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Received 19 December 1995; and in revised form 8 Ma rch 1996)A b s t r a c t - - A m a j o r d i s a d v a n t a g e o f t r a d i t i o n a l c o l d f o r g i n g i s r e p r e s e n t e d b y t h e i n a b i l i t y t o f o r g e s l e n d e rgeom et r i es such as t ubes , because these t end to c ol l apse unde r axi a l for ces . Recen t r esearch has r eveal ed tha t ,f o r t h e f o r m i n g o f h o l l o w f l a n g e d c o m p o n e n t s f r o m t u b e s , a c o n t r o l l e d m a t e r i a l f l o w c a n b e a c h i e v e d b yi n j e c t io n f o r g in g . H o w e v e r i f t h e h e i g h t o f t h e f l a n g e i s h i g h c o m p a r e d t o t h e w a l l th i c k n e s s o f t h e t u b e ,i n s t a b i l it y p r o b l e m s a r i s e c a u s i n g t h e t u b e t o b u c k l e . A c c o r d i n g to p r e v i o u s w o r k b y t h e a u t h o r s t h i s m a y b ep r e v e n t e d b y i n c r e a s in g t h e w a l l t h i c k n e s s o f th e t u b e l o c a l l y t h r o u g h t h e p r e f o r m i n g o f a s i m p l e i n n e r f la n g e o nt h e t u b e . T h e s e p r e l im i n a r y i n v e s t i g a t io n s h a v e b e e n r e s t ri c t e d t o a r e d u c e d n u m b e r o f c o m p o n e n t g e o m e t r i e si n te r m s o f t h e m a j o r p r o c e s s p a r a m e t e r s ; b e i n g t h e i n n e r - to o u t e r - t u b e d i a m e t e r p r o p o r t i o n a n d t h e f l a n g e -t o -w a l l - th i c k n e s s r a t io . I n c o n t i n u a t i o n o f t h is w o r k t h e p r e s e n t p a p e r f o c u s e s o n a s y s t e m a t i c m a p p i n g o f t h eo p t i m a l p r e f o r m d e s i g n i n o r d e r t o a l l o w a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f a c t u a l p r e f o r m d e s i g n r u l e s f o r t h e i n j e c t i o nf o r g i n g o f t u b u l a r c o m p o n e n t s f o r a w h o l e r a n g e o f p a r a m e t e r c o m b i n a t i o n s . T h e a n a l y s i s b u i l d s o na c o m p r e h e n s i v e f i n it e e le m e n t a n a l y s i s i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h e x p e r i m e n t a l t e s ts i n a l u m i n i u m p e r f o r m e d f o rs t ra t e g i c a ll y im p o r t a n t p a r a m e t e r c o m b i n a t i o n s in o r d e r t o s u p p o r t t h e t h e o r e t i c a ll y e s ta b l i s h e d fo r m a b i l i t yl imi t d i agram s . C opy r ight 1997 El sevier Sci ence Ltd .Keywords: t ube forming, i n j ec t ion forg ing , f i n it e e l em ent analys i s .

N O T A T I O Na i , a o d i m e n s i o n f o r i n n e r a n d o u t e r d ie - c a v it y , m md l, d o i n n e r a n d o u t e r d i a m e t e r o f t u b e , m m

le ef fec tive l ength of i n j ec t ed tube (one end) , mmIo in i t i a l l eng th of t ube , mmt g e n e r a l d i e - c a v it y g a p h e i g h t w h e n q = t o, m m

t i, to i n n e r a n d o u t e r d i e - c a v i ty g a p h e i g h t , m mw wal l t h i cknes s of t ube , w = 1 /2(do - d i ), mmeffect ive s t rain

