Millipede Forming is a novel metal forming method that has been proposed and developed recently.It can be applied to overcome fundamental limitations in conventional roll forming,and,in addition,used for incremental f...Millipede Forming is a novel metal forming method that has been proposed and developed recently.It can be applied to overcome fundamental limitations in conventional roll forming,and,in addition,used for incremental forging and integrated into a strip casting or extrusion process for downstream thickness reduction. In this new method,there are two main principles:①the use of an optimal transitional surface or space linking of the incoming material to the outgoing product,and②implementation of a method to feed the material through the forming device so that it conforms with this ideal space and the required deformation is imposed on it by the tooling. The system described here is called "Millipede forming" because deformation is accomplished in a large number of small steps.A prototype has been built to demonstrate the working principle applied to the replacement of a roll forming process;it can be used to produce simple profiles within a forming length an order of magnitude shorter than the conventional process. In this paper,the working principle of "Millipede forming" is introduced and some fundamental research on forming a channel section and a circular tube is discussed.Following the success of the small scale prototype, research on a full scale pilot machine has been proceeding.It is expected that this process can be developed and extended as a useful alternative to conventional roll forming,incremental forging and within a strip casting or other novel strip material(e.g.nanostructured metals) system.展开更多
In order to reduce the computation time of finite element simulations of stretch forging process,a mesh condensation method is presented and applied to a three-dimensional rigid-viscoplastic finite element program.In ...In order to reduce the computation time of finite element simulations of stretch forging process,a mesh condensation method is presented and applied to a three-dimensional rigid-viscoplastic finite element program.In this method,a conventional mesh for the whole zone of a workpiece is condensed to a computational mesh for the active deformation zone.Two vital problems are solved,which are automatic construction of the computational mesh and treatment of interfaces between the deformation zone and the rigid zone.The mesh condensation method is compared with conventional finite element method by simulations of a six-bite stretch forging process.Some simulation results including forging load,temperature distribution and effective strain distribution are illustrated.The efficiency and accuracy of this method are verified.展开更多
文摘Millipede Forming is a novel metal forming method that has been proposed and developed recently.It can be applied to overcome fundamental limitations in conventional roll forming,and,in addition,used for incremental forging and integrated into a strip casting or extrusion process for downstream thickness reduction. In this new method,there are two main principles:①the use of an optimal transitional surface or space linking of the incoming material to the outgoing product,and②implementation of a method to feed the material through the forming device so that it conforms with this ideal space and the required deformation is imposed on it by the tooling. The system described here is called "Millipede forming" because deformation is accomplished in a large number of small steps.A prototype has been built to demonstrate the working principle applied to the replacement of a roll forming process;it can be used to produce simple profiles within a forming length an order of magnitude shorter than the conventional process. In this paper,the working principle of "Millipede forming" is introduced and some fundamental research on forming a channel section and a circular tube is discussed.Following the success of the small scale prototype, research on a full scale pilot machine has been proceeding.It is expected that this process can be developed and extended as a useful alternative to conventional roll forming,incremental forging and within a strip casting or other novel strip material(e.g.nanostructured metals) system.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2006CB705401)
文摘In order to reduce the computation time of finite element simulations of stretch forging process,a mesh condensation method is presented and applied to a three-dimensional rigid-viscoplastic finite element program.In this method,a conventional mesh for the whole zone of a workpiece is condensed to a computational mesh for the active deformation zone.Two vital problems are solved,which are automatic construction of the computational mesh and treatment of interfaces between the deformation zone and the rigid zone.The mesh condensation method is compared with conventional finite element method by simulations of a six-bite stretch forging process.Some simulation results including forging load,temperature distribution and effective strain distribution are illustrated.The efficiency and accuracy of this method are verified.
