Analysis of multidirectional precision forging

• Grant number: 14/02294-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: June 01, 2014
• End date: May 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Manufacturing Processes
• Principal Investigator: Sergio Tonini Button
• Grantee: Sergio Tonini Button
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica (FEM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Hot forging is a metal forming process which allows severe plastic deformations enabling the improvement of mechanical properties what has led to its continued development for industrial applications. The conventional hot forging of complex geometry (connecting rods, crankshafts, and suspension arms) is performed in several steps and needs additional finishing operations by machining to correct errors introduced by forging. This research aims the development of multidirectional forging to obtain products with geometric details which are normally not possible in conventional hot forging, without excessive loading or the many steps need in the conventional process. (AU)