Stamping

About: Stamping is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 22501 publications have been published within this topic receiving 83554 citations.

Friction and lubrication modeling in sheet metal forming simulations of a Volvo XC90 inner door

Abstract: The quality of sheet metal formed parts is strongly dependent on the tribology, friction and lubrication conditions that are acting in the actual production process. Although friction is of key importance, it is currently not considered in detail in stamping simulations. This paper presents a selection of results considering friction and lubrication modeling in sheet metal forming simulations of the Volvo XC90 right rear door inner. For this purpose, the TriboForm software is used in combination with the AutoForm software. Validation of the simulation results is performed using door inner parts taken from the press line in a full-scale production run. The results demonstrate the improved prediction accuracy of stamping simulations by accounting for accurate friction and lubrication conditions, and the strong influence of friction conditions on both the part quality and the overall production stability.

Experimental investigation on partition controllable induction heating-hot stamping process of high-strength boron alloyed steel plates with designable temperature patterns

Abstract: For the purpose of manufacturing the automotive B-pillars with tailored properties, based on the proposed partition induction heating-quenching process, the partition controllable induction heating-stamping process of high-strength boron alloyed steel plates with designable temperature patterns is experimentally investigated. The temperature distribution of the various low temperature region patterns on the steel plates can be arbitrarily customized after heating for 30 s by properly arranging the magnetizer groups. Furthermore, the temperature field of the test B-pillar is customized. The temperature in the low temperature region of the heated B-pillar is 600 °C, which is lower than the start temperature of austenite transformation (AC1 = 750 °C), while the temperature in the high temperature region is 950 °C, which realizes fully austenization. After stamping and quenching, different microstructures are generated in the test B-pillar corresponding to the different temperature regions. The microstructures of the stamped test B-pillar in the low temperature region are mixture microstructures of ferrite + pearlite, while the fine lath martensite microstructures are transformed in the high temperature region. In terms of mechanical properties, the tensile strengths according to the low temperature region and high temperature regions are 438 and 1610 MPa, while the uniform elongation is 14.8% and 6.5% respectively, which meets the design requirements of the B-pillars with tailored properties. The specimens with a tensile strength difference ratio greater than 1: 3.5 and an elongation difference ratio greater than 1: 2.2 are obtained, which indicates the partition controllable induction heating-stamping process provides a new way to achieve automobile lightweight and significantly increasing the safety.

Development of hot stamped center pillar using form die with channel type indirect blank holder

Abstract: The hot stamping process has been used in the automotive industry to reduce the weight of the body-in-white and to increase passenger safety via improved crashworthiness. However, defects such as fracture and wrinkle occur when hot stamping is performed using a conventional drawing or forming method. In this study, a channel-type indirect blank holder (CIBH) is proposed to develop a high-strength center pillar in form-type hot stamping, so that the aforementioned drawbacks are overcome. This type of blank holder plays an important role in reducing severe wrinkling at the flange; such wrinkling leads to folding after the completion of form-type hot-stamping. First, we investigated the effect of the channel shape on the indirect blank holding force by using a simplified two-dimensional plane-strain stamping process. Second, we selected the slope angle and corner radius of the channel as the main shape parameters by finite element analysis and artificial neural network (ANN). It is known that fracture at the hot formed wall and wrinkle at the flange are significantly affected by the slope angle of the channel, and the appropriate value for eliminating fracture and wrinkle is determined to be 99°. By performing hot stamping using a form die with the selected channel, we can manufacture a high-strength center pillar without wrinkle and fracture.