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1. I N T R O D U C T I O NTo da te , the bu lk de fo rma t ion o f ma te r i a l s by fo rg ing to ach ieve a com pon en t fo rm has genera l lybeen r e s t r ic t ed to geome t r i e s w h ich do no t co n ta in th rough-ho les [1 , 2 ] ; w hereve r a th rough -ho le i san in teg ra l a s pec t o f a com pone n t , t h i s is ach ieved by mach in ing o r t r imming s ubs equ en t to thema nufac tu re o f the fo rging . F o rg ing o f ho l low b i l le t s has been im prac t i cab le due to the in s t ab il i ty o fthe w o rk m a te r i a l I -3-5] . Tub es ma y on ly be fo rmed w i th a fo rm o f in t e rna l s upp or t to p r even t theco l l aps e o f the tube w a l l. Com plex p ro f i l ed com pon en t s m ay be fo rged from r ings th rough ups e t t ingus ing a p roces s con f igu ra t ion in w h ich a movab le mandre l and c on ta ine r des cend u nder the punch ,as des c r ibed in Ref s I -6 -7 ]. H ow ever on ly r a the r l imi ted p la s t ic de fo rmat ion can be ach ieved th i s w ayas r e s t r i c t ions on the tube he igh t have to be r e s pec ted to no t have buck l ing p rob lems 1 ,8 -9 ] .In jec t ion fo rg ing has enab led the fo rming o f l a rge r ad ia l f l anges under h igh p las t ic de fo rm at ion , o fbo th s o l id [10 -12 ] and tubu la r ma te r i a l [ -13 -15 ] .

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E x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u l t sB a s e d o n t h e l o a d r e c o r d e d d u r i n g e x p e r i m e n t s a n d p r e d i c t e d b y t h e f i ni te e l e m e n t m o d e l f o r th ei n j e c t io n f o r g i n g w i t h p r e f o r m i n g , t h e r e l at i v e p u n c h p r e s s u re , p/ t ro, w a s c a l c u l a t e d a n d p l o t t e d a sa f u n c t i o n o f th e r e l a t i v e d e f o r m a t i o n o f t h e t u b e , ~ ( F ig . 7 ). N u m e r i c a l a n d e x p e r i m e n t a l c u r v e scom pare we l l .

T w o p h a s e s m a y b e d i s ti n g u i s h e d : t h e p r e f o r m i n g s t a g e a n d t h e a c t u a l i n j e c ti o n f o r g in g s ta g e . I nt he fo rm er t he punch p res s u re i nc reas es s t eep l y a s t he p re fo rm i ng cav i t y i s be i ng f i l l ed up .S u b s e q u e n t l y , a f te r r e m o v a l o f t h e p r e f o r m i n g r i n g t o a l l o w t h e f o r m i n g o f t h e o u t e r f la n g e , t h er e l a ti v e p u n c h p r e s s u r e g r o w s m o d e r a t e l y f r o m a l o w e r e d l e v e l. T h e m a i n d i f fe r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e t w os e ts o f c u rv e s i s c a u s e d b y d e f l e c t io n o f th e t o o l a n d m a t e r i a l e v a s i o n r e s u l t in g i n a d e l a y o f t h e p e a ko f t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l p r e -f i ll in g c u rv e . A s m a y b e n o t i c e d , v a l u e s o f t h e r e l a t iv e p u n c h p r e s s u r e h i g h e rt h a n s ix t im e s t h e i n i t i a l y i e ld s tr e s s a re r e a c h e d . W h e n d e s i g n i n g a t o o l f o r p r o d u c i n g a f l a n g e i n t oa a n n u l a r s p a c e , m a j o r s p e c i f ic a t io n s a re t h e r e f o r e to b e c a l c u l a t e d o n t h e b a s i s o f t h e p r e f o r m i n gs tage.

A m o r e d e t a i l e d r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f th e t h e o r e t i c a l f o r m a b i l i t y l im i t d i a g r a m , d i s p l a y i n g th eo b s e r v e d m a t e r i a l f l o w f o r e a c h o f th e i n v e s t i g a t e d p a r a m e t e r c o m b i n a t i o n s , i s g i v e n in F i g . 8 (a ).T h e s y m b o l s u t i l is e d a r e i d e n t ic a l t o t h o s e f r o m F i g . 2 w i t h t h e a d d i t i o n f o r t h e m a t e r i a l f lo wprev i ous l y i den t i f i ed i n F i g . 6 (d ) . In t he s am e d i a g ra m t he r e s u l t s o f the ex per i m en t a l t e s t s a r ei nd i ca t ed ( i n box ) .

