TY - JOUR

T1 - Automated design of multi-stage forging sequences for die forging

AU - Hedicke-Claus, Yorck

AU - Kriwall, Mareile

AU - Stonis, Malte

AU - Behrens, Bernd Arno

N1 - Funding Information: The IGF project 19752 N of the Forschungsvereinigung Forschungsgesellschaft Stahlverformung e.V. was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection BMWK via the AiF within the framework of the program for the promotion of joint industrial research (IGF) based on a resolution of the German Bundestag. The authors would like to take this opportunity to thank for the financial and organizational support of this project. Furthermore, the authors would like to thank the industrial partners in this research project.

PY - 2023/10

Y1 - 2023/10

N2 - Forgings are produced in several process steps, the so-called forging sequence. The design of efficient forging sequences is a very complex and iterative development process. In order to automate this process and to reduce the development time, a method is presented here, which automatically generates multi-stage forging sequences for different forging geometries on the basis of the component geometry (STL file). The method was developed for closed die forging. The individual modules of this forging sequence design method (FSD method) as well as the functioning of the algorithm for the generation of the intermediate forms are presented. The method is applied to different forgings with different geometrical characteristics. The generated forging sequences are checked with FE simulations for the quality criteria form filling and freedom from folds. The simulation results show that the developed FSD method provides good approximate solutions for an initial design of forging sequences for closed die forging in a short time.

AB - Forgings are produced in several process steps, the so-called forging sequence. The design of efficient forging sequences is a very complex and iterative development process. In order to automate this process and to reduce the development time, a method is presented here, which automatically generates multi-stage forging sequences for different forging geometries on the basis of the component geometry (STL file). The method was developed for closed die forging. The individual modules of this forging sequence design method (FSD method) as well as the functioning of the algorithm for the generation of the intermediate forms are presented. The method is applied to different forgings with different geometrical characteristics. The generated forging sequences are checked with FE simulations for the quality criteria form filling and freedom from folds. The simulation results show that the developed FSD method provides good approximate solutions for an initial design of forging sequences for closed die forging in a short time.

KW - Automated process design

KW - CAD

KW - Closed die forging

KW - Forging

KW - Forging sequences

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U2 - 10.1007/s11740-023-01190-x

DO - 10.1007/s11740-023-01190-x

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85149067760

VL - 17

SP - 689

EP - 701

JO - Production Engineering

JF - Production Engineering

SN - 0944-6524

IS - 5

ER -