Characteristics of surface and subsurface of formed thread parts by axial-infeed thread rolling process

The thread rolling process has been widely applied to manufacture high-performance thread parts.In this process,the evolutions of surface and subsurface are frequently introduced,which affect the working performance of manufactured parts.In this study,an axial-infeed thread rolling process(ATRP)is employed,and the macro-meso surface characteristics under different lubrications and operating conditions are investigated.Moreover,the distributions of microstructure and hardness on the subsurface of formed tooth are analyzed in detail,along with the study of stress state and yield strength change.It is found that the MoS_(2)grease is more effective in reducing the surface roughness and defects than the lubrication oil and water-base graphite during the ATRP process.Increasing rolling speed improves the quality of surface morphology and can reduce the surface roughness.On the subsurface of bottom and flank,intensive shear stress occurs in a narrow region,resulting in the elongation and refinement of the grains and increasing the low angle grain boundary fraction.Based on the grain size and plastic strain,the yield strength is predicted.The maximum yield strength and hardness on the bottom of formed tooth are improved by 41.2% and 39.4%,respectively.

Does friction contribute to formability improvement using servo press?

Servo press forming machines are advanced forming systems that are capable of imparting interrupted punch motion,resulting in enhanced room temperature formability.The exact mechanism of the formability improvement is not yet established.The contribution of interrupted motion in the ductility improvement has been studied through stress relaxation phenomena in uniaxial tensile(UT)tests.However,the reason for improved formability observed when employing servo press is complicated due to the additional contribution from frictional effects.In the present work,an attempt is made to decouple the friction effect on formability improvement numerically.The improved formability is studied using a hole expansion test(HET).The limit of forming during hole expansion is modeled using the Hosford–Coulomb(HC)damage criteria,which is implemented as a user subroutine in a commercial explicit finite element(FE)software.Only the contribution of stress relaxation is accounted for in the evolution of the damage variable during interrupted loading.Therefore,the difference between simulation and experimental hole expansion ratio(HER)can be used to decouple the friction effect from the overall formability improvement during hole expansion.The improvement in HER due to stress relaxation and friction effect is different.The study showed that the model effectively captures the hole expansion deformation process in both monotonic and interrupted loading conditions.Compared to stress relaxation,friction effect played a major role during interrupted HET.

Texture modification and mechanical properties of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheet subjected to equal channel angular bending

Analysis of the recently proposed equal channel angular bending(ECAB)process is provided on thin hotrolled AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets.In particular,effects of deformation temperature and strain path on the texture evolution and mechanical properties are systematically investigated under single pass ECAB at various temperatures and multi-pass ECAB process that involves changes in strain paths.It is found that simultaneous activation of multiple twinning types is successfully introduced during ECAB,which results in obvious tilted component of basal texture.Attributed to the domination of extension twins,weaker basal textures are detected after both single pass ECAB at 150℃and three cross passes ECAB at 200℃.After annealing,the basal texture is further weakened via twin-related recrystallization and the annealed microstructure is featured with mixture of basal and non-basal orientated grains.Additionally,the effect of grain orientation on the mode of plastic deformation and the roles of grain orientation and grain boundary on the local strain accommodation are coherently studied.This study reveals that over 60%increase of uniform elongation with marginal reduction of tensile strength less than 5%can be achieved for single pass ECAB at 150℃and three cross passes ECAB at 200℃,which is the result of larger fraction of grains favored with extension twinning and better local strain accommodation.