a magnesium alloy sheet has been carried out. In order to enhance the incremental formability of the magnesium alloy sheet, a local heating device was newly designed and manufactured. Through the incremental forming tests of AZ31 under various forming conditions, the effects of process parameters such as the temperature, feeding depth per cycle, and inclination angle on the incremental formability of AZ31 were investigated. In addition, conventional FLDs at elevated temperatures were constructed experimentally and applied to predict the forming failure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.244-247
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• 2001

Lubricanting characteristics in the warm forging have influence on forgeability of products. but Research on deformation characteristic of warm forging on the lubricant and lubricating method lack. This paper deform a bevel gear by warm forging and evaluate deformation loads and quality of products by each lubricants and lubricating method using oil-based lubricants(Soy, Oildag) and water-based lubricants(Deltaforge $\#31$, Renite S-26-X, Deltaglaze $\#151$). In conclusion, the less a deformation load by lubricants the more improvement a quality of product in manufacture of a bevel gear and water-based lubricants in the warm forging reduce a deformation load and improve a quality of products. Especially, Deltaforge $\31$ have excellent characteristic in the warm forging.