ISSN:
1662-9779
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The development of the thixoforming process made great progress since its beginning.But whereas thixoforming of aluminium and other low melting point alloys is now an industrialreality, thixoforming of high melting point alloys, as steel, is still at the research level. Hightemperature issues, die wearing and production rate are problems that must be solved and are moreand more investigated. This work is a study of the robustness of a complete thixoforming unitdealing with steel. This flexible unit allows parts of various shapes be formed in conditions close toindustrial ones. The study focus on the heating strategy, heat exchanges between the slug and thetool, the feeding and the cycle time. In this work, modelling has been used to simulate heating andfeeding. In parallel, experiments have been made to obtain the needed parameters, to validate themodelling and to evaluate the capacities of such a line
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/24/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FSSP.141-143.207.pdf