I n g e n e r a l , th e t h e o r e t i c a l p r e d i c t i o n s c o m p a r e w e l l w i t h t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u lt s . C o n s e q u e n t l y ,i t i s s e e n f r o m t h e e x p e r i m e n t s p e r f o r m e d f o r d i a m e t e r r a t i o dl / do = 0 .429 , t ha t fo r ob t a i n i ng anacceB p t ab l e m a t e r i a l f l ow, t he i nc l i na t i on 2 a i / t o f t h e p r e f o r m d i e - c a v i ty m u s t b e c h o s e n w i t h i na m i n i m u m a n d m a x i m u m l im i t. T h u s a n o n - a c c e p t a b le m o d e 3 m a t e r i al f lo w c a n b e i d e n t if i ed f o ra t o o l o w v a l u e 2 a i / t = 0 .133) o f t h i s pa ram et e r [ s ee a l s o F i g . 8 (b )] . S i m i l a r l y a t oo h i gh i nc l i na t i on2 a i / t = 0 .933 ) r e s u l t s i n t he f l ow fa i l u re i den t i f i ed ea r l i e r f rom f i n i t e e l em en t ana l y s i s [ s ee a l s oFig. 8(d)].

F o r a n i n c l i n a t i o n 2 a i / t = 0 .533 ) chos en i n be t ween t hes e l i m i t va l ues , an accep t ab l e m a t e r i a lf l o w c a n b e o b t a i n e d [ s ee a l s o F i g . 8 (c )] . T h e p h o t o g r a p h i c d e t a i l o f t h e f l a n g e re v e a ls t h e o c c u r r e n c eo f s k in i n c l u s io n s o r f l a w s o n t h e i n n e r d i a m e t e r o f t h e t u b e . H o w e v e r a s a n t i c i p a t e d f r o m t h e f i n it ee l e m e n t s i m u l a t i o n , F i g . 6 (c ) , t h e e x t e n t o f th e s e f l a w s is n o t c r it ic a l . F u r t h e r m o r e a n o n - f o r s e e nc e n t r a l f o l d, c h a r a c t e r i s t ic f o r a m o d e 2 m a t e r i a l f l o w , m a y b e i d e n t if i e d. H o w e v e r a s t h e e x t e n t o f th ef o l d is r e s tr i c t e d t o r a d i i s m a l l e r t h a n t h e o r i g i n a l in n e r d i a m e t e r o f t h e t u b e , t h e c o m p o n e n t i s s ti llc o n s i d e r e d s o u n d .

T h e c o n c l u s i o n , m a d e f r o m f i n i te e l e m e n t a n a l y s i s , t h a t i m p r o v e m e n t s i n f o r m a b i l i ty b y p r e f o r m -i n g a r e h i g h e r f o r t u b e s w i t h r e l a t iv e l y s m a l l w a l l t h i c k n e s s a p p e a r s t o b e c o r r e c t . F o r t h e s a m ef l ange t o wa l l t h i cknes s r a t i o , t / w = 2 .8 , a m ore s a t i s f ac t o ry m a t e r i a l f l ow is t he re fo re ach i eve df o r th e h i g h e s t d i a m e t e r r a t i o d~ / do = 0 . 7 1 4 c o m p a r e d t o 0 .4 29 ), a s s e e n b y c o m p a r i n g t h e p h o t o -g rap h i c d e t a i l s o f t he f l anges i n F i g . 8 (e ) an d 8 (c ), r e s pec t ive l y . In t he f i rs t , no m a t e r i a l f l aw s cou l d bed e t e c t e d f o r a re l a t iv e d e f o r m a t i o n o f ~ = 1 0 2 a n d a c c e p t a b l e m a t e r i a l f l o w w a s o b t a i n e d u pt o a t l eas t ~ = 1 50 [ s ee a l s o F i g . 9 (b )] . F i gu r e 9(a) s hows t he p rog res s i ve fo rg i ng o f t he s am eflange.

