• 소성∙가공
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.344-350
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• 2022

Extruded Mg-Bi binary alloys are known to have an undesirable bimodal grain structure containing a large amount of coarse unrecrystallized grains. Accordingly, to improve the microstructural homogeneity of extruded Mg-Bi alloys, it is necessary to promote the dynamic recrystallization (DRX) behavior during hot extrusion. An effective way to promote DRX is an increase in nucleation sites for DRX through a pre-deformation process before extrusion, such as cold pre-forging and hot pre-compression. However, the application of these pre-deformation processes increases the cost of final extruded Mg products because of an increase in energy consumption and decrease in productivity. Therefore, a low-cost new continuous process with high productivity is required to improve the microstructural homogeneity and mechanical properties of extruded Mg alloys without a drastic increase in the entire process cost. This study proposes a new extrusion method using an extrusion billet with a truncated cone shape (i.e., tapered billet) instead of a conventional extrusion billet with a cylindrical shape. When the hot extrusion of a Mg-5Bi alloy is conducted using the tapered billet, the DRX behavior during extrusion is considerably promoted. The DRX fraction and average grain size of the extruded alloy significantly increase and decrease from 65% to 91% and from 225 ㎛ to 49 ㎛, respectively. Consequently, the extruded Mg-5Bi alloy fabricated using the tapered billet has a finer homogeneous grain structure and higher tensile elongation than the extruded counterpart fabricated using the cylindrical billet.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2009

In this paper, the effect of heat treatment on forgeability is investigated and an improved heat treatment cycle is proposed for the bearing steel, SUJ2. An application example of a bearing inner race cold forging, which has small cracks in the bottom after backward extrusion and piercing, is found from a cold forging industry. The process is evaluated by finite element analysis and several heat treatment cycles are examined in order to propose an improved heat treatment cycle. The effect of heat treatment on material hardness and tool life, dimensional accuracy and forming load is revealed through experiment.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제14권9호통권81호
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• pp.772-778
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• 2005

This paper is concerned with the analysis of material flow characteristics of combined tube extrusion using pipe. The analysis in this paper concentrated on the evaluation of the design parameters for deformation patterns of tube forming, load characteristics, extruded length, and die pressure. The design factors such as punch nose radius, die corner radius, friction factor, and punch face angle are involved in the simulation. The combined tube extrusion is analyzed by using a commercial finite element code. This simulation makes use of pipe material and punch geometry on the basis of punch geometry recommended by International Cold Forging Group. Deformation patterns and its characteristics in combined forward and backward tube extrusion process were analyzed for forming loads with primary parameters, which are various punch nose radius relative to backward tube thickness. The results from the simulation show the flow modes of pipe workpiece and the die pressure at the contact surface between pipe workpiece and punch. The specific backward tube thickness and punch nose radius have an effect on extruded length in combined extrusion. The combined one step forward and backward extrusion is compared with the two step extrusion fer forming load and die pressure.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 2000년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.82-85
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• 2000

In cold forging, the final product is usually given by multi-stage process and the preform with stepped shape can be manufactured through the various forging method. The forward extrusion and upsetting processes for preform with stepped shape have been analyzed by using the rigid-plastic finite element analysis code, InteFORM and compared for load and stroke according to ae reduction of weを An engineer should select the proper processes considering the capacity and the stroke of the corresponding press in the forging of the preform with stepped shape.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.180-187
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• 2004

Die design to minimize the die wear in the cold forging process is very important as it reduce the production cost and the increase of the production rate. The quantitative estimation fur the die wear is too hard because the die wear is caused by many process variables. So, in this paper, the optimal shape of the backward extrusion punch is newly designed through the FE-analysis considering the surface expansion and Archard wear model in order to reduce the rapid wear rate that is generated for the backward extruded products exceeding the forming limit. The main shape variables of the backward extrusion punch are the flat diameter, angle, and round of the punch nose part. As the flat diameter and angle of the punch nose are larger, the surface expansion is reduced and the wear rate is decreased according to the reduction of the punch round. These results obtained through this study can be applied to the real manufacturing process.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.298-307
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• 2006