I n c o n c l u s i o n s o m e g u i d e l in e s f o r th e f l a n g i n g o f t u b e s c a n b e e s t a b li s h e d . I n g e n e r a l a v a l u eL e x i st s so t h a t c o m p o n e n t s f e a t u r i n g f la n g e s w i t h t h ic k n e s s :

t / w L : s h o u l d b e p r e f o r m e d p r i o r t o t h e f o r g i n g o f t h e o u t e r f l a n g e,

whe re L = 1 .2 fo r low, and L = 1 .6 fo r h i gh d i am et e r r a t i o s .W h e n e v e r p r e f o r m i n g i s r e q u i r e d i t is r e c o m m e n d e d t o c h o o s e t h e s m a l l e s t p o s s ib l e d ie i n c l i n a t i o n

2ai / t ) , , in acc o rd i n g t o t he fo rm ab i l i t y li m i t d i ag ra m g i ven i n F i g . 8 (a ) [ r e f e r a l s o t o F i g . 3 (b )] . F o rm o s t c a s e s a v a l u e o f 2ai/t)~,i . = 0 .4 can be a s s um ed .


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In con t inu a t ion o f p r ev ious w o rk on the f l ang ing o f tubes by in jec t ion fo rg ing numer ica l a s w e lla s exper imen ta l inves t iga t ions have been ca r r i ed ou t to examine the f eas ib i l ity o f p r e fo rming tubes ino rde r to ove rcome fo rmab i l i ty l imi t s s e t by fo ld ing f a i lu r es appea r ing in the tube w a l l due toinstabili ty.The ob jec t ive has been to s e t up ac tua l p r e fo rm des ign ru le s fo r the in j ec tion fo rg ing o f tubu la rcom pon en t s f ea tu r ing f l ange geomet r i e s w i th th i cknes s h ighe r than 1 .2 -1 .6 t imes the w a l l t h i cknes so f the tube ; f o r low er va lues o f th i s ra t io p r e fo rming i s no t r equ i r ed fo r ob ta in ing a s o und p rodu c t i fon ly inw ard ma te r i a l f low in s ide the d ie - cav i ty is a l low ed .

A s s um ing the r e s u lt s ob ta ine d fo r the in j ect ion fo rg ing o f tubes in to an annu la r s pace to be va l idfo r c lo s ed -d ie fo rg ing o f indus t r ia l com ponen t s i t ma y be conc luded tha t the cond uc ted exper im en t sin commerc ia l ly pu re a lum in ium p rov ide ev idence fo r the fo rming o f s oun d tub u la r f l angedcom pon en t s up to a f l ange- to -w a l l - th icknes s r a t io o f a t l eas t 2 .8 .

O p t i m i s a t i o n o f th e p r e f o r m g e o m e t r y c a rr i ed o u t w i t h r e s p e c t to t h e m a j o r p r o c e s s p a r a -me te r s has s how n tha t the cons ide red p re fo rm des ign w h ich invo lves fo rg ing o f a geom et r i ca llys imp le inne r f l ange on the tube r e s u lt s in a m ore s t ab le beha v iou r o f the tube fo r a ll d i amete r r a t io sd i / d o ) of the tube . The e ff ec t i s mo re p ron ounc ed fo r h igh d iam ete r r a t io s an d the l a rges timprovemen ts in fo rmab i l i ty a r e the r e fo re found to occu r fo r the f l ang ing o f tubes w i th r e l a t ive lysmal l wal l th ickness .Acknowledoements - -The adv ice and p rov is ion o f f ac il it ie s by D r R . Ba lendra o f the U nivers i ty o f S t ra thc lyde , Glasgow,Sco t land , i s g ra te fu l ly acknowledged .

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