본 논문에서 HDPE 관의 일체형 TEE성형 공정은 강소성 유한요소 해석 프로그램인 DEFORM-3D를 이용하여 해석을 하였다. 이중 보온관에서 외관으로 사용되는 HDPE 관은 관을 통하여 흐르는 온수의 온도를 유지하기 위한 관으로, TEE는 주관에 가지관을 연결하여 열의 수송방향을 바꾸는 역할을 한다. TEE제작에 압출 용접(Extrusion Welding)을 사용하는 기존의 방법으로는 이음부에서 강도가 취약한 문제점이 발생하기 때문에 HDPE 관을 성형시켜 TEE 형태로 일체화시킨 후에 맞대기 용접(Butt Welding)을 하는 방식을 제안하였다. 열간과 냉간 성형 실험을 실시하였고, 초기 구멍 형태에 따른 모델 파라미터가 강소성 유한요소해석에 의해 규명되어 졌으며, 이는 실제의 제품 제조 공정에 적용되어 졌다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.45-51
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• 1997

For semi-solid forging, it is necessarily required to prepare a workpiece with globular microstructure. Among several processes to obtain golbular microstructure, SIMA process is very simple and advantageous with respect to equipment. This paper presents the influence of effective strain on the globularization with aluminium 2024 alloy in cold working stage by SIMA process. Upsetting and forward extrusion are tested for cold working and induction heating is also carried out for reheating to obtain golbular microstructure. Microstructure is observed with an optical microscope. And finite element simulations to obtain effective strain in cold working stage are performed by using commercial finite element code, DEFORM.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 1994년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.141-148
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• 1994

In order to improve the productivity of cold forging at low production cost, an integrated system's approach is necessary in handling the material preparation and the optimum process design, considering the forming machines, tooling, and operation including quality control. As the first step toward this approach, an expert system for multi-stage cold forging process design for fasteners with various head geometries is developed using Prolog language on IBM 486 PC. For effective representation of the complex part geometries, the system uses the multiple element input, and the forward inference scheme in determination of the initial billet size and intermediate forging steps. In order to determine intermediate steps, the basic empirical rules for extrusion, heading, and trimming were applied. The required forming loads and global strain distributions at each forging step were calculated and displayed on the PC monitor. The designed process sequence drawing can be obtained by AutoCAD. The developed system will be useful in reducing trial and error of design engineers in determining the diameter and height of the initial cylindrical billet from the final product geometry and the intermediate necessary sequences.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2001

The cold forging process to produce a long-neck flange is investigated by using model material test. The two stage process with optimum design condition is examined using plasticine, which is suitable to model steel at room temperature. The similarity theory is employed to estimate the forging load of each sequence by strict application of similarity condition between steel(AISI 1015) and plasticine material The model test results are compared with the simulation results and shows good agreement. The proper forging process with least forming energy can be resulted in $25^{\circ}$ of extrusion semi-die angle.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.1069-1074
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• 2019

A novel fabrication method of oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steel cladding tubes for advanced fast reactors has been investigated using the cold spray powder-based materials deposition process. Cold spraying has the potential advantage for rapidly fabricating ODS cladding tubes in comparison with the conventional multi-step extrusion process. A gas atomized spherical 14YWT (Fe-14%Cr, 3%W, 0.4%Ti, 0.2% Y, 0.01%O) powder was sprayed on a rotating cylindrical 6061-T6 aluminum mandrel using nitrogen as the propellant gas. The powder lacked the oxygen content needed to precipitate the nanoclusters in ODS steel, therefore this work was intended to serve as a proof-of-concept study to demonstrate that free-standing steel cladding tubes with prototypical ODS composition could be manufactured using the cold spray process. The spray process produced an approximately 1-mm thick, dense 14YWT deposit on the aluminum-alloy tube. After surface polishing of the 14YWT deposit to obtain desired cladding thickness and surface roughness, the aluminum-alloy mandrel was dissolved in an alkaline medium to leave behind a free-standing ODS tube. The as-fabricated cladding tube was annealed at $1000^{\circ}C$ for 1 h in an argon atmosphere to improve the overall mechanical properties of the cladding.